The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
TAI AND FEATHERS NO JOKE.
A Case That Took Five DAYS to Relieve the
Man OF the Coat.
Erom Mc Ncm Or.eana Timcs-DcmocLaL

From the Ncu Orleans Timcs-Dcmocrai
Several hotel guests were sitting in the Cosev
corner Of tho lobby the other day, reading the
papers and exchanging d~esultory comments
"Ha, hal" chuckled one of the party, Il sec they
tarred and fc1thcrcd n couple Of Mormon elders
up the country last night Served 'em right.
by jovc! They must havclookcd funny, %>aunter-
ing out Of town, dressed in pitch and pllmagc'"
Did YOU ever see anybody tarred and fcath-
ercds" asked "a red-be1rded man in the next
chair NO? Well, let me assure you is n
pretty serious thing ! saw one case, and I'll
never forget il in my life II was in the fall Of
81. he continued in response 10 a general re-
uua-t for the story. and was running a Turkish
bath house n ptt-burg, Pa. one mnrni ng
a big. athletic man of about - walked in aud
ordered a hot bath \ little later he rang the
bell and sent for me, and when entered m"
room was so astonishcd | nearly topplrd over.
From his feet to his neck he looked like a half
nj, kCd black chicken " n aitprwaTd turned
out. he had been wavlaid hN a party Of men at Il
pla," called Sheldon, r!Ghi III the heart al the
district where the coat sink" Is now Ia prog
res. aud trclicd - u coat 81 tar and feathers
lie was supposed 81 boa private detective" who
Ind been sent a. prN iutUthp secrets of one Of the
miners ~~ooirii", and ! guess the 'Ippo-liiun was
""rrr,t ANYHOW. they did "A very thorough lob
and evidently stopped AZ hi~ neck to give him
n charge Ia get ont of the district without NJ
tracing attention, which was really u pretty
~lTHM q move
The question hcfor" the house was how to
get the stun oN, and Il more difficult problem
never tackled lie had ridden over 10 miles
in the cars. aud the tar had become perfectly
dry In hardening 1t had contracted slightly
and pulled out millions of the minute hairs
with which all human beings are covered, which,
Of course, caused him intense agony Mora
over. Il had Choked w all the pore, and If he
hadn't been "A man OF superb p'tyHique TN
satisfied that he would have SuConmbed before
he reached the city Well, | put hum III a hot
bath To begin with. aud ~"I a Coupl" oi massage
operators To- ~CrIbbing him with te.I brushes
aud CGrbollc soap In a little whll" We saw
that wouldn't do They go "l q i"N small
piece, hut the skin Came O1 along with them,
and stopped IN" nnyinr and tried ~ponging
with benZine That had about a. much eject
Il spring water on krupp arunor plate
Then sent for a dOctnr, who hid 10 admit
himself puzzled lie said he had had very
lew eases Of tarring and ietthrring IN his prac-
titr. hut something had to b" done quick, 50 he
tried soaking IN warm turpenttne That
prov d Ia be the correct thing, but I was des-
perately slow work. and melnwhile the man
had 10 be kept up on stilnuil,tntS, Tor he was
getting very weak. Eventually the tuTpentine
dissolved the tar, and We got II on with loft
sponges; but how long do you think Il took
Five days working on and on, a. he coul
! stand IL When We got through he was laid up
for a month. I got $3.50 for the Job. No, gentle
men. there II nothing humorous about tar
| apdlfeathers when seen az close ranga