Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1918 — Damages for Being Called Traitor. [ARTICLE]

Damages for Being Called Traitor.

St. Louis.—John H. Boyer has been awarded $1 actual and S2OO punitive damages from Gus V. R. Mechln, who tried to force Boyer to stand while “The Star-Spangled Banner” was being played. Boyer testified that he was called a traitor and assaulted.