The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-06
SET TRAP FOR
HIS WIFE'S SuITOR
Tared and Feathered, Beaten and
Thrown Out.
WOMAN A PARTY TO THE PLOT.
Mrs. Chas. Marthinson, Handsome Wife
of Wealthy Lumberman of Washing.
ton, ID. c., Says F. E. Bliss. Jr., An.
noyed Her by His Attentions-Inf
ed Husband and Set Trap for Man.

Washington. d. @. Especially LAD
amazing story OF hypnotism OF an
attractive young woman by an ardent
suitor, with the result that the latter
was soundly thrashed and then tar
red and feathered by the lady's hus-
band and two muscular friends, lies
behind the arrest here of Charles
| Marthinson, a wealthy lumberman
living In Mount Pleasant. fashion
| able suburb of Washington; James
l.. White, a stockbroker. and Henry
G. Cole, the manager of tabu ating
machine company, charged by g. T..
| Bliss, Jr.. with assault and battery
technical terms by which are covered
the responsibility for the blows and
the tar and the feathers from which
Mr. Bliss has not yet fully recovered.
From the statements of the various
principals or their attorneys, 1t sc .ls
that Mr. Bliss has known Mr.. q! tn
inson and his very attractiv wife
for sometime. His attentions o the
young matron have been very pro-
nounced; so pronounced. indeed, as
to arouse the displeasure of Mr.
Marthinson and the alarm of his
wife.
On last Wednesday Mrs. Marthin-
son told her husband that Mr.. Bliss
appeared to possess extraordinary
hypnotic power, and that she desired
an immediate end of their acquaint-
ance. Mr.. Marthinson entirely shar-
| ed his wife's views. He consulted
with his friends. Messrs. Cole and
White.
That afternoon, whilst Mr.. Marth-
inson was at home, Mr.. Bliss, IL is
stated, called up Mrs. Marthinson on
the telephone to make an appoint
ment to call on her that evening.
By her husbands advice she arrang-
ed that her admirer should call that
evening.
How Trap Was Set.
when | called in the evening"
said Mr.. Bliss, "she asked me to
enter the house by the basement
door. 1t seemed an unusual request,
but ! obeyed 1t nevertheless. When
| stepped into the house three men
grabbed me, tied my hands and one
of them pointed a revolver at my
head and then they smeared tar and
feathers over me-
1t is added tnat they then thrashed
Mr.. Bliss and threw him out of the
house.
Mr.. Marthinson and his friends de-
clined to make a statement, but their
counsel. Mr.. f. F. Colladay, spoke
for them.
THE statement made by NJ. Bliss,
he said, grossly misrepresents the
facts. He had a very unpleasant ex-
perience because he attempted to
break up the home of Marthinson."
Mr.. Colladay stated that the
Marthinsons have been married six
teen years and have always lived hap
PLY until Mr.. Bliss came on the
scene. He told of Mr.. Bliss atten-
tion to Mrs. Marthinson. Mr.. Bliss
is student of hypnotism Mr., Col
laday went on to state how the plan
was made by which Bliss was lured
into the basement of the Marthinson
home. He said:
bliss called as was arranged. and
was seen by Mr.. Marthinson and his
friends to attempt to embrace Mrs.
Marthinson. He was then confronted
by the angry husband and his
friends. His explanations were by no
means convincing. His admissions
infuriated his hearers. and they then
gave him a sound thrashing and tar
red and feathered him and then kick
ed him out of the house."