Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31
ARMouR,s oecoy STEER DEAD.
Famous Bunko Animal OF Chicago's stock
yard Meets His Victims Fate.


yard Meets His Victims Fate.
Dick, the tunl,o steer at Phil Ar.
mour's yards, got too lazy for his Job
md was led 20 the Strengthening pom.
! tust like the animals ho had docoyod 10
/ Heath before. The dcccitful old beast is
dressed beef now.
Dick was big, fat brown stoor that
had winning ways and n cold, Preacher
! as heart Many and many arc tho CON.
! lGHy COM try yoarlings and hoilors
| l)i.,; has led mp 90 the butchers stun
tls steel hammor Probably There nov-
e. N..1 beef "crittar" that had $50 wido
3 c.i hr,ty as Dick. That was tho namo
ta,y gave the steer that lurod the other
cattio ZIP % the killing beds Ina Armour's
Ivory visitor who " mt TO see how the
backing houses work bad 90 hayo "a look
&C tiiE steer Foreign princes and pretty
hummer girls havo narvolcd no tho skill
and diplomacy with which ho stocrod
tho unsuspicious range cattlo 90 tho
place Of death Dicks picture has boon
printed in the newspapers many "a time.
and COLUMNS have been written about
the beasts crafty tricks. Dick was just
Ms much ono OF tho sights OF the town
drive or Policeman Stove Rowan
This is the way tho creature got ita
notorioty: When the long horns from
Texas and tho short horns from Missouri
come into tho stoclzyards and arc un-
loaded, they arc naturally oxasporated
over their rough trip and arc full of
suspicion. The result is thoy are rcbol.
lious, especially I'm the matter OF going
into chutes. Now, unless q Gteor Coos
into one of the chutes i'm the packing
house it cannot have its throat cut and
throat cutting is tho aim and object of
his coming TO Chicago. Soft as nooossa-
fy TO have n decoy steer, n crafty old
beast, that can get the confidence o. tho
rural beasts and luro thom ON 60 death
and destruction.
Many years ago Dick arrived at the
yards. and being q beast of moro than
usually sagacious appearance was pick.
ed out for the work. Dicl, was carefully
trained i'm the art Of walking mp 20 chute
at the head of n bunch Of cattlo and
then quietly lodging TO one side, loav-
ing the bunch 60 walk ON Go che place
where tho hammers swing. After years
Of practice the big steer had grown ok.
pert at his treacherous work. Dick
would saunter down into n pen fun of
new and unsophisticated c3ttlo and
scrape an acquaintance with two on
three of them. Then the wicked brute
would begin 90 look wise and talk
knowingly about the racy sights 10 Doe
seen in tho big white house over be-
You'd the fence When Dick offered 10
lead the way, there was grand STAN.
pedo TO follow Up the guugwuy went
Dick, and after him clatterod tho groom
horns. But just before tho bunch got
sight Of the big butchers waiting inside
Dick would unostontatiously ahy off
through n side passage and laayo his
victims 20 transact business with Mr.
Armour's men.
So Dick grow famous. But like many
other famous characters, no grow puIod
mp with pride, got lazy and began 60
clay down" on tho job IL got to Doe SOP
easy, this thing OF leading wiao cyod
country cattle mp into tho chute, that
Dick didn't seem 10 caro- whcthCr hC
worked for his feed on not Mr. Armour
grew displcased with his apathy Ito
does not like to have his employee loaf
on their jobs. So orders WCro issued
Dick. one day last week tho
wise old rogue was leading the usual
bunch up the gangway, but whom ho
got TO the usual jumping off place thcro
was mono there. Dick had 20 go along
with the herd. In n short timo ho had
been converted into dressed boof Now
that Dick has suffered tho Same fate as
his thousands Of dupes his work all de-
wolves on his former partner, known 10
the butchers as Phil. San Francisco
Examiner.