Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — Tar And Feather Chicago Lawyers [ARTICLE]

Tar And Feather Chicago Lawyers

St. Louis, Feb. 12—John H. Metzen, a Chicago lawyer, and Sezerion Oberdan, charged with being an I. W. W. leader, were tarred and feathered by a mob of 300 persons on the outskirts of Staunton, HL, 38 miles northeast of St Louis tonight. They then were ordered to leave town. The two men had been taken from their rooms in a hotel and marched through the streets to the outskirts of the city, a distance of a quarter of a mile. They were stripped, the tar and feathers applied and then “were given the road.” This was the climax of a- long fight to rid Staunton of men considered disloyal. • All persons who had been marked by the American Protective league as disloyal were stopped on the street and foxed to sign a printed form showing that they would remain loyal. More than 100 persons, it was said, were made to sign these printed forms.