Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-08-09
Dlsgusting Brutality.

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i? brought forth unanimous nrotest ~, -
tne st. Louis press. The scenes At y
J, trl'weekly ''killipg'' are thus described ;
the Globe Democrat: ..-., -
, 1T was after 2 o'clock when the n,,,,,,,
master ordered the slaughter 70 commenc
Il a snort, athletic young. man, with hip
lchcek bones and a close-set Jaw W.T.
Short black hair, combed yillainous, :,
down oyer his forehead, at the wo,t, carr
forward. He divested hims If of h;
loose clothing, and then said, where
my club?" They brought him hickor
|c'ab shaped like base ball bat. lie too
|itin his hands and walked into the pre,
Ience OF AZ dogs with the nonchalance @
man entering bakery for the purnos
OF buying pies. Had strane er wake
into that pen the chances arc that h
would have been jumped upon by tn
dogs and mangled. Not so with ttia grin
|cxecutloner. They seemed to know IN
1stlnctiyely his dread mission. Powerful
dogs That had'risen to their feet, ant, viii
tangs exposed and tail erect awaited tn
Intruder, SUNK into corners. More tha,
half OF the dogs fled to the c,,,:lrer farthes,
tromth door and the man who stoo,
leaning srlmly upon his blu1geon. Th.
5ludgeon was itself horrible looking in
strument. |, vas clipped and rougl
from use, and dark blood stains, with her
and there few hairs cmbc ,ded in th
dried and eongealed blood, which scokt
OF other days like this. A beautiful point
er dog came toward the butcher. as if tt
make friends. 1t made an attempt at ,
Joyous bark, and made two or three play
ful skips. The club was raised in air
AMI the powerful arms brought it dow
with terrible force. The poor pointe,
male no sound, but fell upon its side. A
wall went up from the other dogs. A
little motion was perceived IN the pres
trate pointer. Crash, crash, and the blud
geon came down again upon its head
Each time the crunch OF The bones OF the
skull, giving way beneath tie blows
was heard with sick kening distinctness. A
monster bulldog came slowly forward
from the pile, as if it courted death. Its
thick skull was crushed witt. single
blow. Still it was not dead. Again ard
again the brute struck the brute. 1t died
hard, very hard. The last act OF the
poor creatures life was convulsve leap
three feet in the air A dingy Spitz dog,
Of very light weight, was killed BY sin
gle blow. The blldgeon was aimed at a
ferocious Newfoundland dog. 1t was .
powerful brute, and weighed no less than
100 pounds, The creature lodged, and
with its open mouth snapped savage]y at
the club. The club struck between the
massive jaws, and they were torn asun Ter
by the terrible blow. The wounded dog
gave Yell, and bounded to the centre Of
the bloody arena. 1t laS there aEd strug-
glcd. Tie man rained blows Upon it.
Some Of them missed the head and struck
the spine. AT last the Newfoundland lay
upon its side and WAS still The bludgeon
was new applied with rapiaity. Each
crushin & blow brought down dog. The
urfortunates in the next pen, hearing and
what was going on, filled the air
with their sfriehs and bowls. The dogs
in the pen where the butchery was In
progress began to run wildly about. They
were greatly reduced in number, One
little house dog, recognized as one taken
from doorstep last Monday, on Market
stree, at whose loss . little child cried
broken -heartedly, sought protection BE-
tween the legs Of the man who welded
The death-dealing club. Ono little dog
played 'possum and lay among the dead.
with them, but not of them. A move
mcnt of the legs exposed him, and he
went 10 his fate. AT the end there were,
only three or four very small dogs left
They were too slight to offer resistance to
The club, and some Of them We're knocked
across the pen again and again before
death relieved them. The last dog lay
still. The man wiped the sweat from his
low forehead and leaned upon his instru-1
ment of death The second pen vas
and another man entered in. TIE
dogs, seeing death in his presence, SUNK
from him. He was q more fearful man
han the other. He struck quicker, too.
But he was not SO sure. BE possessed,
K nossibie. less heart than the other man.
twenty dogs were piled upon each other
IN a terrified pyramid in one corner
They acted like rats in pit IN the
presence of q terrier, THE man >
with his awful club. attacked THIS
pyramid indlscrininateiy.F He struck into
heir midst like man who nigh. be try
ing to pulverize rocks. or something OF
hat kind. Sometimes he hit them III the
hack. sometimes they were struck in the
mouth. like the Newfoundland dog. once
an eve was knocked out of a little black
and tan, and, thr5wn against the wall. IT
stuck there. One man. who was looking
,uato crafty a morbid curiosity, reeied
On his perch, and seeking the open air ne ne
vomited. Some dogs laid still aud await
ID the blow One dog, little sleek-imo,
ID blsck-and-tan;7 with the rat tall ano
bre.st marks of thorough bred, stretch
ID himself before the executioner and
Closed bis eyes. His httle skull vas shat. d
erred With q single blow. The remaining
NO, began to swarm about the door,
rhev scratched upon the boards and
yh;ned plteousIY.. YWithsa steady swash
'he ED club came down. ana an in that pen
vs,s ikilIed.l The fhird pen entered but
srspetiionlaf thsformer seer es
rho Aoor was covered with blood and
i,th The doss died in agony. The sus'