MOB TARS & FEATHERS SISTERS AFTER RELEASE FROM PRISON
Jacksonville, Florida (JFK+50) On September 14, 1925, Associated Press reports that Jacksonville police are investigating the tarring and feathering of two young women by a mob of 150 men.
The women, who are sisters, had been released from city prison after serving a 30 day sentence for disorderly conduct.
The mob took the women captive as they walked from the prison to town last Saturday evening. The women then were taken to a secluded area where they were tarred and feathered*.
Afterwards, they were taken back into town and released "clad only in gunny sacks. After being permitted to "cleanse themselves" at a boarding house, police lost track of the women.
*tarred & feathered" is a violent form of public punishment where a person or persons are stripped of clothing then covered with tar & feathers. Sometimes they may be paraded through the streets afterward causing them to suffer additional humiliation. The practice was sometimes used against tax collectors and political opponents.
SOURCE
"Sisters Tarred and Feathered by Mob After Release From Florida Prison," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 14, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
