Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — TARRED AND FEATHERED. [ARTICLE]

TARRED AND FEATHERED.

Adjt. Gen. Tarsney, of Colorado, Ronghlj Treated by Masked Kidnapers. Adit. Gen. Tarsnev, who was kidnaped at Colorado Springs, Colo., by unknown masked men, was found at Palmer Lake, twenty-five miles from Colorado Springs, and taken to Denver on a special train. He had (Been tarred and feathered, and, although somewhat dazed by his rough treatment, was not seriously hurt* Shortly before 1 o'clock in the morning a bogus telephone call was made for Adjutant General Tarsney, of the State militia, at the Alamo hotel. When Mr. Tarsney came down stairs he was confronted by a masked man with two revolvers, seven more men being in the background. Tarsney cried: for' help, but was quickly clubbed into submission with a revolver. He was carried to d clo-ed carriage in waiting and rapidly driven to Austin Bluffs at the city limits. Arriving on the open prairie at Aqstiq. Bluffs, Tarsney was removed from the carriage, stripped nude and a coat of tar and feathers administered and he was warned not to return to Colorado Springs. The pyrotechnic critic is humbly advisfed that the real mission of the stage is to make money for the manager.