The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-09
.srr1tmo ! cow,-Within the past Twelve

Crsxrrro xCow.-Wifhin the past twelve
months q number Of our citizens have lost
line mich cows, aHd but few Of Them have ever
returned or their disappearance been accounted
for. What became of them 1t - impossible Tor US
to say, but the probability IL, that many OF them
found their way to market In the shape Of steaks
and roasts to be sold to customers cheap TOT essh
As an evidence of this fact, on Wednesday last MT
Alexander Kerr lost fine cow, and learning mat
she had been seen in the neighoornood o. 1aeo '.
Quarter Branch mounted his horse and rode out
there the following day. In his enquiries ne ca,iea
at Mr. Snyder's slaughter house and enqulred Oh
that gentleman ii he had seen such an animal as ths
one described. Learning from Mr.. 5. that ne hsu
not, Mr. X. offered reward for her return, and
Mr. Snyder suggested to a number of boys pre-
sent to hunt her up and take her home,
that they might receive the pay Not feeling salts
Ted with his loss Mr.. X. rode out to the same
alauehterhouse the next day, and finding JOHN
KNIGHT there asked him what sort of cow 1t was
that they killed there the day before. John an
swered, odd If know-I got no portion of the
money !" and Mr. Kerr failing to learn anything
more from knight, rode to the first market where
he had a conversation with Mr. Snyder to the
color and size of the COW. s. told him that he had
neither seen the skin nor head oil the animal, but
that it was large cow, onehalf OF which weighed
300 pounds s. then informed Mr.. Kerr that the
beefwas furnished him by John Bowles, another
butcher, who had purchased it OF another person.
This Mr. Bowles acknowledged, but stated that the
Bowles further stated that man came to him and
sold him cow for S35-that he paid him the cash
for it-that afterwards the person of whom he pur.
chased it said the original owner wanted the hide to
make shoes and the head and haslet to send to his
farn-that he let him have it, and learned that the
portions specified had been sent off by the packet
boat Bowles paid the full value of the beet, which
was delivered to him, and never dreamed that the
person of whom he purchased 1t came by it other
wise than honestly.
The day after this conversation Mr.. Kerr received
information that the hide of his own COW could be
found in an old well not far from Mr.. Snyder's
slaughter-house Securing the services of officer
Irving, Mr.. X. repaired to the place. where ropes
were procured and officer |. lowered into the well.
On reaching the bottom he found any quantity of
decayed animal matter, and bag, to which he at
tached rope. When this was drawn out, it was
found to contain the head and hide of Mr.. Ks cow
Since then the hide of Mr. A. Michaels missing COW
has been drawn from the same place; and it is not
at all improbable that there are dozens of others in
the same sink, doubtless thrown there to hide the
guilt of the COW steaers.
The remarks made by knight to Mr. Kerr, con-
nected with the fact that he aided in bucherng the
cow in Mr.. Snyders slaughter house. induced the
Mayor to issue warrant for his arrest, and yester.
day he was brought up and witnesses sent before
the grand jury of the Hastings Court to have him
indicted. The offence, if made out is felony the
punishment for which is confinement in the Peni.
Tertiary.