Burton and Wilson were on their way
to Ellinwood, a small town in this county,
where they were to address a meeting
yesterday afternoon. When they did
not appear Stevic and Parsons came here
to learn what had become of thein. The
latter two were then taken out of the
city and told not to return. Later when
they appeared again In Ellinwood they
were tarred.
Had Everything- lint Feathers.
When it became known at Lyons, a
small town near by, that Stevlc and Par
sons lmd returned to Elllnwood again,
American Lesion men are reported to
have gathered for the purpose of going
there after them. Bugle calls were used
to rally a crowd to make the trip and
the gathering departed at 6 o'clock.
They Interrupted a Non-Partisan League
meeting and brought Stevlc and Par
sons to Great Bend, arriving about 9:30
P. M.
The party, numbering about 200 men,
took Stevlc and Parsons out on a road
leading north from here. No opposition
was encountered. A few miles from !
town a halt was called and the men ware j
ordered to remove their clothes. Pro- !
testing they obeyed, and a supply of '
tar was brought forth.
"Smear that on." was the command,
and the two, trembling from the coid
night air, began the application of the
mihstance to th< ir naked bodies. When i
they had finished they were ordered to
lie down nnd roil In the grass. A lack
of feathers made this Imperative, mem
bers of the crowd said.
