Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-23

the Shady Bend "tar" party met at the
 mill of E. G Clark, one of the ewealth-
 thiest citizens of the community, and
 arranged the details of the plot to tar
 Miss Mary Chamberlain, the school
 teacher, whose frightful experience
 last August, shook the whole United States with indignation, and stamped the perpetrators as human monsters, was told on the witness stand to-day, by Chester Anderson, who was mem- Der of the party.
 County Attorney McCanless, in his opening statement told the entire story of the tarring He said that the plot was laid on August 2, and that Ed ward Record, barber, was hired to take Miss Chamberlain out in buggy on the pretense of escorting her to a dance, and then deliver her to the men with tar, who were in hiding.
 ''They held up the buggy at point of pistols" said the attorney, "They took the young woman from the bug gy and threw her on the ground. They tore off her clothing, and while one poured the black mess, another spread it over her body. All the men wore masks. They were human monsters attacking a poor lone girl"
 Anderson did not participate in the actual assault, as he went on foot to the scene of the outrage, while the others went on motorcycles and in oth CT vehicles. He was recently sentenc- ed to ninety days for his share in the assault
 Miss Chamberlain is 26 years of age and possesses a pretty face as well as form. Her manner toward every one is pleasing, and it is that quality that caused the school teacher to un- dergo indignities at the hands of the men fiends she formerly supposed were friends.
 When the school at Beverley, her home closed last summer, Miss Cham berlain went to Shady Bend to clerk. She was a competent clerk, and being naturally of sunny disposition she could not help talking or "pollying" with customers.
 One of these customers was mar ried man who seemed infatuated with Miss Chamberlain's smile At any rate, he spent considerable time at the store and soon his wife learned of his actions. The matron became jeal ous and quickly aroused the jealousy of other married women and at a mothers meeting one afternoon they | plotted and planned the disgrace of the pretty school teacher.
 On August 7, last, there was held at the Lower Twelve Mile school house, three miles from Shady Bend, a meet ing of women who felt that they had grievance against the pretty school | teacher. The meeting was also attend ed by men, among them, Edward Rec ord, barber, living at Beverley.
 He was chosen as the Judas to be- tray Miss Chamberlain.
 Miss Chamberlain was not to attend the dance, that, it is believed, having been arranged before hand, and when Record asked her to accompany him ske declined, as she had received no regular invitation.
 Record left the house and later re- turned and told Miss Chamberlain that the young ladies at the dance had sent him back after her. This story sound ed plausible, and Miss Chamberlain de cided to go with him.
 According to the girls friends, 1nl they are a majority of the populace. it was the plan of the mob to follow Record and the girl, and to meet them at a given point outside the city limits.
 The men followed, but they failed to the spot no one was there. Realizing that he was ahead of time Record de- cided go back As he could not think of any excuse for so doing, he began acting improperly toward Miss Cham berlain, which caused her to demand to be taken home. Record is said to have stated in his confession that her command to be taken home was what he wanted her to do
 When the buggy approached the spot on the way back to Shady Bend, nearly a dozen figures sprang into the