The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
EARLE WAS M0BBED
Arts! Who Put Aside Wife Drag-
ged in Mud by Villagers.
OEFlES HIS NEIGHB0RS

'~hiseeap" Talk Mensees soeialis.
Artist Who seeks to Wed His Al
anity~-Proviaes For His Wife and
Chud.
Monroe. y. y sept. 6.-Hootcd and
lecrcd 40 from the time hs lott hone
to send his Young wife away IN order
That he may Wed has affinity Feydi-
nani pinney Earle was mobbed when
he returned here
Five hundred VILLAGERS. In the midst
~ fhc pouring rain. turned over his
hlccy and somebody hit hita across
the head with his own horsewhip lie
fought back his attackers. was Joined
by two officers. and. having vainly tried
go explain" his views. drove slowly
away 90 his home near by
Earle then went 20 New York. where.
10 is said. be settled an estate OF $50
Geo on his wife and safeguardcd the
LEGAL rights q; HIS son as heir % his
Sluo1.ooo estate.
That tho business men OF Monroe are
ont of sympathy with Earle was more
NHA go tANHf @|.N|N ID N NlrM n N.ININNt|t
ot them strongly advocated that som &C.
thius should be done with the artist
This something II was said mi.ht
assume serious proportions. ami "a re
port has been circulated that a secret
meeting VIII Do held that may bc in
The nature ~ whitecap proceeding
When tho scciaiisfic artist returned
from New York after sending his wife
and child to France DO was met by a
crowd of noiShhors He said Il have
uo fear. I shall live on here undisturh-
.i hy what the village sossips may
say should their threateniues really
take q violent turn It Will rather in
terest me- will then have a good
nance to preach socialism
Maybe that 10 what Earle tried 10
preach when be arose with white
face from the mud of the village street
In which ho had been rolled by mob
~ his nei-hhors and standing there
with arms appraised while the rain
poured exclaimed.
What go You want OF me2 have
done nothing wrong according TO my
liehts. am no coward have done
what IS right I won't 90 home until
I tell my story"
But the village had heard enough of
this story. and would have none OF 10.
The mob pressed closer. yelling and
ieeriug Tie jumped into carriage
and dashed the horse Some one caught
the rearing horse hy the bride and
others overturned the vehicle into the
mud The brown siouch hat of the
artist rolled into a puddle His long
brown hair ana brown beard We're ciot-
fed with mud as Do staggered 60 his
feet % was NOT pleasant sight. He
shook his fist in the faces OF those who
tainted him. Even then he might have
escaped had not his temper got tho
better OF him. and he struck at his
tormcntors with the whip
railroad man wrrnched the whip
from the artists hand. and struck him
twice across the face SO that welts
showed there That was after he had
Knocked three men down Thcn the
one policeman Of Monroe. Wesley
Beatty with Village President Paddle
ford advised the artist 70 20 home
while there was Yet time
What Earle will do row is profile
matiral Apparently he tells the truth
when he declares that he thinks that
he has done The right thing. He be-
loves in has strange theories and re-
cards himself as a martyr blazing "a
new WAY. He may he unwise enough
in the face of public opiaion TO stay on
ar his mansion on the hill On the
other hand he may sell e..