, 1885-04-04
C~RUELTY'S MUSEUM.
VARIETIES OF TORTURE INFLICTED
BY MEN UPON ANIMALS.
Mementos. of the Work OF ths Society
for the Prsveution Of Cruelty 20
Acknowledgements Cases


New York Herald.l
The elderly gentleman who had alighted
from his carriage at the headquarters OF the
Society for tho Prevention OF Cruelty TO
Animals, at Twenty second street and
Fourth avenue, vas OF benevolent appear
ancs. He looked as IL beneath his ample
waistcoat there was n heart which would
beat with Pickwickian Indignation at the
sight OF suffering or oppression IN any form,
and rs II he would back up feelings thus
aroused with the power which lies behind
the plethoric pocketbook The elderly gem
tleman was accompanied by his wife,
matronly, dignihed, and middle-agsd, and
by his daughter, rosy-cheeked, b~lue-eyed,
and Is Superintendent Hankinson. OF the
society, received tho party with cordiality.
The society's museum, y said the super
intendent, as he led tho party into a large
apartment on the ground floor. sembraces a
very miscellaneous and bizarre collection.
Look at this bulldog. That's Brandy,
victor in upward OF a score Of hard fought
battles % ut those massive limbs, at
that broad expanse OF chest. and that sinister
jaw. Look also at 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 mot his match When
tho officers OF this society broke in upon thai
fight no was little more than a bleeding,
quiyering mass, but true to his i~nstincts and
bis record, he was dying hard. aud dying
game-fighting 10 the last Now, in death,
he stands here. In all the glory Of stufiing
and glass, as a terrible example of the hor-
rors OF the dog-fght. Here. grouped around
Brandy, arc the figures Of . number OF fight
ing cocks, all more or loss terribly mutt
lated. They represent in relation to the
cock pit what Brandy does to the dog-hght.
"But, now, TO pass to inanimate objects in
the collection You sec those six long, vic
iouslooking nailsl Well, they have their
story. There was a man named James Cas-
siday-a low, vicious fellow. He was in the
employ OF a 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 nc.
complish iti Why, In the night he stole into
the stable where his former employer
horses were stalled. In his pockets were
these cruel nails. He crept up TO one OF the
horses, a valuable trotter and a most affec-
tomato animal, which turned It's head to-
ward him, as was afterward brought out,
with a low whimper Of greeting One would
think such confidence and affection would
have moved the hardest heart. But what
dd Cassidy dot Drawing two OF Theses nails
from his pocket, he drove one into each OF
the fore feet OF the noble bfuteL Pa ssing on
TO each OF the other two horses, he repeated
the crime. Gangrene SGT 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 soc those dark stains
upon the bladel Those stains were made
by blood. That razor belonged to a 1nscar
sailor. His ship had just come in. and he
went in for a debauch with some abandoned
companions in a vile haunt near the river
srcnt Leaving the house, he started across a
yard. In this yard was chained a dog. This
dog was only a poor, miserable mongrel, but
he had feeling for all that, and be 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 $2a 1F
"You notice that whip, that pitchfork.
and those spiked chains hanging together 10
a bunch. They belonged TO u Duchess
county farmer who used TO dive a 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 a whip
made out OF those spiked chains. That
proved most effective. SO much 30 that all
he had to do was to rattle that chain whip
against the side Of the wagon and the mules
would instantly break into a 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 1t 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 a badly lacerated condition,
and that Duchess county farmer was sent to
cool his heels in the workhonse for one
month. M
That club up thore, to which is tied that
broken cows horn, Is fully six inches in cir
conference and weighs about ten pounds
A man got into a rage with a COW and struck
her with that club, breaking Off the horn.
lie paid 50 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 a grudge against
a certain person, and by way OF revenge
Leaf out the brains of the mans dog with
the club. Muligan 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 Lat bottle is a horses tongue.
The horse belonged to a west side teamster.
One morning he flew in a raga with the
horse. He Deliberately tied a cord to the
animals tongue and attached the other end
OF the cord to the rear OF a butchers wagon.
He then started the butchers horse at a gal
lop, and the result was that that portion of
the tongue TO DO seen at the bottom Of the
bottle was torn away. This monster was
sent 10 the penitentiary for six months
Here We have a photograph. Ii is that Of
a morse 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.
~Ahi look around you; there is plenty
more 70 DO seem There are more pitchforks
and clubs, photographs, blood stains, and
iron bars All these objects nave their cruel
history. All OF them represent acts OF in
human brutality all Of them bave connsc-
ton with phases Of frightful suffering
The young lady Of the party had saun-
tered 10 the further end OF the apartment
She suddenly turned;
-Oh, papa isn't this pItifulrn
Ali pitiful indeed, miss" put in the SUI
perintendent. stepping up. THAT is a bird
used In one OF the pigeon-sh0oting matches,
which, mortally wounded, managed to fly
out OF bounds. v"
The object to which attention had been at
hacted was n milk white pigeon In a glass
case. hin streams OF blood flowed In scar
let lines down tho white feathers from a
number OF shot wounds and formed in con-
gealed pools about the web-like feet. The
feathers were all RULED; every nerve In the
delicate body seemed aquiver; the beak was
wide d~istonded, the head thrown back in a
transport Of supremest agony. On the base
q the case was inscribed the legend: eAnd
this is sport"