The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-07
40 HORSES DISFIGURED.
Chicago Man Pulls Hair Out of Their
Tails to Sell.

Chicago, Aug. Forty horses be-
longing to w NJ. Marshall, Iiveryman
at 4142 Emerald avenue, were practical
ly made valueless for commercial pur-
poses Friday night by Spme person who
entered the stalls after midnight and
despoiled each horse of its tail. The
hairs were pulled out by the roots, an
operation that must have caused great
pain, and SO many of them were taken
that each animal was left with a mere
stub. Thirty-eight of the animals were
purchased for the government and were
intended for the use of United States
cavalrymen in the Philippines.
Two of them were coach horses be-
longing to Mr.. Marshall and before thew
were misused were valued at 81, 200.
Now it is said by many that they would
not sell for anything approaching that
price if placed on the market
The police worked or the case all
day and at night arrested John Mil
Ter, a Waterman employed by Marshall
to take care of the premises at night,
and Frank Rose, who is employed as a
hOStler at McMaSter'S livery stable
Root street and Emerald avenue
Rose was put through a severe cross
examination by Captain LAWN and
Lieutenant Clancy and admitted he had
purchased 80 pounds of hair from Miller
yesterday morning. He claimed he did
not know where Miller got the hair.
When Miller was confronted with
Roses statement, he made a full state
ment and said that he had pulled out
the animals tails. He claimed he sold
the hair for 80 cents a pound and that
he disposed of 80 pounds to Rose. When
asked why he had done $1,000 worth of
damage in order to get SO go he said
that he needed money and knew of no
other way to get it.
It is estimated by liverymen that the
marketable price of the horses has been
decreased by the vandalism to the ex-
tent of 81 500. The cavalry horses were
valued at $125 each.
Miller has been employed as a watch
man for the stable about three months.
He slept in the barn and has no regu-
lar place of abOde. According to the po-
lice, Miller started at his work shortly
after midnight, while the other men
about the barn were asleep. He took
until daylight to finish stripping the
animals. The officers So he must have
worked steadily for hours, as the work
had to be done by hand.
AS soon as he had finished he packed
the hairs carefully and took them to
Rose. Rose claims he asked no ques-
lions and paid Miller SO. so for the hair.
The first discovery of the crime was
made at o'clock in the morning by a
hostler who entered the stalls to curry
the horses.
Instead of a row of flowing tails pro-
truding from the line of stalls he saw
to his anlazement what at first he sup
posed was a stable of bang-tailed rae
ers.- A closer examination showed what
had taken place
Marshall, the proprietor, was called
to the telephone and told what had
happened. He hurried to the barns and
Immediately began to question Miller.
The Waterman at first denied any
knowledge of the affair, and further
more said that he had watched the
barn all night and had seen no one
proving around the premises.
Neither of the men was able to fur
nish bail and they were locked in the
station over night. They will be ar
raigned before Justice Fitzgerald to-
morrow morning
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