The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-28
VICTIM DESCRIBES
 GETTING COAT OF
 TAR AND FEATHERS

afternoon from the county hospital where corps of physicians and nur
 ses worked with benzine-soaked rags for nearly two hours to remove the tar and feathers that were plast- cred on his body from head to foot, Don LeRoy, 29 years old, an employe and medical student of Dr. Eugene Jordan of the Mutual Life building, recited the details of his narrowing experience says the Seattle Times. LeRoy was not injured except for a few bruises. He said he was glad his assailants. whom he declared numbered either four or five, had decided to tar and feather him after they had entirely stripped him of his clothing and tied his hands and feet.
 "It was a pretty cold night and the tar and feathers kept me warm as I lay on the damp ground" said LeRoy, who is a highly dignified looking young man, with an abbre- viated crop of black whiskers.
 
 About 2 o'clock this morning I was polishing the metal on Dr. Jor- dams machine in the South End garage in the Prefontaine Building" ]"
 he said. When these men first ap- peared I had my back turned toward
 the garage entrance.
 "Only one member of the gang ! came in at first. He approached the
 machine and asked. casually, polish ing 'em up? I did not pay much attention to him. The second man
 came up behind me and threw a
 thick blanket over my head. With
 the assistance of third man, they
 rushed me into a big automobile
 that had been stationed on the out
 side. The engine of this machine
 had been kept going. was placed in the middle of the back seat
 with a man on either side of me- think a third man sat in one of the small seats in the tonneau. There was another man, believe, in the front seat beside the driver. "The automobile sped south at a lively clip. We had not gone very far when one of the men sitting be- side me tied my hands around my back with thick cord. Very little was said during the automobile trip One of the men cautioned me to be quiet and you will get along better "The whole affair seemed to be run off with perfect. mathematical precision. After we had gone be- yond Georgetown two of the men
 lifted the blanket part way up and tied a white handkerchief around my
 face. This done, they took away the blanket altogether. The men seem
 ed to have selected the spot where they striped. tarred and feathered me. in advance.
 Here's the place." I overheard one of the men say as he reached the point on the road where the auto mobile was brought to . stop. I was led out of the machine and three of my assailants then tore my clothes off my body with knives. After be- ing completely stripped they hastily applied the tar and feathers. When
 virtually every inch of my body had been covered my feet were bound
 firmly with a rope.
 Just before the men jumped in- to their machine and sped off one of them said. This will demon
 strate to the doctor what kind of fighters we ara
 Le Roy said that by doctor" the
 men meant Dr. Eugene Jordan He said that for more than seven hours
 he lay near the spot where he was
 left. Shortly after II o'clock he
 managed to rise to his feet and then started to hop down the road, in the meantime yelling frantically He had not gone far when William Null len. resident of the neighborhood. found him and had him taken to the county hospital.