The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-10
CRUELTY'S MUSEUM.
VARIETIES OF TORTURE INFLICTED
BY MEN UPON ANIMALS.
Mementoes of the Work of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Acknowledgment Cases
Of Cruelty.
New York Herald. ]

New York Herald
The elderly gentleman who had alighted
from his carriage at the headquarters Of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Animals, at Twenty-second street and
Fourth avenue, was of beneyolent appear
ance. He looked rs IL beneath his ample
waistcoat there was a heart which would
beat with Pickwickian Indignation at the
sight Of suffering or oppression in any form,
and as If he would back up feelings thus
aroused with the power which lies behind
the plethoric pocketbook. The elderly gen.
tleman was accompanied by his wife,
matronly, dignifed, and middle aged, and
by his daughter, rosy-cheeked, blue-eyed,
and IS. Superintendent Hankinson, of the
society, received the party with cordiality.
"The society's museum" said the super
intendent, as he led the party into large
apartment on the ground floor, embraces .
very miscellaneous and bizarre collection
Look at this bulldog. That's Brandy,
victor in upward of a score Of hard-fought
battles. Look at those massive limbs, at
that broad expanse Of chest, and that sinister
jaw. Look also ut the left side of his head
half eaten away, and at those horrible
wounds all over the body. Poor Brandy
In his last fight he met his match When
the officers of this society broke in upon that
fight he was little more than bleeding,
quivering mass, but true to his instincts and
his record, he was dying hard and dying
game-fghting to the last. Now in death,
he stands here, in all the glory of stuffing
and glass; as a terrible example of the hor-
rors of the dog-fght Here. grouped around
Brandy, are the figures Of number Of fight
ing cocks, all more or less terribly mutt
lated. They represent in relation to the
cock pit what Brandy does TO the dog-fght
"But, now, to pass to inanimate objects in
the collection. You see those six long, vic
ious-looking nailsi Well, they have their
story There was a man named James Cas-
siday-a low, vicious fellow He was in the
employ of man who owned three valuable
horses Cassidy got into a quarrel with his
employer, and was discharged. He con-
ceived an idea Of revenge. How did he &c.
complish iti Why, in the night he stole into
the stable where his former employers
horses were stalled. In his pockets were
these cruel nails. He crept up to one Of the
horses, a valuable trotter and most affec-
tionate animal, which turned its head TO-
ward him, as was afterward brought out,
with low whimper of greeting One would
think such confidence and affection would
have moved the hardest heart But what
from his pocket, he drove one into each Of
the fore feet of the noble brute. Passing on
TO each Of the other two horses, he repeated
the crime. Gangrene set in and the trotter
died. Cassidy was arrested, and, the case
being fully proven against him, he was sent
to the penitentiary for six months.
what story Is there in connection with
this razori Do you see those dark stains
upon the bladei Those stains were made
by blood. That razor belonged TO a lascar
sailor. His ship had just come in, and he
went In for q debauch with some abandoned
companions in a vile haunt near the river
front Leaving the house, he started across
yard. In this yard was chained dog. This
dog was only poor, miserable mongrel, but
he had feeling for all that, and he had
harmed the lascar seaman in no way. The
latter, however, delirious with rum, upon
catching sight Of the poor dog, Wiped out
razor, and with one sweep almost severed
the animals nozzle. The sailor was brought
to justice and fined S25.
"You notice that whip, that pitchfork.
and those spiked chains hanging together liz
a bunch. They belonged to a Duchess
county farmer who used to drive pair Of
mules. He grew tired of using the whip on
them, and then resorted to the pitchfork to
urge them onward. But this was not
enough. So he next constructed q whip
made out Of these spiked chains That
proved most effective. So much so that all
he had to do was to rattle that chain whip
against the side of the wagon AMI the mules
would instantly break into gallop. Easy
driving, but hard on the mules. we thought
So one fine day, when he drove to this city
with that whip and laid it on vigorously, we
dragged him by the coat collar from his
wagon and showed him the shortest route
to the station-house. The poor mules were
found to be in badly lacerated condition,
and that Duchess county farmer was sent to
cool his heels in the workhouse for one
month.
That club up there, to which is tied that
broken cows horn, is fully six inches in cir
cumference and weighs about ten pounds.
A man got into a rage with a COW and struck
her with that club, breaking off the horn
He paid SIS fine for the outrage.
THAT other club to the right, which is al
most as large, belonged to a man named
William Mulligan. He had grudge against
a certain person, and by way of revenge
beat out the brains of the mans dog with
the club. Mulligan was sent to the peniten-
tiary for two months.
"And now we come to another striking
case Of brutality. That object lying at the
bottom Of that bottle Is horses tongue
The horse belonged to west side teamster
One morning he few in a rage with the
horse. He deliberately tied a cord to the
animals tongue and attached the other end
of the cord to the rear of butchers wagon
He then started the butchers horse at gal
lop, and the result was that that portion of
,he tongue to be seen at the bottom Of the
pottle was torn away. This monster was
sent to the penitentiary for six months
@Here we have photograph. 1t is that Of
horse which fell in Broadway and broke
both fore legs The driver seized his whip
and compelled the animal to walk for several
blocks on the bleeding stumps. The fellow
was sent to the penitentiary for six months
for his brutality.
4Ahi look around you; there Is plenty
more to be seen. There are more pitchforks
and clubs, photographs, blood stains and
iron bars. All these objects have their cruel
history. Ali Of them represent acts Of in
human brutality; all of them have connec-
ton with phases Of frightful sufferingn
The young lady of the party had saun-
tered to the further end of the apartment
She suddenly turned:
1Oh, papa! isn't this pitifull"
1Ah! pitiful indeed, miss, put In the su-
perintendent, stepping up. @That is a bird
used in one Of the pigeon-shooting matches
which, mortally wounded, managed to dy
'out Of bounds'n
The object to which attention had been at
tracted was milk-white pigeon in q glass
case Thin streams Of blood flowed In scar
let lines down the white feathers from q
number Of shot wounds and formed In con-
gealed pools about the web-like feet The
feathers were all ruffled; every nerve In the
dalica fa bodv seemed a0uiyor: the beak was
wide distended, the head thrown back In q
transport Of supremest agony. On the base
OF the case was inscribed the legend: IAnd
this is sport
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