The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-23
TAR PARTY
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0ooauaase froa Prs. y.S.
IN u crime. even tbousn hey ~ere
not pressr- Buf TIE mere fact that
the ce'eudAnts had uls~d ~ifa the
H.sailants % Miss CHAMBERLAIN r.
Eard-nE TIE Contemplated attack as
lot IN itself su1clent ground OF
shlch % bAe- a conviction
Tsse Oiansr IN Court
: court rom which AS bali
aisd this morning vas AGAIN crDZd
"a when Prosecutor McCanless began
- sp~ak Many persons brought
their dinHrrs sith them In baskets
and remained IL fhe.r seals during
The recess prior 10 ths nlEhi session.
Miss Chsnb-riain occupied a seat
near The Jury DOL. where she had 4
TN vleE y, all the Jurors Her mother
AS 9TH her. The three defendants.
A y Simns. Sheriff. Ciark snd John
Shmidt. also switched their chairs
about - they faced he Jury simms
wife So b. his side The other tao
m~u we're unacnompanled
One. Eho heard Only part of hat
The speakers said. wss Edward R,c-
ord the barber. aho cecoyed Miss
Chamberlain 20 ne tarrsrs iie 10
20 HE LAHH ~ So AMAFN
the north caves % the cour house
when County Attorney McJanles-
began speaking Bicord Who roam-
he Interior o. the jail becaus he Is
The only occupant threw shoveInif
% coal la the stove q ven over 10
the from door 20 listen A. the
speakers voice became louder Eic-
ord said Ill bet he's giving DO 20
us I'm sOrrt CAM hear those
speeches better
] Barbara Act.
Brandng the tarring o. Miss Mary
Chamberlain a. barbarc. covarciy
and brutal a thing almost unbeiev
able IN a civilized community. Prose
cutor McCaHiess demanded that the
%severes' penalty 'hat ~ was possible
70 inrict be- ne'ed ont - scr as-alI-
ants
y regret. indeed. hc said. that
our laws are 20 isme our legislators
so lax. that after an orruse OF this
nature has been perpetrstcd we mast
De content 20 send the Offenders 20
jail or heap on them an insignificant
me
H. declared tar and feathers 20 he
a relic Of ancient times. an dwell on
The cruelty Of tarrlnE "a Eiri
Miss thamber.sin's reputation Is
not an issue in this case. lac said. ~
she did that which is improper. Jet her
De brought before the same tribunal
that is trying these defendants
This giri calls Tor M protection
OF our laws and state. IL is your
Cuty 20 give Do 10 her.
Tar and feathers 4 relic al an
Client times. Tarring a SRI, one Of
our own girls right here IN the cen
ter OF civilization Why. Robin Hood
and his gang OF ~desperadoes would
start az such a thing They. who
made their living Dos highway robbery.
would blush 90 do such a thing
Pleads for Girl.
q care not who Miss Chamberlain
Is. or what she Is She MAY be the
Silest c~haractere on top of M earth.
yet she IL just as much entitled 10 The
protection of our laws A. if she We're
an angel No matter how g%rievousIy
she has broken the moral or legal
laws. her punishment is not a coat OF
tar Why. even a dog deserves bet.
Ter treatment than was given Miss
Chamberlain hat night
VIII you. In your verdict. blot from
the spangied banner the bright star
tNA' NNANAFAH ~ NNF name OF hhuehhs
and leave the stripe behind. a M ON.
biem Of her degradation? or will YOU.
by the wOrd guilty. continue 10 make
% one % the brightest stars that
shines upo nthe broad field % our
national rag
Sweeping Instructions.
Judge Grover set forth In his In.
structions that 10 vas not contended
by he state that the defendants took
an active part ln the "tarring. bat
that 10 was charged that they aided
and abetted In the planning or the
crime. Tho Law set forth that a man
accused OF such a crime need not
necessarily be- present az the scene OF
D crime On order 20 10 proved guilty
The court further said the fact that
the men were on their way 10 tho
scene was not enough evidence 10
prove them guilty. but that 10 might
BE- taken into consideration IN making
up the cerdict.
Neither would the fact that the men
discussed the crime with certain Der
sons Do sufficient 10 show that they
we're guilty. but hat 10. too. might be
considered
ON the other hand. said the court
~ 10 were proved that the crime was a
direct result Of advice gwen by tho
defendants. thsn they should be found
guilty
There Ia little danger from a cold