The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-11
TAR AND FEATHERS
FOR FARMER FLIRT
Train Crew ReScueS Man
Abandoned to Die.
MOSQUITOES ADD TO MISERY
SichHrt Found TIED 20 TeIe-
graph Pole Near Atlantic City,
After II Is Alleged He Had "Car-
ried On" Toward wealthy Widow
for Whom He worked.

Atlantic City, n. j.. Aug. 10.-Frank
Sichart, Cardiff farmer. lies in the City
Hospital here, suffering from cuts and
bruises administered with a coat or tar
and feathers by three men near HIS home
early this morning because OF his alleged
attentions 10 a wealthy widow. His
body is raw in places where hordes OF
mosquitoes bit him during the terrible
hours he stood tied fast TO a telegraph
pole, unprotected by a stitch Of clothing
The tar still clings in places and is
battling the efforts Of physicians to re-
move It. They may have to resort to
acids 20 get il off. and fear the poison Of
the coal tar will penetrate through the
pores Of his skin.
Rescued by a railroad crew on the 6
o'clock paper train this morning. who
found him almost unconscious where his
assailants has fastened him to the pole
alongside the tracks. Sichart was assisted
To his home
Anger Bears Him Up.
His anger over the inhuman treatment
bore him up. and he later started for
Mays Landing. about six miles from the
scene Of the affair, with his son Andrew,
lad Of eighteen.
He attempted 10 swear out a warrant
for the trio who had attacked him, but,
according to reports. Magistrate lizard.
to whom he applied. advised him to catch
the first train 10 Atlantic City and go
to the hospital here. He and Andrew
boarded the electric train which reaches
the resort at 1OAo During the trip the
elder sichart suffered agony from his in
juries and several times tainted
A throng Of several hundred people
surrounded the train at the station when
Slckart, who was attired in nothing but
large, red bathing robe and still in his
bare feet, arrived. The farmer was
rushed TO the city hospital. where the
physicians Immediately started TO arevi-
ate his sufferings Several times during
the afternoon he became unconscious.
but showed remarkable courage during
the delicate operation Of removing the
mass Of tar and feathers.
Son 10 Re Avenger.
Frightened by the rough treatment he
received. the man lost his nerve and
refused to swear out a warrant for his
assailants. but his son appeared before
Magistrate Jagnety and secured the
necessary papers, which were put IN the
hands OF County Detective Baitzel 10
serve. He will leave on the first train
tomorrow morning and endeavOr to ap-
prehend the three men
The members OF the Sichart family tell
conflicting stories concerning the relations
Of the injured man with the wealthy
widow. According TO the son. andrew,
his father merely farms the woman's
place FOR her and he accounted for his
fathers presence near the house this
morning by saying his parent was about
10 load wagon with produce to bring 10
this city.
Mrs sichart. who cams here with her
daughter shortly after the arrival Of the
son and the victim OF the hold-up, IS said
70 have admitted she talked about the
way her husband carried on" with the
widow. The daughter vigorously attacked
her fathers action. and is said 10 have
declared 1T served him right"
There appears 10 be some family rue
tion, in which the son has caused a feud
by his attentions TO a girl in the neigh
borhood Of the Sichart home. This young
woman. as far as could be learned from
the excited protestations OF the boy. is
believed TO be a daughter OF the widow
concerned in the case
The son says his father was held VI
or the road shortly after midnight last
night felled to the ground, badly beaten,
and later daubed with tar and feathers.
Some mysterious woman. who is be-
lieved 10 be Sicharts own daughter. as
sisted in the work, according 10 reports
here.