Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1918 — JACKIES BAND MAKE ASSES OF THEMSELVES [ARTICLE]

JACKIES BAND MAKE ASSES OF THEMSELVES

They Should Be Humiliated As They Humiliated Man Who Could Not Hear. The Kokomo Tribune has the following account of an incident that happened during the visit of the Jackies band to that city. A dose of cold lead might be effective in putting a stop to similar acts of rodyism that are happening almost daily in different papts of the country. The Tribune says: “The visit of the Jackies Band to this city Thursday was sadly marred and its influence largely nullified by a display of rowdyism entirely inexcusable and most regrettable. These young men need to be taught an elementary lesson in good behavior and unless they be disciplined effectively they should be taken off the road and returned £9 their training at the Great Lakes station, or better still be sent into the actual service of fighting for which they were enrolled. Their assault on one of our respected citizens because he neglected to remove his hat while the band played “The Star Spangled Banner” was a despicable display of ruffianism born of the spirit of the mob. Their humiliation of this man and the consequent mortification of his daughter was an offense which reasonable people will neither excuse nor condone. The authorities in charge of these men should require them to make due apology to the victims of their effrontery and that would be a poor, amend indeed f <fe the outrage. The mob nearly always misses the mark, as it did in this instance visiting its wrath on a man who deserves every consideration of esteem and respect from the people. His hearing is defective and he did not know what air the band was playing.” The “man referred to above is George W. Roby, an aged citizen of Kokomo. Mr. Roby was at the outer edge of a large crowd listening to the band and his hearing being defective, he did not know what the band was playing. The old man was dragged to the band stand and made to kiss the flag.