The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08

POISONED LIVER '0lvEx 70 fDoI. DU1-
TONS PERFORNEN0 ANIMALA


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The Indian wigwam and Summer Pavilion
Theatre Ia on the south side Of 10th street.
between Second and Third avenues. 1t 10 an
enormous tent. with . seating capacity for
1900. 1t opened on May 10. and nightly enter
talnments and matin6es thrice week have
taksn place thore. DR.. Thomas Z. Hal!eck 10
the manager.
One Of tho features OF the programme OF the
past week has been the exhibition Of the trick
and performing doss OF Prof. J. Burton. The
doCs. eight In number. were valued By the
OF the wigwam 10 . large yard. enclosed from
116th street By high board fencs.
Il waa the custom Of Prof. Burton 10 take hts
trained dogs from their cages aAd give them
exercise in the yard every morning and night.
He lot them out Of their cages at o'clock Yes
terdxy morning. and they exercised In tho lot
about ten minutes They were unnuzzled. He
gave them drink and then called them back
and ordered them on top OF their kennels.
One OF them named Jack had no sooner got
on hia cage than no fell of In what the Pro-
lessor supposed to BE- an epileptic ht He put
the animal In his cage. and Immediately Till.
blue greyhound leapsr. was seized with similar
symptoms. The othor animals dropped down
In spasms In rapid succession. and In ten
minutes time the entire eight werS lying
around the yard In . dying condition. They
oil died within eight minutes excepting Katie.
black greyhound
Prof. Burton believed that his pets had been
poisoned. and summoned Dr.. Mark L. Frey. .
veterinary sTrTson Katie lived iSur h hour =;
made JsS ana e
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four years Old, sioo6; T Blue srsySoGnd
said. that he had bsen offered si.0ol for the
do ok ps y e and W.
Prot. Burton said that this dog vas ,hs iayorite
pion leaping hound. for length and height 10
gold. The dog was entered in . match for
Prof. Burton said that the dogs had all died
from poisoned liver. which. they had picked up
ths yard P.ess vsr ABOUT Wo nehs
scattered On the ground. Prot burton was surs
18th, street In the expectation that the dogs
would get them. He attributed the poisoning
xsS s saa
be worth $1,000 to any person who would ex-
pose the authors Of the outrage.
Gs sna WITH Wit osher ha
owner asserted that they were the best c0llec-
ton Of performing dogs 10 the eountry. Some
Superintendent Hankinson OF the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Anima,s and 9
animals in the afternoon and began. an inyesti.
One Of The Officers visited the meat
TO tho perpetrators. The body of the dog Jack
as Tss a.hsr animals WERE sii
SAID that they would Se buried to: day.
eai $50 ri
would lead to the arrest , snd conviction Of tbs
further reward 8! 5000. WV
Or. Haileck said last evening that he could
Issdsn.s Of The nsishbS,h9So; bad I'D
on the upper. side q the street. srs row q
Hs ss Rss Deys
sition to him came from the residents Of These
houses. Com plants had been made against
him to the Health Board. the Society
other bodies. and a great deal OF ANNOYANCE
| had been caused him; He paid license tol
| bill. entertainment and made II rs respectable
| did not propose to BE- driven away because two
or three did not like the proximity OF his place
leader in the hostile movement. He could mo-
| tell what motive actuated him.
INQUIRIES were made for DR.. Petrce at hii
residence last evening. but he was not at home
Other residents said they thought the pavilion
detraeted from the quiet and desirability OF tn.
| street
| Dr.. Hallsck and other managers are arrane
| ing benefit to be given to Prot. Burton THU
week. Prof. Burton had three dogs which b,
! kept In their kennels. and they. OF course. es
capped the poisoning. He said that It woult
| take him years to get together a troupe OF AMI
mails as intelligent and remarkable as the on,
| he had lost.
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