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begun within four days. !curUSE TAR ANDFEATHERS ON2 KAISER MENmoierujowitiorproralibutritaijaresea I are the | the' attIrate Citizens of Staunton.! .Ma Dl., Decorate Anti-American and Lawyer.nntBrigerthehinonablSpringfield, 111.. Feb. 13.—Sevrino iDgi, t Oberdon, alias Sam^Hu^deau of Nogs Sam^hg^deau to be anw IV. Wl^ kbffll*/said to be anT. W. WI leader.?*Pm! who was treated to a coofTpltar and ~ feathers by irate citizens oHstaunton. i crfc \ near here, last night for i.lleged anti-( set :«] American activities, is under two fed-I km r* feral indictments here, one charging ‘e him with bootlegging. lhe#other with j ,r! violation of the espMgc law. He L 1 lt will be tried at the June term of court. I, y j No word had been received hero I:’ e i early today as ?o the whereabouts of IS 4 Oberdon. who is out on bond.# and his attorney. John L. Metien of Chicago is also said to have shared his client's treatment. Doth were started out of j . Staunton, the former toward St. Louis, j.)the latter toward Cook county. I rThe case of Oberdon. an Italian, has caused unusual interest here. He to1a a alt; ( ags tinknown to have appealed to the presi- Mt1 li *dent for relief from the espionage pcharge and when in Jail here wrote nuvolumes of letters in the Italian lan-sn.' guage to various persons. ..’ When arrested at Xokomis he was lu] v said to have been supplied with arms ers ; ‘ and to have had dynamite in his house.I ' Papers in his possession were allegedto have connected him with the Indus-IV tt trial Workers of the World as an or-af* gaolzer or agent. das. i Are .More Americans. of»c, Staunton, 111., Feb. 13.—Referring towcI the tarring and feathering of two menr-1 by a mob last nighty Benjamin Vollen-selt;tine, chief of police, said today:“No official report of a disturbance 101 has been made to me. The only re- ua port I have received is that there are ;y a lot more Americans in Staunton to-«I day than there were yesterday.”y.n-Between midnight and 3 a. m., more pr»Ththan 100 houses were visited by members of the mob. The persona who|Rc were suspected of disloyalty were | pa aroused from slumbers by loud knocks jen on the door and were summoned forth. Mi Women,and children were not molested, inino-inThe men suspected of disloyalty were \r compelled to kiss the flag, and the musicians among them were required to play the national airs on cornets and violins. yRefuses; Then Change* Mind. William I*. Beehausen, former clerk of Macoupin county, refused to kiss lv. the flag. He was escorted several blocks and then told emphatically that of! something would happen” if he did | ol: not make the required salutation. He bs I complied.
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Rock Island Argus
Rock Island, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 13, 1918
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