The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-08
TAR AND FEATHERS
VICTIM SUESFOR $4,000

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Martin, Myron Cole and William II.
Buck The latter three accompanied
the deputy and the Remainder OF the
party to the Office ,cf Robert T.. Healy,
who Will appear for the defence, and
qualified as bondsmen,
The SIX men involved in the case
are well-known here in Bennington
Victor Smith IS the East Arlington
Drugg st and postmaster and has been
a resident of the village for FIVE
years. Frederick Corey aud Raymond
Elwell conduct the village meat mar
ket Cedl Parkinson is employed at
the Hale chair shops and during even
ings conducts the village pool room.
lie has more than an ord nary repu-
tat on as baseball player and played
shortstop for the Bennington team
last summer. Louis Montgomery is a
teamster Jerold Ennis works at the
garages He was one OF the young
men employed as driver by the Dor.
set7Bennington auto bus company and
suffered broken arm when over.
turned II Shaftsbury
Before visiting ther counsel, the
young men Immediately upon their
arrival visited the Office Of States
Attorney Collins NJ Graves at hs re.
quest, as there are features of the
case which, it Is alleged led up to the
tar and ieathering and which may ne.
oessitate action on the part OF the
prosecuting cfficia's.
In hs writ Fields alleges that he
was struck and kicked that he re-
ceiyed a black eye, that the assault
brought on reoccurreuce Of heart
trouble and that he has since been
unable to sleep or pursue his regular
employment. Furthermore he Gains
his clothing was ruined
The young men involved in the
SUIT and other residents OF East Ar.
lington who seem to knew cons der.
able about the details OF the event,
assert that no one struck or kicked
Fields and that he was not harmed in
any respect Not much OF the tar,
they say, was used Some was ap
pied to his head where the feathers
stuck giving him luG crous appear
anee and some was turned on to his
underclothine
The coat, which Fields claims in his
writ was ru ned II Is asserted about
Arlington d not belong 90 him but
TO his yollnger brother Paul who was
wearing Il about the village Monday
afternoon. II showed ne evidence Of
having b6etFthrdsgh' tar and feath.
erings ap l5o4e AAp,
r,{d.s ak1s.A u ,.cttIk, ,,,ac oro ~ di,-
posed 10 stl 5pnss the affair, but Post
master Smith asserts that he was in
his store at the time OF the occur
renee. Shorty before 15 o'clock, he
says, two young men came into the
store and asked that he call Fields
on the telephone anG del yer mes
sage that some one wanted TO see him
al the postofiice
Fields responded ana met the crowd
of young men and boys that was walt
ing to express Is disapproval Of his
conduct as a resident of the village.
They adm t that Fields was badly
frightened that he left town the next
day and has not since been seen in
the via nifty.
Fields. who Is about % years old,
has lived at East Arlington nearly all
his life and has for a number Of years
made his home with his mother, His
father at present lives at Chester
+ elds was In the service for about a
year but did not go 20 France. passing
a larger portion OF his period ef serv'
ice at Camp Devens. Some years ago
he married Miss Madeline Bixby OF
Arlington who secured a d vorce and
who has since been employed in New
York as an artist,
In discussing the affair Monday
evening, one of the East Arlington
Gtizens who came here tc act as
bondsman asserted that # elds at
tentions to young married woman a
East Arlington did not constitute The
whole motive for the tar and feather
ing He vigorously declared that I'll
was good Job and that there were {
few more In East Arlington "whc
should be ven similar treatment fol
the good of the community, The vii
lage, he said, needed cleaning up"
The occurrences leading up to th'
tar and feathering are matters OF com
mon gossip in East Arlington. Fields