The record-union., 1892-02-10
INHUMAN CREATURES.
Men Who Treat Dumb Animals With
Fiendsh Cruelty.
Shocking Cases Laid Before the Hu'
name Society-The Law viii
be Rigidly Enforced.

The Directors of the Sacramento HUI
name Society met Monday evening,
President J. w. Wilson presiding. Sec
retary Lawton reported several COM
plants made. Other complaints were
also filed. All these related to improper
care of cows and horses by cruel or
thoughtless owners.
The directors resolved that all cases re-
ported shall be strictly, thoroughly in
vestigated and ordered that notice be
given to all persons responsible in each
case to at once provide proper shelter and
food for neglected beasts, and that if no at
tention was paid to the notice arrest shall
follow. Under the State law but three
hours notice is required.
The following members were, in ad-
dition to the seven directors and the
elected officers. voted for to be certified to
the Superior Court to be sworn in as
special agents and officers of the society,
and Will be given official badges: Q. P
Dodge, George Martin, John Doty, J. \.
Payne, +. Nj. Woodson, Anthony Kuhn,
John Barrett and John Clauss. There
VIII be selected fourteen more, each di-
rector having the right to name three and
the President six. They will name only
citizens who apply and wish the privilege
OF being invested with the powers of
peace officers for the purposes of the
State law under which the society acts.
Director Smith reported form Of badge
and it was adopted and ordered to be
struck in silver. 1t is small. neat, mex
penSlVe and complies with the law, and is
to be worn only by those approx ed by
tne superior Court under recommends
LIon OF the society.
Mayor Comstock, who is a director, and
deeply interested in the work of the So
clety, had u particularly aggravated case
Tor the society, and 1t Is committed to his
charge. He IS still at work upon it.
1t appears that on Sunday two men.
claiming to be the Poundmaster's Depu-
ties, captured poor broken-down horse.
that some Eeartless person had turned
out 10 die. The men by dint of beating,
pulling and hauling, got the wretched
animal as far as Ihirty-Iirst and NJ streets.
on the way to the 'boneyard.' There
the poor beast gave out and lay upon the
highway. The men then fell TO beating
1t cruelty, in the enGeavor to make it rise
and pursue its way. This beating was so
cruel and heartesS that the neig hborhood
was greatly outraged and excited HI
nally the men desisted and left Who
they We're is not yet known.
Ihe animal was LETT grCaning on the
highway, where it lay all night Sunday.
Some women and children carried it fool.
but 1t was unable to eat. 1t lived through
the night and nearly ali day Monday.
George Duncan, LIVING near by, came be-
s1ore the directors of the society Monday
night and told the story and expressed
his feelings freely. Theodore Hooke had
called on the Mayor on Monday about 1t,
and he sent Jesse Slaughter out to re-
move the animal. MIR. Duncan and Mr..
Hooke were holly indignant, and the
Mayor is not less so, and proposes, if
possible, to ascertain first who the men
were who beat and abandoned the ami
mai, and, second, who turned the poor
beast out to die. All three will be prose
cuted if possible.