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Long Island's Hidden Past: Tar and feathering of Charles Kelsey

It was 1872, Huntington was considered prosperous and sophisticated, yet it was there that one of the most barbaric crimes was committed - the tar and feathering of Charles Kelsey. The crime involved the love triangle between the beautiful Julia Smith, Ro

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