Professor of Northland tarred and feathered

              ASHLAWD, WISCONSIN, KONDAY APRIL 1, 1918
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Masked Meh'I'ake Him Half Mile i From The City, Give Him a Coat I Of Tar anii Feathers and Let I Him Walk Back Home.
Professor E. A. Schimler. teacher of lanj^uatifes at Northland colleKo, was taken from his room hihit nij^hL about mi(lni^:Cht by nearly a dozen tnaaked! nien, taken to a lonely spdt about a half a mile fi-om the city, strLpi)ed of his clothing and- jifiven a substantial eoat of tar and featheis.
'After treatinja: l^im to the coat of tar and feathers, tne men in the party jumped into waitini^ autom.obiles and sped back to the city. They were very orderly. No one knew of the plot and it was carried out with such dispatch |t.hat hardly anyone in the city, except the parties intere,ned, knew of the jafTair until eve^-ything was over. I Schimler, when left by. the mob, ¦found his undergarments xand walked piick to 'his boardin}^ housV^The po¬ ll ice were then [called and the police nu;to was sent at once to' pick him up. IW was taken to the city hall and later to the Y. M. C. /V. where hei was lliyen an 6V)poi;1;unity ^O; clean up. •' .~\yhen he arrived at the city hall, tie was in *sUch a condition tfcut ,there yhxn no question in any one's i^f^jjtd but ktjthe imob^ w're very,;liberal in the u*' of tar and *lso had OYi diand a lot feathers
d pfive absolutely no parties who forcibly is boardjnjr house and TO clues to v/0rk on as notified : until  tlu;  af-
Rlair stated tV l)een called wh that they would .•irresteVl the mc tli'(;i^y wei-e not fair was all o\ tihie to walk b was no way of
f.chimler cou (lye as to the (uok him from 1 the police have they were not fair was    all  6\'ov.  Chief    of  Police
at if the police had ei^ the affair started have prevented it and mbers of the mo}), As notified ! until the af- er and iSchimler h;ul ick tO' the city, there apprehending; them.
.Says- lU Was Robbed.
Scliimler  made  claim   to  tlic   polic-t 'SIl^Kis .morninir  that  th.c  mob   not  only eaied him to a cont of tar :uid fc>ath- cTs but stole hisi coat ninl trouscr:-. an ' •also   his   watch   and   other   yahiablc^ fronl  his  person.  He liud   not   n-tirod v.beti the mob <iuriA-ed ;;t.his lio.-u-diiv place  l)V!t iwas  sittitijr    in  his     room, with  hi."^  shoes: off,  reading. An   American  Citfzen PtM>fessor Schimler is an Amerioaia fit i'/.|t'n.     lie     came   to   this    country with his  parents^vhen he was four¬ teen years of age and received his ed- ncatiojS in this eciunti-y, being aC "grad¬ uate of the Boys' Latin school/of'Bos- ^ton and of Dartmouth colleg'e. Aftei; leaving   college   he   taught   school   in thisi country   and   then  went   to   Ger¬ many where ho taught for six years, returning to this country in 1913. He taught schcorin Carlisle, Pennsylvan¬ ia  and  Chicago, and came to North¬ land  bist    Sejitemberj to    teach    the languages.     The   college     authorities say that Professor Schimlei- has been a very efficient teacher and that there is absolutely no evidence that he was disloyal in words or actions.- City Offers Reward. Mayor  Dennis  called  at the  Daily ^Piess office this afternoon and stated tfiut the city authorities would do all in their    power,   to    apprehend    the guilty  parties  and   in  furtherance  of this object will give a reward of $100 for information that will lead to the arrest  and  conviction  of  any  of the members of the mob that tarred and ,   feathered Professor- Schirrilcr.