The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-01
TARRED AND FEATHERED
West Chicago the Scene of an Exciting
Episode Last Night Following
an Assault.

feathered in West Chicago Tues
day night, was saved from being
lynched only by the strenuous
resistance of the older men in
the angry crowd which sur
rounded him. Instead of hang
ing there was substituted riding
him out of town on a rail The
younger men in the crowd,
aroused by the unusual expert
ence of tarring and feathering.
and excited by the cries Of the
hundreds of angry women, were
anxious for more conclusive ven-
geance, and for a time fought
fiercely to get a rope around
Miller's neck.
The people of West Chicago
were aroused last night by the
appearance of Mrs. Miller run
ming down the main street, cry
ing loudly, and with blood run
ming from numerous cuts on her
head and face. The beating she
had received she declared was
the last one of a long series for
which her husband was respon-
sible. She. said she had been
knocked down and struck re-
peatedly across the face and
breast.
The village streets were filed
with young couples promenad-
ing, and the usual groups of men
were lettering around the country
stores as Mrs. Miller made her
appearance about 8 o'clock. With
a shout the men left their seats
on the store boxes and started
for Miller's home at Center and
Chicago streets. When they
arrived there Miller had fed.
Confinement in the town lock-
up had followed previous whip
pings of his wife, and Miller
feared that a visit would again
be in order. The noise made by
the young men on their way to
Miller's home had been heard all
over the village. and in a few
moments the mob numbered
several hundred They divided
into search parties, as it was be-
lieved that Miller was hidden in
some of the surrounding corn
fields.
Word passed from house to
house that a hunt was being
made for Miller with the inten.
ton of giving him a coat of tar
and feathers. In less than an
hour Miller was found east of
the town. He had fed there with
a son, and after waiting a short
time had plucked up courage to
return under the protection of a
friend whom he had met. AS
the searching party recognized
him with a shout his protector
took to his heels and Miller fol-
lowed suit. He was caught
speedily and the men started
back to the village.
At Chicago and Depot streets
the party escorting Miller met
another carrying tar and brushes.
The tar was from what the town
had been using to build concrete
sidewalks, and several white
wash brushes had been obtained
to distribute it over Miller.
While eager hands were rough
ly tearing the clothes from Mil
Ter his little son was taken home.
There two grown-up daughters
were vainly endeavoring to calm
their mother, who was now fear
full that some hurt would be done
her husband through the anger
which her flight of a short time
before had aroused.
By the time the man was strip
ped all the 1000 persons living
in the village, with the excep
ton of the one discreet police
man, had collected on the corner.
Realizing that a worse punish
ment than confinement in the
lookup was about to be melted
out, Miller made wordy promises
OF reform. His pledges were
met by the jeers of the women,
who, in the darkness, formed a
large proportion of the crowd
gathered around the nude man.
A handful of feathers stilled