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October 21, 1890
The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
What is this article about?
In Chicago on Oct. 20, ex-gambler J. B. Quinn was assaulted by two men who tarred and feathered his upper body and beat him, possibly due to enmity from the gambling fraternity over his reformed status and book.
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A Brutal Assault.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-A curious assault
was made to-night upon an ex-gambler
named J. B. Quinn. Two men held him
up in a dark spot on the edge of Union
park and compelled him to strip to the
waist and poured a bucket of liquid tar
over the upper portion of his body and
then added some feathers by way of
adornment. His assailants then knocked
him down and kicked him repeat-
edly. He was found by some people
strolling through the park and the
police notified, but with no trace of the
assailants. Quinn has been posing as a
"reformed gambler," writing a book on
gambler methods and is supposed to have
incurred the enmity of the fraternity.
although sporting men scout the idea of
any such motives having provoked attack
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-A curious assault
was made to-night upon an ex-gambler
named J. B. Quinn. Two men held him
up in a dark spot on the edge of Union
park and compelled him to strip to the
waist and poured a bucket of liquid tar
over the upper portion of his body and
then added some feathers by way of
adornment. His assailants then knocked
him down and kicked him repeat-
edly. He was found by some people
strolling through the park and the
police notified, but with no trace of the
assailants. Quinn has been posing as a
"reformed gambler," writing a book on
gambler methods and is supposed to have
incurred the enmity of the fraternity.
although sporting men scout the idea of
any such motives having provoked attack
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Brutal Assault
Tar And Feathers
Reformed Gambler
Chicago Attack
What entities or persons were involved?
J. B. Quinn
Where did it happen?
Chicago, Edge Of Union Park
Story Details
Key Persons
J. B. Quinn
Location
Chicago, Edge Of Union Park
Event Date
Oct. 20
Story Details
Ex-gambler J. B. Quinn held up by two men, forced to strip to waist, covered with tar and feathers, knocked down and kicked; found in park, police notified but no trace of assailants; Quinn posing as reformed gambler writing book on methods, supposed enmity from fraternity though denied by sporting men.