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Kangaroo Court Held at Goshen 250th Anniversary HQ
Louis Shesa the Goshen police commissioner tries a mock noose as Frank Zielinski watches. The first kangaroo court was held in front of the anniversary headquarters with Four Keystone Cops arresting people on the street for not wearing beards or mustaches or old-time clothing. Postmaster John B Connell presided as judge. Stocks and a water trough punished violators.
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Louis Shesa
Goshen
Frank Zielinski
Keystone Cops
John B. Connelly