Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1909 — LIBRARIAN IS HORSEWHIPPED [ARTICLE]

LIBRARIAN IS HORSEWHIPPED

Dismissal Follows- Boating Admin I stored by Father of Girl. Chicago, Nov. 26. —Petey Riser, manager of a branch delivery station of the Chicago public library, has been removed from his position on account ol a horsewhipping given him publicly by a father who had learned that hie daughter was one of several young girls who complained of the man’s conduct. The horsewhipping took place In the rear of Riser’s Btore, in which the delivery station was located, and was administered by J. W. Motherwell. Motherwell dragged Riser through the store and into an alley in the rear. There, in full view of a large crowd, the father made the lash sing and curl about Riser’s head and shoulders until the victim begged for mercy. When blood started to flow from a cut in Riser’s cheek Motherwell cast the whip aside while Riser slunk into his store amid the jeers and hisses of the crowd.