New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-22
EXCITING scene INA COURT ROOM.
xAzIHa sAusAaEs OFT OF Doa NEAT
Dog Fai Recommended for Consumption

For many years past hundred, Of p.~sss. have en-
ter-a.neJ aversion to ssu.a,es IN consequence Of
v,loa, reports bang circulated that suoh artci. OF
iooi VAS manufactured from dogs aesh horse iesb,
sad even the meet Of cats. Shops whore sausages
were yended have been avoided. ani the pork stand
in corner groceries has been looked upon with ds,rust
No ASSURANCE on the pat OF dealers that their sausages
were made ia the country could ds pei tue idea enter
tanned by purchasers that the article WA made Of
than dogs. .ea: or horse iesh. Every now and thea
the reports made in the papers relative to the AIRES,
of such ani euch charged with vending sausages
inside from animals other than those generally used for
articles Of food have strengthened their aversion in
the matter. While hundreds have entertained an
syersoa to the -avory food, as many more have made
il staple article Of diet, AMI once, twice or three
every week have psrtsken Of the nicely crisped NOR
sels with relish Such have believed the statements
of their grocer and pork butcher that their saussge'
were made in the country, aud contained nothing but
polk, with perhaps q scrap or so OF beef Nothing
could induce them to believe that aught else but pork
and beef was used. and the bow-wow OF dog or
neigh Of horse in front OF their doors could not affect
their appWites.
Yesterday afternoon jefferson Market Police Court
presented a curious scene-the room being crowded
with spectators anxious 10 witness the disposition OF
two ermans who were caught in the act OF cutting up
the carcass of large dog The passage through the
streets of three officers having in custody two Ger
mans who were bearing large wash-tub filled with
spurious looking meat, attracted immense crowd.
The facts attending the discovery and arres, OF the
parties charged with manufacturing sausages out OF
dogs meat are follows: Yesterday morning daugh-
ter of one Of the Twenty ecOnd PreC net officers, while
sitting at a rear window Of her residence in Forty
eighth street near the Eleventh avenue was disturbed
by the yelprg of dog and upon looking out she saw
man in the opposite yard with small AK engaged IN
killing large dog. The man beat the dog upon the
head with the u4< the animal was dead They then
hung up the carcass and took of the skin, after which
they carried the body and skin to rear room on the
second floor Here they proceeded TO cut up the body
| and pack il away in wash-tub, while woman the
wife OF one of the men, set about cleaning the entral!s
with view of using them to stuff sausage meat in.
The young woman suspecng something wrong fastened
to the street, and meeting Officer John McDouga oil
the Twenty.second Precinct, told him OF what she had
seeu The officer forthwith procured the assistance OF
Officers Casey and Tompkins, and entered the house,
| where they found two men named Francis Miller aud
Andre Schwezer engaged in cutting up and packing
| away in a wash-tu6 the carcass OF a dog, woman,
the wife of Miller being at work cleaning quantity OF
entrails iu another room in barrel the officers found
quantity of sarssges. Everything pertaining to the
| unfortunate canine was found in the room aud placed
in the tub. The parties were then arrested and with
the tub conveyed to the Jefferson Market Police Court
Miller. when arragned before Justice Kelly, said
Vas sick und mein toctor dod to get sumo tog
vat dohe meln cough. wouldn't kill ein tog
fur sl0Cf would you can cut my droat from ear to
ear. pought pig ZONE time ago und bald ten tol-
lars und dirty cents yor i'm. nd as has large fam
| ily oy chider, make men own sasages-I never zeU
EN- to no one. never kill tog pefore und pought
dis one of Schneider fur six skiings he wanted to-
lar and wouldn't give it to i'm, DE toctor dod me to
| dake tog vat, und vas doc poor do puy EN- at de
| trug sthore; | pought pound Of an uld woman.
| Schneider said that he sold the dog to Miller aud
engaged to Kill the animal for him aud help him put It
down.
| One Doctor Thorn German said that Miller came
to- him two years ago, suffering with consu npton,
and that he prescribed for him. AT length he became
too poor to buy medicine and he told him to go to the
drug store aud get some dog fat; that Miller went 10
the but could only buy two ounces they asked
81 poundfo for IT, Subsequently he got some fIoman old
| woman. At length he got poor that he could not
buy the fat, when the doctor told him he knew not
what to recommend further. The Doctor said he had
not seen him before for months aud did not know
| what had become Of him.
Justice Kelly decided to hold the accused to bail in
the sum Of 81 900. Two of Mier's neighbors became
surety. The suyeties protested against the matter;
they said that he only killed the dog for his fat and did
not make sausages Of the meat. butcher who was
in the Courtroom examined the sausages aud said they
| contained dogs blood. In the tub was string Of
dozen or more sausages Bologna size, the launches
of the dog spare-ribs, four-paws, hide, head with
tongue hanging out and pitcher Of fatsl Of which
presented disgusting appearance. The bottom OF the
| tub was covered with blood.
Miller seems purchased the dog Of Schweizer for
Fix shilDgs, although the owner wanted 81. For the
money 80 paid he also to kill the animal and assist
| in dressing his carcass which work the men were
busily engaged in when apprehended. The tub with
its contents was sent to the Rev. DIR. Warren, Police
Property Clerk to be held as evidence against the
accused. Schweizer was discharged there being no
| evidence against him.
Miller is large man. with big whskers, end presents
the appearance of suffering from pulmonary disease
| Both men were smeared with blood and looked az II
| they had been hard at work in a slaughterhouse.