Evening star., 1924-10-01

planned beating Dorothy Grandon if
she caught her with her husband.
Lloyd Shank, again. But that was
all" She said.
"On the night Of July - had seen
Dorothy on tn" road with my hus-
band and returned home and got q
club from the woodShed.
when starting out ] ment Leather
1 man and he offered to help me and
then asked me TO join his crowd IN
| automobiles going down the road
after Dorothy. / went. but when |
found they were going to tar and
feather her | tried to go back, but
they wouldn't let me-said would
get III" same darn dose if did.
But don't care now.
When we met Dorothy down the
State road toward MiddletoRn | got
out of the automobile. i was mad
and excited. | hit the girl three
times over the head. | wanted TO
stop then. but the men behind me
pushed and SWore and threatened me
They made me tear off her clothes
and Harry Leatherman handed me
tar and feathers and they made me
put them over her. ! was as help
less as she was.
when il was all over ] felt sorry
for her and / wanted to take her
home and clean her off myself. But
the men wouldn't let me-"
All OF Frederick today is discussing
Mrs. Shank's real motive for taking
the stand against Lcatherman and
the others indicted. II is gossip here
that while she and Dorothy Grandon'
were together in jail awaiting trial,
both being unable 10 give bond, there
was a reconciliation between the two
To- Ii Il
Dorothy at that time that she would
testify against the men at the trial.
While Mrs. Shank was on the stand
Samuel 4. Lewis, attorney for Leath-
erman. tried TO break through her
story. He hinted that she had become
Spitcful while in jail because the
others gave bond for themselves but
wouldn't raise bail for her
NO, no." she cried heatelly This
story is all true, and I would have
told it long ago if had not been in
deadly fear of the results"
Say None Gave Aid
Today the men testified there was
no cursing, no threats. that no one
handed Mrs. Shank the tar and fea-
therS. but that it was her own idea.
that she just picked up the tar and
feathers and went ahead of her own
yolition.
Each of the indicted men to testify
this morning was careful to prove a
strong aibi for himself
1t is strange situation when diff
ferent people, charged with practi-
cally hte same offense. are called as
witnesses by both sides. the state and
the defense, and testify against each
other.
There is a feeling in the crowded
courtroom here this morning that
the wrong men must have been in
dicted: that none of those who tes-
tilted had reached the scene of action
until it was all over. and that none of
them know anything about the tar
and feathering until it was actually
done.
Vernon Summers indicted farm
hand declared the party was quiet,
orderly and no man laid a hand on
Dorothy but all stood far back Paul
Grossnickle, store clerk. of Myers
vile. charged with holding Dorothy
while the hot tar was rubbed on,
said he arrived after it was all over.
Grayson Doub. Howard Toms and
jeremiah Rice. all indicted, testified
along the same line.
Out of court. Mrs. Mary Shanks
said this morning that the reason she
had taken the stand against Harry
Leatherman was because as the trial
progressed she realized she was being
double crossed"
Late yesterday the defense called
a long list of witnesses to show the
good character of Leatherman and
the record of Miss Grandon. Most of
the diScrediting witnesses were
thrown out. Among them were Dill
lard House, Frank Keller, Justice j.
Bower of Hagerstown. Albert Flock,
John Horine, DR.. John Seaton of
Chambersburg, II. S. Byers, Chief of
Police of Chambersburg Cover Carsh-
man. Rev. w. +. Kohler, Rev. c. A.
Neal Charles Ausheman, George
Castle, Tilghman Crossnickle, John
c. Leatherman, George w. Watched.
Claude Toms, Edgar Bittle and Miss
Ida Rice.