Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-20
THAT KANSAS TAR PARTY WAS
ATTENDED BY many FIRST CITIZENS

the road and pointed toy pistols at
them and halted the pair. Two other
men, wearing masks, took the school
teacher out Of the buggy and Ricord
got out and hid. Another man held
the tar can.
Snicarcd On Her Limbs.
Anderson said two Of the men were
Everett Clark and FitZwater. The
third one he did not know. He said
tar was smeared on Miss Chamber
lain's legs as near as he could tell
from distance. After the tar had
been rubbed on, Miss Chamberlain
was helped into her clothes. With
tar dripping from her, she got into
the buggy and drove away with Ric-
ord.
Alta Lindermuth, one of Anderson s
companions. corroborated the testi-
nony. He said he took no part in
the tarrlng. merely hiding behind a
fence to "see the fun ..
A huge crowd filed Judge Growers
court room almost to suffocation.
iht Ju"EN 'Vlu 'hS hepu'iNN w w
careful that no minors were admit
red.
The three men on trial are Sher-
rill Clark, brother of T.. q. Clark. the
miller, who pleaded guilty, and John
Schmidt and A. n Simms, farmers.
Anderson testified that they were not
members of the band who actually
spread the tar" as they came to the
rendezvous on foot and were unable
to keep up with the others who rode
motor cycles.
County Attorney McCandless made
'he opening statement for the prose-
cutiOn. He told how the plot was
laid In Shady Bend, Aug. Z; how Ed
ward Ricord, the Beverly barber, was
hired to take Miss Chamberlain out
in a buggy on the pretense of escort
ing her to a country dance, and then
10 deliver her over to the men with
the tar, hidden behind the fence. He
told how Chester Anderson and Del
bert Kindelsparger had played the
highwaymen on the barber and the
girl.
"They held up their buggy at the
point of pistols" McCandless declar-
cd. They took the young woman
from the buggy and threw her TO the
ground. They tore off her clothes
and while one poured, another rubbed
the tar on her naked body. All of
the men wore masks"
While the three defendants had not
been at the actual "tarring," McCan-
hey were absent because they were
unable TO keep pace with the motor
cycles. They were equally to blame
with the others, he said.
Anderson, a laborer, of Beverly,
who with Kindelsparger was sentenc-
ed In a justice court shortly after the
| "tarring" to 80 days in Jail for part
in 1t, was the first witness called. lie
Is awaiting hearing on his appeal
from sentence. He told how he had
been an Intermediary between Ricord
and the Clarks. He said he was 81
years old and unmarried.
Were you mixed up in this affair?'
asked Attorney McCanless.
YES"
Tell about It,"
Ed. Ricord Game.
Il went TO Shady Pend on Aug.
with load of corn for Everett
Clark. sold 1t to the men at the
mill and one Of them, ! don't remem-
her whether It was Everett or Sher,
rill Clark or Mr.. Simms, asked me
II would take Mary Chamberlain
out that night, that they wanted ia
tar her. said no. when ! got back
to Beverly | saw Ed Ricord slttinH
n front of the barber shop. ! told
him about the scheme to get Mary
Chamberlain out.
"I'm game he said, ri take her.
Then ! went back to Shady Bend
and told the Clarks that Ricord wouli
get the girl for them. Some Of IN,
boys in town heard of It. We gath
cred at Clarks' mill. We decided II