The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-30
TAR AND FEATHERS
PHASIS TO THEIR DISLIKE
OF EDITOR cox
CARRIED HIM OFF BODILY
Tcwn in Ferment of Excitement
Over the Outrage, Which Is De-
nOunced by All Classes
of Citizens.

BRAINERD, Mimi, Aug. CIV. g.
Cox editor of the Arena, a newspaper
published in this city, was kidnapped by
three men last night, driven off to a Sc
cluded spot in the country and treated
to an application of tar and feathers.
Only a few days ago he was chased
through the streets by Al Ferris, a mem
Der of the legislature, after having mar
r0wly escaped having his brains beaten
OUt by a hammer welded by the lrate
legislator.
Mr.. Cox seems to have acquired some
enemies who have not liked the utter
ances of mis- paper. But the community,
While it laughed at the spectacle of the
fleeing editor and the enraged legislator
brandishing a hammer in hot pursuit,
does not at all approve of the whitecap
method of showing disapproval of the
Arenas course and last nights outrage
is condemned roundly by everyone, III
Guiding the redoubtable Mr. Ferris him
self and the other enemies Cox has made.
And so there is the greatest in crest IN
Mr.. CoX's promise to discover and prose-
cute both criminally and civilly the bold
trio that filled his hair with tar last
night. 1t happened this way:
Mr.. Cox and friend, Fred Stout, chief
clerk in the Office of the Missabe & Iron
Range road went calling on two young
+. B. Mccullough. The quart6tte was
sitting on the front porch when three
men with false bears and painted faces
suddenly appeared. Stout was told that
he was not the man wanted and that no
harm would befall him if he kept hands
off One of the men thrust a revolver in
his face while the other two laid hands
upon Cox and sought to carry him bodily
to a buggy standing in the road.
Stout was not inundated, but tried his
best to save his friend Cox, whereupOn
the man with the revolver struck him
over the head with his weapon, cutting
the scalp and making bad wound. Cox
was then incontnently logged off and
Stout hurried down town to give the
alarm.
There was great excitement and parties
We're formed to pursue the bold trio
and rescue the unlucky editor. No trace
of either could be found, but a little be-
fore midnight Cox struggled into town in
a pitiable condition. His hair and face
and clothing were covered with tar and
he was labOring under great excitement
He managed to tell his story-which was
brief and tragic. The kidnapers, he said,
had driven him rapidly to a point be-
yond the Brainerd companys lumber
mill, two miles east of the city. There
they halted while one man held him, a
second covered him with a revolver and
the third took off his nat and poured
the tar over his head and shoulders The
men then vanished without a word and
left him to find his way back to town.
as best he could.
The editor declares that he knows who
two Of the men are, despite their painted
faces and false boards and that he will
forthwith take steps to secure satisfac>
ton, intimating that civil as we'll as
criminal suit VII be brought. Stout also
has a good case for assault against the
men, and If their identity is established
he, too, may prosecute.
About the angriest man in town. how
ever, is E. B. Mccullough. Not only was
his home INVADED, but it is asserted that
one of the men pointed a revolver at mis-
daughter Mr.. Mccullough says that the
matter will not be allowed to rest, but
that he will do his best to run down and
punish the perpetrators of the outrage.
1t is generally believed that tho white
cappers are friends of Mr.. Ferris, but it
is not believed he inspired or was even
cOgniZant of the plot. Cox has made
other enemies than Ferris and is cor
daily disliked by many for the policy
he has pursued in his paper. Neverthe>
less, the high-handed outrage of last
night is not palliated, and public senti-
ment will justify vigorous prosecution
If the kidnapeIs can be found.