HOME BREAKER.
TARRED AND FEATHERED. TREATMENT OF YOUNG WOMAN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, July 25. At Prederiek, Maryland, 50 men and several women waylaid Miss Dorothy Grandson, aged 20, while walking along the public highway at night time. They stripped', tarred and feathered her, and- left her unconscious. A passing farmer found her and carried her home. His wife applied home remedies, but the girl is at the point of death, her body being terribly burned and scarred. A tale of jealousy and outraged moral, sensibilities lies behind the occurrence, which has aroused and shocked public feeling. Miss Grandson came here on a visit, and while the guest at various parties given in her honour attracted attention. She received anonymous letters asking her to leave town, hut she declined. Several townswomen made a charge that their homes were being broken up and. their men neglecting them owing to social gaieties. Miss Grandson hhs identified nine of her attackers, especially the two women who applied *the tar. All these have been arrested.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 July 1924, Page 5
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172HOME BREAKER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 July 1924, Page 5
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