VICAR ASSAULTED.
TARRED BY PARISHIONERS. Urn'.ed Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, Sept. 29. A number of masked men waylaid John Lax, vicar of Stanmore, Westmoreland, and his school mistress. The man was bound, gagged, and tarred, and compelled to read a mock service. Subsequently eight young parishioners were arrested and fined £5. The cross-examination of witnesses showed that the vicar was a married man, and it was suggested that he had certain relations with the school mistress.
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Gisborne Times, 1 October 1909, Page 5
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76VICAR ASSAULTED. Gisborne Times, 1 October 1909, Page 5
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