Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1909 — GIRL HORSEWHIPS A MAN [ARTICLE]

GIRL HORSEWHIPS A MAN

Mother Accuses Daughter’s Admirer of Talking About Young Woman. Howell, Ind., July 2.—For remarks he is alleged to have made about a young woman, a young man named Brown, living here, was given a horsewhipping on the streets of Mount Ver non, Ind. Mrs. John Bonenberger, armed with a revolver and horeswhlp, overtook Brown, who was out walking with her daughter, Katie Bonenberger. Shoving the pistol in Brown’s face and telling him not to make a move she handed the whip to her daughter and told her to give Brown a whipping. The girl did as she was directed. Officers who arrived on the scene stopped the whipping and took Mrs. Bonenberger in charge. The woman claimed Brown had talked about her daughter.