The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-23
Fate of All the Defendants
Hinge on Verdict of
This Case
SCATHIMG OEMUMC|A1|oN Of
THE ACCUSED PARTICIPANTS
Prosecutor Declared the Act Was That
OF Barbarians and That 1t Should
Not Be Perpetrated on q Dog, Much
Less . Woman.


the. attorneys at the morning session
OF the court "the tar party" case went
to the jury today.
On the jury's verdict in the case of
the first three men tried on charges
OF completely in "the tar party" is ex-
pected to hinge the fate Of all the
defendants in the case,
The victim was Miss Mary Cham
oeriatn. Beverly, Kas., school teach.
er. rs years old, who worked in a
Ssnaoy Bend. Has. general store dur
ing the summer months. She was
attacked on the night Of August 4.
NO attempt was made by any Of the
attorneys for the defense to defend
the crime. Every effort was directed
towards proving the accused men had
no hand In planning or carrying out
the assault.
IN making his closing argument to
in part: ' sa'1
During my practice l have sent
men to the penitentiary for felonies.
put l nave never had case that could
equal the one at bar in enormity Of
coWardtce and brutality.
regret. indeed. that our laws are
er an oftense of this nature has been
perpetrated that we must be content
merely to send the offenders to iail or
impose on them an insignificant fine.
Certainly an offense Of this nature will
never be committed again and be sub
1ected to similar punishment. and
yet, our legislators doubtless never
dreamed law Of this nature would
be found necessary.
Tar and feathers. A relic of an
cient times. Tarring girl. Think of
It! One of our own girls. One of our
citizens: right here in the center of
civilization.
have heard of such things taking
place In barbaric times, but / never
believed 1t. I have heard that they
would sometimes take a man and tar
mn nm and then ride him on a rail. But
AID you ever hear of a bunch of men
tarrtnE helpless girl? One, who cam
not defend herself. 1t is simply aw-
fui. Why a gang OF desperadoes who
MADE their living by forage, by high
way robbery would blush to do such
thing as this band of desperadoes
dtd the night of the seventh of
August. 1911.
1T has been intimated through the
conduct Of the trial that Miss Cham
berlain Is not girl of good reputation
or character. This. would challenge
most strenuously. If it were necessary.
Il care not who Miss Chamberlain
is, nor what she is. That matters not
She may be the vilest character on
earth, yet she is just as much entitled
to the protection of our laws as if she
grievously she may have erred, her
punishment is not a coat Of tar.
Where In the name of God and all
reason did these men who on this aw.
ful night SO desecrated our laws, GUS
toms and ethics. get their all-import-
ant right to Judge her without trial
to take her forcibly out of the convey
ance in which she was riding and thus
chasten her?
why even a dog deserves better
treatment than what was given Mary
Chamberlain that night!
Gentleman. this girl is our sister:
this girl is one OF the daughters of
Kansas. This girl calls for protection
of our laws and our state. 1t is your
duty to give 1t to her.
Mary Chamberlain was tried. con-
demned and, punished before u worse
than Pontius PLATE. hope by your
verdict you will trimumphantly punish
her unjust treatment. will leave the
case In your hands,
Judges Instructions.
Judge Grover set forth in his instruc-
tions that 1t was not contended that
the defendants took an active part in
the taFrlnS out II was charged they
aided and abetted in the planning of
the crime.
The court further said the fact that
the men were on their way to the
scene was not enough evidence to
prove them guilty.
On the other hand. said the court.
II 1t were proven positively that the
crime was direct result of advise
given by the defendants. they should
be found guilty.
Letters Missing.
None Of the letters known to be in
the hands of the defense which e. G.
Clark Is said to have declared on the
night Of the tarring would clear the
defendants were introduced. In an in.
terview today Everett Clark said these
letters were for use in case Of civil
suit.
After the testimony was all in Clark
was willing to talk of his share In the
affair.
Il know that persons who do not
live in Shady Bend think we were
fiends. May be We should not have
tarred her. Perhaps we would not do
1t again."