MINISTER IS BUGGY WHIPPED BY MAYOR'S WIFE
Brighton, Alabama* (JFK+50) On September 16, 1924, the Associated Press reports a "horse-whipping" was administered Saturday night to Rev. W. J. McCarty, a Methodist minister, by the wife of Mayor Henry M. Sharpe.
Mrs. Sharpe charged the minister "with misrepresenting her husband's candidacy. She inflicted punishment on Rev. McCarty using a buggy whip.
Mayor Sharpe lost his bid for re-election and perhaps some self-esteem in the process.
*Brighton is located near Birmingham, Alabama & is one of four towns in Jefferson County named for cities in Great Britain.
SOURCE
"Minister Whipped By Candidate's Wife, But He Is Defeated," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 16, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
