The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-12
BOUGHT SMUGGIED HORSES.
Unpleasant Experience of Hiram R.
 Woodward, Pennington Ltvery-

1 BOUGHT SM UGGJ ED HORSES.
 Unpleasant Experience of Hiram R | Woodward, Farmington Livery | man.
 l The Hartford Times says: Last Fri
 day noon a man visited the office of MT
 John H. Brocklesby, collector of GUS | toms, and introduced himself as John
 Kelly, of Derby Line, Vt. He said he was deputy customs collector and in- l spector Derby Line Is in the county of Orleans, which is bounded on the north by the province of Quebec. Deputy Kelly informed Collector Brocklesby
 that we was on the track of some smuggled horses, which he had reason
 to believe had been brought to Hart ford.
 The officer learned that the animals, two i'll number, had been billed to
 Frank Richards. Due inquiry was
 made, and 1t was learned that there
 are two men of that name in the city,
 but they had not ordered or received
 horses. The investigation made on
 Friday amounted only to the looking up
 of Richards.
 On the following morning Deputy
 Kelly went to the freight depot of the
 New York New Haven and Hartford
 railroad company, and learned that the
 horses arrived in Hartford April 2l.
 A French Canadian named Le Beau
 received them. As Deputy Kelly could
 not locate Richards he decided to let
 the consgnee go and follow the prop erty. He obtained information that
 the horses were smuggled across the
 Canadian line and kept at Plymouth,
 N. H., for six weeks. From there they
 were shipped to Springfield. Mass, by
 the Boston and Maine railroad, and
 from Springfield to Hartford by the
 New York, New Haven and Hartford
 railroad Tn the trip from Plymouth to
 Springfield one of the horses met with
 an accident The animals were trans ported in a grain car, and in the shunt-
 ing of the train an overhead beam fell.
 The left eye of one of the animals was put out and it's hip was injured Le Beau made claim against the railroad company, and was awarded damages or about one hundred dollars. This ac- ton of the an was considered very weak by Deputy Kelly. as the infor- nation from the railroad company en- abled him to get track of the horses.
 When the horses arrived in Hartford they were taken to Frederick P. Wool leys stable on Main street, and the ir- jured animal was treated by Drs. Frank A. Ingram and Julian E. Gardner, vet ayy, kept at Woolley's' stable for several days Le Beau could not sell them be- cause of the injury to one of the team.
 Deputy Kelly next learned that Frank Richards was in the habit of coming from Vermont to Hartford from time to time to do horse trading. Hi ram R. Woodward, of Pennington, liveryman, heard of the horses and bought them of Le Beau. He was told that the horses were raised in Vermont and believed the story When Deputy Kelly obtained this clew, he went with Collector Brocklesby to Pennington afternoon. Unfortunately MT. Woodward was in Hartford on business. He runs an express wagon between the two towns. The officers found the horses in the stable and without any warrant took them out of the barn and brought them to the city. They were placed in Chauncey B. livery stable on Main street
 Monday morning Collector Brockles- by asked James P. Allen and Howard c. Bestor to appraise the horses, and he swore them in.Their report was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury al Washington, D. C. Shortly after the report was made MT. Woodward came into MT. Brocklesby's office. He asked 1 If there was any way for him to get possession of the horses. He was al- lowed to sign an application which al- lowed him possession of the horses pending a reply from government off, cials. He agreed to turn the horses over to the proper authorities upon de- mand, and gave q bond for the faithful | discharge of his duty.
 The upshot of the whole matter is that if the appraisal of Messrs. Allen | K Bestor is accepted, MT. Woodward | will be allowed to buy the horses. He | will therefore pay for the horses twice and will have to look to the man he JOuSlll lIltlll LII Lo SSi DaNh Wiiot iiC originally paid for them If the gov arnment does not accept the appraisal he horses will be sold at public auc- lon and Woodward will have a chance 1f buying them in,
 This is the second case where a seiz- Ire of horses has been made in this ocallty. Although there are fourteen oads leading from Canada into Yer mont it is q difficult matter to snug gle horses.