Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-23
THAT GLANDERHD MARE.
An Interesting Case in the Police Court
The Animal Shot.

An Interesting Case in the Police court
The Animal Shot.
| Some four month ago A. Paquin, OF thu
city, bought beautiful Nelson mare II
Oakland. paving therefor good rount
price. At the time of the purchase the
animal was running slightly at the nose
but Mr. Paquin was assured that 1t wa:
| nothing more than a slight cold. The ami
NAL was brought to this city and stabbed il
the rear of the Pacific Hotel. Some weeks
ago the Health Officer had her examined
by three veterinary surgeons, all of whom
pronounced it case of CHAMBERS. Pa
quin was notified to kill the animal
but refused to do so, claiming that horse
doctors had told him that it was
an epiZooty, that could be cured
to kill the animal if he desired, but if she
was killed, and post mortem examination
proved that it was not case of CHAMBERS
then he should sue for the value of his
animal. Matters rested this way for a few
days, until finally Paquin was arrested and
brought before the Police Court yesterday.
The defendant was represented by |. S.
Brown, while the prosecution was conduct
ed by District Attorney J. T. Carey. The
latter was assisted very materially by John
Mackey, Superintendent of the Norris
Grant, who says he is bound to prevent the
spread of CHAMBERS in this section. The case
was tried before the Judge.
W. B. Ferral, Health Officer, made q
statement of the facts as he knew them, and
of the causes that led to the arrest.
DR.. A. NJ. McCollum, graduate of the
Veterinary College at Toronto, testified
that he had examined the animal ON three
different occasions, and was positive from
his diagnosis of the case that it was
CHAMBERS. He said it was a hard matter to
make people believe that their animals
have the CHAMBERS when they are sleek fat
and able to do great deal of work. The
disease is contagious at all stages. 1t is not
confined to horses, but men take it, and he
referred to two individuals who died in this
county from its effects. He said he knew
of a cat in this city that had the CHAMBERS
All such animals should be destroyed
There should be no favoritism, but a move
of determination all along the line at once
The doctor was subjected to a long and
tedious cross-examination, in which he
showed that he understood his profession
He declared the case in question incurable
DR.. w, +. Cutler, a graduate of the Ma
tional Veterinary College at Lyons, France,
was the next witness. He corroborated the
testimony of the Health Officer and DR..
McCollum. He was positive that it was
case of CHAMBERS. If the horse was killed
its head cut open, and then it was decided
that it was not a clear case of the CHAMBERS
he would pay the owner for his horse.
r. X. Burgess was sworn. He did not
pretend to be a veterinary surgeon had
never taken a medical course. He had ex-
ot,,inal tho animal a,,H g 1,n mi
that it was not CHAMBERS.
Mike Keyser said he attended a veterin-
airy school in Germany, but did not gradu-
ate because he did not want to. "These
fellows with sheep skin don't know any
thing. | have forgot more than they will
ever learn. He had been doctoring the
animal for some time for the guitar and
" ulsters." He knew all the diseases of
animals from horse to a cat His testi-
mony was quite lengthy, his answers
amusing, and the balitf found it difficult to
keep order in Court, as the sedate Judge
himself would smile audibly occasionally.
He told General Carey he had dOctored
horses in the army, but on CroSs-eXamina-
ton said he belonged to the Forty-Seventh
Illinois Infantry.
A. Paquin, the owner of the animal, said
that before his arrest he was not satisfied
llaI Jne animal was Slanuereu. tie Hau
been told by men who professed to be
horse-doctors that it was only cold and
could be cured. They gave him medicine
for the animal, and with caustic burned
her nostrils. He then proposed to kill the
mare and have an autopsy made and,
through his attorney, asked that the
case he continued until 10 A. NJ. to-
day, which request was granted.
The animal was taken out last evening to
Thirty-first and NJ streets and killed. Her
head was taken off and brought TO the city,
where DR.. McCollum made an autopsy, in
the presence of DR.. Cutler, the owner of the
animal, his attorney, John Mackey and
Others. Before he opened the head, which
he did by saving it longitudinally and
transversely, he told those present what
they would find, providing it was a case of
CHAMBERS. He found the frontal sinus filled
with a greenish matter, with the ulcers well
defined the partition of the nostril was Ill
cerated, one ulcer having eaten through the
partition. The bones of the head were be-
coming honeycombed, so much so that they
could be crumbled with the fingers. The
doctor said it was well-marked case of
CHAMBERS, and every one present was per-
fectly satisfied that his decision was correct.