The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-14

The death of Creflield by the hands o
young man whom he had deepl,
wronged recalls the incidents at Cor
wallis in which the bogus saint wa
tarred and feathered. The date wa,
January 4, 1904. The story as told il
the Times at the time it happened, runs
this, in part:
"Tar and feathers were administered
to Apostles Crefiield and Brooks by a
crowd of twenty men Monday night
The affair took place under the light OF
winter moon near the first bridge near
the sawmill at about 10 o'clock. The
white caps crossed the ferry and went
over to the Beach House, 200 yards to
the eastward. They stole noiselessly up
to the house. which they surrounded.
Then they broke in the front door took
the apostles, and ecrossing the ferry,
went to the bridge, where the clothing
was removed from both men and tar
and feathers applied. With the cee.
mony complete, their clothing was again
put on, and the apostles told to leave
the vicinity and not to return or worse
treatment might be applied. They start
ed north along the Albany road, running
at full speed. When the affair was in
progress Brooks was stoical never ut.
tering a word. just before the tar and
feathers were applied, however, Crf.
field, who had trembled all along, said.
Let us pray we heard too much of
your prayers already was the gruff re.
sponse of one of the party. and Cref. !
field had nothing more to say.
No Attempt at Secrecy.
There was no attempt at secrecy by
those who took part in the affair. None
wore masks. and none affected dis
guise. The identity of many OF the party
Is known, and all are men of standing
and character. They say there was not
9 boy or hoodlum in the party. In the
main they were persons who have felt
the unhappy consequences of the strange
spell the apostles seem to exert on the
of families often in way to
bring sorrow and trouble.
"At the Beach house dozen mem.
bers Of the rollers held rendezvous for ,
the past month. When the white caps d
arrived they Immediately surrounded the o
,ouse. barring all avenues of escape. il
Then several stalwart men advanced to d
he front door, and, after loud knock, t.
'urst in. Nearly dozen rollers were "
q the room, Brooks and Creffield among p
hem. Some of them were seated on Fl
hairs and others on the floor. Most of in
hem were barefooted. le
"At the sudden appearance of the in fl
ruders the members of the sect were in
lore or less startled. Brooks and Cref- hi
ED were told to put on their shoes. ca
he female portion of the assembly hi
egan to sing and so continued during til
he rest of the ceremony Brooks and
reffield obeyed the order to put on
leir shoes and hats and both were tied al
'gether, and led out of the door. After su
aving the house the party marched be
rectly to the ferry and crossed to the is
'rvallis side. On the boat, the captors mi
ood close about the prophets to pre- til
mt any attempt to escape. Passing a
lder the electric lights en- route, the ea
iite caps came directly from the th
rry to Main street, and then went fle
rth on Main street past the sawmill, grC
d on north to the first bridge. tic
Dramatic Scene. an
Hating there they ordered the pro- spc
cts to remove their clothing. The no,
N did as told. The scene at the mo- an,
mt was dramatic. The moon shone wa
an and bright in the east, with the TIL
o apostles, nude and shivering in the ape
tier of the group Silence was only
'ken by the movements of the men lev
/ an occasional remark, sometimes hal
a jocular character One man, sur all
ing CreAield after the tar and feath-