Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-21
HOW TAR WAS APPLIED
IS TOLD BY WITNESSES
Full Details of Tarriag
of Young Woman Is
Being Given In the
Court.

LlNCOLN CEN1ER MAS, NOV.
Elbow the Shady Bend tar par
ty" met at the mill of E. G. Clark, |
one of the wealthiest citizens of
tha community, and arranged the
details Of the plot to tar Miss Mary
Chamberlain, the school teacher
whose frightful experience at the
hands of band of men and boys
last August convulsed all Kansas,
was told on the stand by Chester
Anderson, one OF the party" at
the beginning OF the trial yesterday.
The three men on trial were
Sheriff Clark, brother of +. G. Clark,
the miller who pleaded guilty, and
John Schmidt and A. n. Sims, farm
ers. Anderson testified that they
were not members of the band who
actually spread the tar" as they
came to the rendezvous on foot
and wre unable to keep UP with
the others, who rode motorcycles.
County Attorney McCanless made
the opening statement for the pros
ecution, narrating the history OF
the case He told how the plot
was laid in Shady Bend August Z
how Edward Ricord, the Beverly
barber, was hired to take Miss
Chamberlain out in buggy on the
pretense of escorting her to coun-
try dance, and then delivered her
over to the men with the tar hiding
behind the fence He told how
Chester Anderson and Delbert Kin
delsparger had played the highway
men on the barber and the girl
Black Coat Is Applied.
They held up the buggy at the
point of pistols, McCanless de-
clared. They took the young wom-
an from the buggy and threw her
on the ground. They tore off her
clothes, and while one poured, the
other rubbed the tar upon her naked
body. All of the men wore masks.
While the defendants had not
been at the actual 'tarring," McCan'
less said, by their own boast, the
reason they were absent was because
they were unable to keep pace witt
the motorcycles. they were equal.
to blame with the others, he said.
Anderson, laborer of Beverly
who with Kindelsparger was sen
fenced in a justice court shortl.
after the "tarring" to 80 days il
Jail for a part in it, was the frs
witness called. He is to be trie'
later on appeal. He told how h
had been "go-between" betweel
Ricord and the Clarks. He said h
was 21 years old and unmarried.
Were you mixed up in this al
fair?" asked Attorney McCanless.
II went to Shady Bend with
load of corn for Everett Clark,
said Anderson.
when was that?"
Witness Gives Details.
"On August Z. I sold it to tn
men at the mill and one of then
l don't know whether it was Evel
ett or Sheriff Clark or Mr.. Sim
asked me if l would take Mar
Chamberlain out that night, an
that they wanted to tar her.
said mo- She had never done an.
thing to me. When l got back
Beverly saw Ed Ricord sitting
front of the barbershop. | told hi
about the scheme to get Mary Chan
berlain out.
I'm game, he said; III tai
her out
"Then l went back to Shady Ber
and told the Clarks that Ricol
would get their girl for them. Son
of the boys in town had heard
it. We gathered at Clark's mill. v
decided to wear masks, and al
Delbert Kindelsparger were eiect'
to hold the buggy up.
I'VE were late getting to Z
place and when the buggy appear
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