The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
BILL ABBoTTS MAN.EATER.
MISSOURI H0RsBMEN SAID THAT
WEsTNroNT WAS INSANE.

OF horsemen were waiting one day not long ago
FOR the Board OF review OF the National Trot'
ting Association to end Its labors In executive
session when tho conversation turned to tho
subject Of vicious horses.
The worst trotter 1 ever drove, or ever saw,
Tor TINT matter, said Charley thompson. was
old Bill Abbott's bay stud horse Westmont.
from st. 10, Missouri. He was one OF the
erandest looking stations in the ~world-blood
bay, sixteen hands high, looked like a big,
strong thoroughbred, and carried himself like a
king 7 ,vas COMMUNICATIVE a airing NJ trottera
out in Iowa and Missouri in the spring of 'ss
when Abbott and his horse turned up at the
Counol pluffs meeting. A fellow named Dunn
was doing the driving, and 'scar.Faced Char.
Icy took caro- of tho horse. The outfit hup-
psnod to BIO stabbed right across the row from
Where 1 was ana saw u goou oeai OF inc men
and horse for !" few days. Nobody but but Char;
whenever he walked the horse out Of an even
iiss vow .om.,imos ace nss ID" 70 handle an nsiv
hi, I'M 49, 49,, N,,ssonr, al a.id tho stnS
was crazy, and I guess he was. But Dunn
s.lUe, III. isoe M on' e.u no "oa
IL 30 cleverly without doing a wrong thing that
had hors. yos ali moonsn,ne.
before we shipped away to the next town. thore
was a terrible uproar in Abbott's row. and I
knew In q moment that Westmont had got some
body at last. l heard q mar scream for help.
ana tnen some.ning was Slammed against inc
s'ao Oh inc s'a ~. Win n.a,, .erfi nn, .aroe' -. Ai.or . .hae
! eou,s n, near H. inc s,s s' Az" n,s Sno, ,s,ns anu ana tearing ans
guessed that 'scar.Taood' Charley was done for.
BY the time I could grab up q pitchfork-that
=, h.t,,. ~. a,,. 90 ,voodo,. h.rf,rLa-,n
T was op psro tS.s see t SSey man q, law W0S sfreto hsSi ont on ma
i ao@r near en- h Ise t aoSr or trv inc s ~ ea xl Kim 'n nn' hoT He
Beloved ike a mad bull when the door swung
open: j raised the forS Ike : hasEpoon, ana. tai;
could. sIgsSsing to see the long stsel tins g, 60
went N maybe an inch: but sIta that vas enough to
snav, ~ 80 tha, 4 no,iJ Sr,e him ont and sSmt
tne door. tGr the next nall nohf we e9ni H. near
c mesdf tSssr TN ia fork hSndie tnocsinn ansinstt
SSs1 So SsHs' eVer 1l0 time i1rs he nS turned a corner. A Ths
man turned out 70 20 Dunn; .ne ariver, Shhar-
iey nam Snnn : t n ssem up wont IN 10 'sh esd t 4hr u stnd,
He bI,t was .na t .S1nIS,r cut xS Sna bruised 55a s%sd, about Tot the he
him ShTr w Ina S sa't tSeth' a Mde one o Of Isn,' arms s0S was as
broken, but he sos well: pa
o. iI msn AooSto cannG p mae oyeE a Z vy Tet
mont IN Sis race there ber Dnnni of course. beiine
mont n at the cot other ar town and and told "A abbott 10 S 50; but put
- -.uo ,,ai,. k.a,lIo ~
being oe,agg n S9s roca I re men sirfqs now and T Tna, ne c mad
sented t to d drive him on tho track. provided Bill
tween .!Ha heats heats 40 wei, for a while that H. kind o,
thu thre ~. me ne. OF ny ~. guard ! i1a and h | g9t ca rss I.d1 AZ,
ser me seconH neal T. i Ro rs So PACK < 10 s sae otG8e
mount: looking up and taking ny sEes Of The
nHrso r. i ai1 81. jug u onnSUO S,o Sa 40
8Wi1nR5,o9 WIZ ou ahot as n HASH asS he y eI Iet a 9besnWSiIe out y
started f9r the other n horse WITH ~ MS s, mEon 1d6 wide
open, a. the saIhe oi"e .fSiLns HE iIoss. l
f. stand Isnd 1t the hsr tFst On }oi H. but salS as s sset w TSald 4 a aans
down; Before he could let ,ny again. ! raised
bStt end I'd, ct Of The si6 big ~ Whip hI thu 5ha. LIZA. ! was ca eaT = SssS
TN. You can BET ne never st tiIdS a. VIII Sraa me fo nn,
az aRa IN "a Th rum moment OMEN af he ca came to a a standst Till I
called called to A3nott TO get b ms h0Ts Sim r's lam %here no
''c "0yer w at oskaloosa that fall Westmont
turned on scsr.Faced Charley and scared him
A. rub Eas1 81. came soia, IL IL a seTR to throw up his job
ssEs S f s5ss crazy IAN sSSd i 8 s5 SSuFihI s eS s6m AS = it,
TINS y m NOR ! CIV witn a0d I ever go 1aSnh 10 ms anti Ears oe cen
or gym a sign, ana ! ~ Ro,ne 10 W. ~ hut b San
i pia% s = @ssn morse 70 'aAo care o. Ou' No.
sIter MN a ahy OF 100 nIn l q IL "ho'ne
ooyy. ano IN Dc al right. ,.,uuh
tust N se . aMe S eoh 4 cot GUY ont ho oS west 9oo tnr stnii,
1 was an done two hours go, ana Chariey never
"eht lnoo weS.monu pon AGAIN, - An, aIr.
guess AoDoL. gpL urea tryihs 10 u ~ huriv,
9rs ana Euooers ior. we stna; tor ne solo Dim 70
yim rage not long aIt9r that. and Fage nrouenI
MN down East. trauln& MIN ON. mink to
PARTIES p g.s up IN o v eE Mmn3innt; y, Wes sa fot ar rec Spf
OF 80 az Des mQlhes IN leS4: MS SIRE Coz
onei west was q pad morse before nm; l am
cSnvinced from what l. nave ser ana neara
Lhat ooth OF them were sup9ectto nus OF insahity.
bb,an never esrs 5 sST SaS.nef he s5 attacRs sea y m wSliah' ay
wasn't Biii ABBOTT N some way related TO
Jesse Jamesi inquired inc young oriVer from
Indiana.
was an UNCLE OF jesse ames,. replied
Ihompson, and IL was N Bill Apoost mousse
up there on the side NIL near the SAINT Joe
Track ~ that II Ford ord shot James ia th. n Go ane gaGk 10 t9r wtih.e
Dig reward humg UP py tns Soyernor OF MIS-,
souri,. lanes htea mere OF anu on i9r several
years rlght a. INC time "heh Inc detectiVes
were looking Tor hun. -
r, lie went 6y me n an OF Hko hh1, and ne
used 70 muss with OLD man ADpoltS trolters
over at the track new and then when his rsgn,
lar business was a little slack. ! suppose there
WeF0 more than twenty persons IN SAINT JOG