The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-28
HOW HE WAS CURED.
WHY A vvlsECTloNlST MADE UP,
Ills MIND TO REFORM.

IA Z ~ L%H
Animals-A Mighty Good Lie.
Il was once a vivisectionist, but l re-
formed, or, if you medical gentlemen
who believe in it prefer the term, l gave
it up several years ago and have no de-
sire to resume my Investigations" re-
marked DR.. S. K. Wilson, of Kentucky,
to several fellow practitioners at the
Richelieu.
while practicing | lived in a New
England town. | was young and zeal
Gus in the cause, and it vas not long be-
fore every one within the limits of the
county knew of me as a man who tor
tured live animals to death, and what
little practice | had | lost in consequence.
But | had some means, and remained at
the village until the occurrence OF the
episode which | am about to relate.
81 had been in receipt of many threat
ening letters informing me that unless l
ceased my cruel pleasure | would be
driven away. But at the letters l
laughed, and to the remonstrances OF
the prominent citizens of the village l
turned a deaf ear.
"One pitch dark night, having occa-
sion to visit the drug store, | was met
on my return by five stalwart indiv1du-
ais, whose faces, owing to the darkness, l
could not see. was asked if my name
was DR.. Wilson, and upon replying in
the affirmative | was seized, bound and
flung into q wagon.
TORTURED.
After a half hours ride we halted
by a big barn, inside Of which l was
carried. 4 couple of lanterns were lit,
under one OF which | was stood, while
under the others my captors, TO- mask
ed, grouped themselves. After a mo-
ments silence one of them, in a dis
,guised voice, said:
"'Dr. Wilson, we have long heard of
you as a vivisectionist. You pursue
your investigations in order, you say, to
discover, by observing the suferings of
one order of animals Gatherings caused
by youl the means for relieving another
order. We think your reasoning sound.
"'We are a gang of sandbaggers who
make our living IN the highway. We
do not wish to kill, but we desire to SO
silence our prey as to enable US to escape
ere he shall be able TO give the alarm.
IL always w ILLS uCCCSSildlSo d hilONt-
edge of just how hard a blow is required
to relieve one of his senses
".Of course we might learn in due
time from experience in our profession,
of which l might say we are new MEM
bers, but that would be unwise for two
reasons: We might at first hit so hard as
to kill, or we might not hit hard enough
to knock our man senseless, and a light
blow would only cause him to yell an
alarm.
Neither risk do we care to take.
So we have concluded to become, like
you, disciples of vivisection in order that
we may be able to save the lives of others
and preserve ourselves from capture at
the same time. We believe that you
will appreciats our worthy purpose,
and in BEHALF of humanity make no re-
sistance, though, were you to do SO, no
good would result, for we are far from
any house.
"'What we. intend to do is to pound
you on the head with a sandbag-gently
at first, but gradually increasing the
strength of the blows until you have
been knocked insensible.
PROLoNG AGONY.
Il gazed at the group with feelings of
terror" DR.. Wilson continued. II did
not believe them to be IN earnest. But
when each man drew from his pocket a
sandbag. and took a position within arms
reach of where l stood trembling, I real
lied my danger and demonstrated, plead
ed, begged, but to no purpose.
".What we do is for the benefit of hu-
mainly the spokesman replied with a
horrible grin. AS he did so he struck
me on the head with his sandbag just
hard enough to break my hat. The man
next him struck me hard enough to
make me vince, the next a little harder,
the next still harder. while the fifth
struck me SO hard my teeth ratified.
II screamed for help, and in return re-
ceived a thump from the spokesman and
a heavier one from the second, and so
on. stood it until three rounds had
been made, and then fell on my knees,
and Immediately after received a blow
that knocked me senseless.
Whether | was hit again l do not
know. | was revived by a bucket Of
water being flung in my face. And then,
heavens! VIII 1 ever forget it? 1 was
made to stand up while the five repeated
the experiment, in order, the spokesman
said, that the lesson might be more
firmly impressed upon me.
I'm vain begged. | swore to re-
nounce my practice of yivisection, to
leave town, but they laughed at me and
began to rain blows upon my head, in
creasing their strength more slowly than
before, thus %prolonging my terrible
agony.
UNABLE to stand the pain, l fell on
the ground and feigned insensibility, but
n of them, thrusting a lighted match
before my eyes, caused me to open them,
whereupon down came the blows again
until once more | was unconscious.
This time when Icame to was alone.
Day was breaking. Pinned to my coat
was a paper on which was printed in
pencil; You have sworn to renounce
your devilish work and to leave town.
Do so And" the doctor concluded. 81
did so without a days delay or a feeling
of regret."-Chicago Post.