The Washington times., 1924-10-03
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county would stand for such utter
Z disregard Of law and order as was
shown BY Leatherman and others
last July. This affair has been a
blot on Frederick county. and / am
glad that the world knows today
that we do not countenacne tarring
( and feathering."
Mr.. Storm announced that addi.
tional charges against Leatherman
win be taken up next week. He
also said that on Wednesday trials
Of twenty others indicted would be
called before the court.
Since the tar and feather case
was brought before the court Mon.
day morning two persons now stand
guilty Of taking reading parts in
\ don. Mrs. Mary Shank, the woman
{ stripping her, applying the tar and
feathers to her body, pleaded guilty
{ Monday. Her sentence also was
suspended until verdicts were re-
ceived in the other nineteen cases
pending before the court.
It is now planned to try eight
men separately on charges Of tar
I and feathering. This will be FOL.
lowed by d joint trial on charges Of
Fioting, Of al Of the twenty-one In.
{ dicted.
Girls ReSOice.
IN the little county iail Of Fred.
srick today two young girls. Doro-
I thy Grandon and her companion.
! Mable Mills, rejoiced when they
heard news Of the verdict.
''It's, my time to laugh now,
Dorothy said. Harry Leatherman
Il getting what he deserves and I
am not one BIT sorry for him. /
3 hope the court gives him q good
/ long sentence. He didn't show me
any mercy ana hope he gets the
same treatment.
Harry Leatherman was having a
good time when he brought that
mob out to tar and feather me last
July. He thought he was going to
get away with Il. But he didn't,
and I'm glad that the jury found
him guilty.
Miss Grandon ana Miss Mills
were among the States witnesses.
Leatherman was stunned when
the verdict was read. His attorney
] had told him over and over again
that he felt sure that aSQuittal
would come. He was with his wife
( and father when the verdict was
given. He conferred with his attor-
I ney q few minutes and then left the
court room.
It was said today that Leather
man win seek new trial.
n Leatherman, himself. took the
4 news Of the jury's action back to
the little town Of Myersvtlle. It
4 was q shock to the community when
they received the news, for Harry
II Leatherfnan stands high In Myers.
vile. both IN the church and the
minds Of his neighbors. He Is the
towns leading citizen.
Churches Aggrleved.
Especially aggrieved were the
ministers Of the local churches and
the religious sects located at Myers
VILE. These ministers took q stand
Tor Leather1nan and exalted him az
% churchman and q citizen and q
man. ~
The news also caused consterna.
Il ton among the twenty other men
and boys awaiting trial on the same
charges.
4 On the night Of July ~, last,
Dorothy Grandon ana Mabel Mills,
\ walking along . road near Myers.
vile, were overtaken by q mob Of
fifty men and one woman. The
i woman, Mrs. Mary ShanlSs. accused
Dorothy Of running around with her
husband, Lloyd Shanks. The Mills
girl disappeared and the mob sur.
rounded Dorothy.
Mrs. Shanks hit Dorothy on the
head with a club. Then shescalled
for tar and feathers and someone
In the crowd handed them to her.
She stripped the girl ana poured hot
tar on her naked body and threw
feathers on her. She was rescued
later by q farmer living nearby.
The next day eight men and
Mrs. Shank were arrested. After q
preliminary hearing they were held
In $4,000 bond each for action Of
Rthe grand jury. Miss Grandon was
committed to jail az material wit.
ness and held under $500 bond. At
the time, Mrs. Shank declared she
did Il all and exonerated the mob.
The grand jury met and returned
twenty.one indictments. In court
Monday, Mrs. Shank pleaded guilty
and Leatherman's case was called.
Tuesday Mrs. Shank unexpectedly
took the stand and told the jury
that Leatherman and the mob
forced her to attack the girl.