Whitecapping Heroes of Wheatley
Friday, 01 August 2008 00:00
Old News Report No. 3
When a Wheatley, Ontario businessman was dunked in a well, walked in snow, and thrashed, the London Advertiser called for judicial discipline. But after they were acquitted, the vigilantes were celebrated by the town with a parade and a banquet.
Read about the Whitecapping heroes of Wheatley in the attached Preview Issue Number 3 of Old News. And about the 1902 version of dirty money, when the stench of soiled bills was "often literally horrible."