TAR AND FEATHERS.
A PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK By United Press Association —Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright. Received September 30. 8 30 a.m. LONDON, September 29. A number of masked men waylaul the Rev. John Lax, vicar of Stainmore, in Westmoreland, and his schoolmistress. The men bound, gagged and tarred him, and read a mock service over him. Subsequently eight ■ young parishioners were arrested, convicted of the offence, and fined five pounds each. The cross-examination showed that the vicar, who was a married man, had suggested certain relations with the schoolmistress.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9609, 1 October 1909, Page 5
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89TAR AND FEATHERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9609, 1 October 1909, Page 5
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