, 1875-02-06
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Il IIOrsc I'cnncd Up for Ten
Years.
Persistent Malignity Of Fulton County
Farmer.
Effects Of imprisonment nroh the Animal


The Humane Society 1nterferes
The shirt Of vindIctirr cruelty, ANAL degree OF
vrh probably au1naes The Rs1tlsst breast, no dens
finds its rarpst AMI r,ost poruets Development ~ ths
charnctcr OF Mr. Nelson Coleman, Of Canton+ fulton
County T Ill him It appears 10 be singaEarlY hno
nbnor,nAy enlarged, For the past ten years Il hah
maintained complete aueandaucy oTcE hin other ac
ultes II lie has any, and has been ths ono russn8 I'M
pylse Of his Ito. Tie peculiar exprea-
sion It has ! takcn has made him tie
object, for gscat length Of t'me, Of considerable
notor1ety Of an ansnviah1s kEud. Ths perseverance,
with which be has Inns testified to this malignant e-
neut Of ha cha,scter has At length brought hin o
troub1c which was not the less deserved beeahhc IL
sas long deferred. Ths an!.tt displayed soforethy
In Mr, Coleman II Of al exceedingly sensitive tJ1s.
It appears le csstiY c1titGd uuh wheit onGa e1-
cited never al!aye lr,el9eial feus ts,wssn ,,'
Msu aud mau, iaatlng for yesrsl sn nasked Win
ssesa bsaess ef he sontasea snd crnst. caused
1iand discharged from lilo JUL for selling beer I'D
Hrang and AgH.w nre sworn End undy1ne enetn!ea
There are to hs accounted Tor on feeaonaoS ns1nf@
grunAis
TEN YEARS. oaun0R,
which II nnpe Ars only Terminated with she ue2h Of ~
object as pt The result of sny sch natural esnse ~
Jcaly quarrel VIII, tia fatlax-Inen His neiGainrs
aissf Thsre hsse Se1sr e.s ssr asnu%s
between him sud adjacent landowners. No asi9hboT
has nsSsts eve, s oHaa IL
safS saftien .e ,royote hta e!v1ia.ts Feeentnoeni
The particular manifestation Of his character which
In to lc slocp VI had nn r1ens tor !. 80 esta3 -
any Of these- Buno Ten yeafs ago fr. Cofrnsn WEE
| u1soss,ig 1HhuLTED BIZ M1B YOUNG CoLT- St
What tic ,sjltx rartcular onense wsa hes mt been
handel down, to these lser day., He might perhaps
S*. M ss ars sfod
"S 1sys whsa ~ as should kass setsn sorn: .s..e
be.vssn % hi, ,m.eenstotned jswt. A. ny ~;
| Mr Colont II VISA thrnwu into violent tsge At +hat
nst u wo3 set sven wa him. Viii srvfnt
J vocatiun TO Ncu1esia "Who neTer YET q hunasn
w19s. e'. the unbalanced SCALE" lie dedicated him
| LIFE or VENGEANCE
| upon that unfortunate q1,a1rnte' aud turn with
mgnt never .nor his atm eo.olu. He wss man of
stern resolution, md his preparations tof ne e1ee
hlaobsara, WI Wien s as a1oa sf Se IS said
l.aye tck1l her lont with feather. The operation
r.s w so'exhst te.sna sn s.sssa s,ssS ner V
torture an produecd fatal results.
Mr. Coli nnau proceeded IN Roae such way with hsf
colt. He -.-..-.
10 by u Det thatchel with stlnw. md tlrnAt tf
hve f. Wi snoa ie' But - ' se #
creae hu TO lei! upon aa frame tn tha abaenea q
flesh and tbs stoppsge es ita Erowh Incredible as !
mHrsup ri. Nj Gocsnan, viii ro,narks1ae nisit1
to ii. original intsntton oi imprisorlng il tor ie
hour. lie to hare tieudlshly takeh pains to pro
vide 1t With faoi that be might prolong sts sonine
Its fn was thus maintained in sdta Of the effects Q
the lsne inprlsonnent, aud the poor, suffering ~!
NAL dragged ont IN existence which VITA nereiful
% Thn sse Steame car % Sotcd T Throughout that section
tho country No one, hnweyer, had tho hardihood +
~ 1t wa4. Coleman, ho well may, Nrarn the replta
uou Of
DANGEROUS MAN,
though IL is ab!o 10 lnako sotne precnsions to
speetahinty hY rsans of ha wraltn being very arR
; farmer, . sAort distance from cnnton Therefor
s., I'll Christian land, III section blessed will
influences. ta oarbarity allowed to 60 wishou
tho tselles1 rasst + was entirely tgaosed By II
. look upon II ~ nous u tlotr business.
The extent to which the ANNUAL suffered can be IT
oneeta Of such long in1pstsonmont scarcely
tho prison. tho active nature II tha sniaua,, hts ~
And hls foi must be considered, and, moreover, IL
fact that Ii was dumb br1tc, without lilo so1aco
!; mutual Easourcas. Attee several years
It becamo very thin, disclosing spoa of b.,
II flesh. Ills Hral wlstel away uutil ~ wns scaroe
.9re s9n m ~ animated skSstoo lo4s soysFe4 ~. %it T.
gas hut half tAat ho would othos~iHs have attadao.
a onr'ousy enough,
l
grow out to the length Ut ID Inches and uEnGd upWa1
aud Inward until they In contact with te frtl
y of hla sh&nks. ThiA gs7s htm yeFY remarkable d
pe4rahcet His hlnder hoofs however, incresa
n stze lut, Oh tho contrary, woro RSay nearly To
=, hrst joint.
- When Goldman observed the evidences Of ths sufa
- | tng which tho confinement enta!llnK upon u
colt, 10 wa sill rsscss stsd aSBArtsd tint tha
r mai Should use Aud lie in tlak tncp.ure. Tbs s
glaf appearance Of tho qG1druped has In late yea
Made una tho xtsndtng curiosity Of the county Al
ot n1ousan1s Of people have yised Coleman tArnl
aes Min. Among ihs ssltors last summer VIA the
IL | ...- AGENT Or CIRCUS COMPANY,
Who offered tAs heAfticHb hand Of IL 500
u him. Coleman was hos inclined to relin1 bis
III lignant persecution IT tbs dumb animal! and ben
IL kept him 10 thu end Of bin ifa.
L. Recently arttrte in the Rs+taf. m tefsqtHu,
v, paper, capl sentta to ths eass The aftIpI. WA
= served by the otlcers Of
~ TItE ILLINOIS HUMANE SOCIETY,"
- who wrots tn Canton for information, Ths repl
- tey received toErnl,uratcd tAa report and Mr T.
H. siltu, agent Of the Aociety, sent dowuotprn
H. cute t4p euse. Eoeiuan ulo his arrival Al Gapto
Dy wus arrested, aud trl4l look place theru last b.
u urday. Tbs defAnduut made no aefef.ss, d
~. | the facts in tlo uUre thorough
~ proven The c1se that II wAs likely to ls nros
~ cutt1 sxxkeueh Synat autesn4t III tas nuxhbofhpo
III and tls Indignation which had hee long eupnre
~ ed found an ezlrnssluu. H..
III Tha raAe zs q ven tho iry who had aut tstur
liz cd verdict wI.u Air. Hamilton lcft there The pu
IN ishrnent for Guch outrage al1old nut b small
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