Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-12
HOW 1T CAME ABOUT.

-Wr. Lee teUs 70 "G{obe" Reporter HOsc and
Uhy He Took the Horse from Those St.
Paul GirtS OR Sunday.
Last evening the GLOBE reporter met Mr..
J. T. Lee, the special officer of the society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and Intercepted him respecting his taking
the horse from the two nymphs du
pare of St. Panl, on Sunday
as published in yesterdays GLOBE. 1t will
be remembered that the girls made the
following statement to reporter of the
st. Paul end:
''They hired horse and sleigh of Mr..
Nichols. Oh the corner of Fourth and St.
Peter streets. and drove out on the road to
Minneapolis. When some distance be-
yond the stock yards, man with a lady in
the sleigh with him drove up, and taking
possession of the horse and sleigh the
girls had. ordered them to abandon the
team. and pushed one of the girls out Of
the way because she did not move quite
fast enough to suit the ideas of the man,
whoever he was. Having taken the team
from them the man hitched the horse be-
hind his own sleigh and drove Off with it
to Minneapolis, leaving the girl to walk
back through the snow to St. Paul.
Mr.. Lee replied to the question asked
that the above is incorrect, and the follow
ing is his statement, which has been cor
roborated by eye witnesses to the whole
affair:
81 was driving down University avenue
on SUNDAY afternoon in company with my
wife. At about Sixth Avenue south we
met two loud looking girls driving horse
under the whip on keen run. Shortly
after. having turned around, they came
down the avenue and passed US. The girls
were plying the whip vigorously and
shouting vociferously at everyone
they met and passed. Not only that, but
they gave people a sharp cut with their
whip as they passed. 1 followed on down
to opposite the university where 1 found
they had pulled up. One of the girls got
out OF the sleigh and was about to go into
house, when l drove up. 1 spoke to
them kindly, telling them they should not
drive the horse so. I also asked them
whose it was. They replied it
was none of my business,
and we're shockingly profane. I Informed
them of my office and stated that it was
my duty to see that the animal was not i'll
treated, They said they should continue
to drive as they had done, and shonld go
TO ST. Paul. 1 didn't link the morse cOulu
withstand such treatment. It seemed to
be valuable animal, and 1 feared the
girls, whom I could plainly see were ex-
cessively intoxicated, would kill him. 1
then said l should take the horse to the city,
and asked the girl who was then standing
upon the side OF the street to get in the
cutter. She said she would not, and threat
ened to shoot me if I laid hands upon the
horse. l tried to reason with her, and her
companion urged her to get into the
sleigh, but to no purpose. turned the
horse around and led it up to the side
walk and then endeavored to induce the
refractory girl to get in, but she only re-
piled by calling me vile names and threat
ening to shoot me. There were several
present, and I had young
man then lead up my
horse, and making a halter of the reins l
hitched the horse which the girls had been
driving behind my cutter. The girls said
the horse belonged to a Mr.. Berkey, Of st.
Paul. Finding that 1 could not get them
to ride to the city, and the other girl having
now jumped from the cutter, 1 started on.
placed the animal in Eddy's livery stable
and notified Chief Munger"
It seems that the girls walked from the
university TO Diamonds place, where they
secured conveyance to st. Paul.