The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-29
THIEVES STEAL A DEER
FISH HATCHERY PEOPLE ARE
SHY A MOST HIGHLY ES-
uTEEAIED PET
MAY HAVE GONE WITH CIRCUS

Executive Agent Beutner by One
of His Game Wardens in the
Northern Part of the State
Thieves Took Along Flock of
Chickens-No Hope of Recovery.
When the hen house is broken open and
a brace of choice fowls taken, the thief
as a rule, leaves nothing by which he
can be identified, but when he exercises
the fine distinction of purloinfng a young
deer, he shows very bad taste. AS every
one will be looking for the deer, and as
that variety does not run wild around
the streets Of St. Paul, possession would
be convicting.
The thief who visited the Willow Brook
fish hatchery Tuesday, did not however,
think of the consequences, and he prob
ably realizes by this time that he has an
elephant on his hands. Executive Agent
Beutne2 recently received from one Of
his wardens in the northern part of the
state beautiful young doe. The animal
was sent down to the hatchery for safe
keeping, until disposition could be made
OF it, as the commission had neither use
or room for the newcomer. The deer was
placed in a small enclosure and during
the day was allowed to Craze about the
hatchery grounds from long tether.
While Supt, Morgan and his official
family were asleep at the hatchery Tues
Cay night some miscreant broke into one
of the outhouses used as a hennery and
stole 40 chickens, and also effected an en-
trance to the enclosure and took the deer.
Mr.. Morgan discovered the robbery the
morning following when he went out to
feed the animal. He at first supposed
that it had escaped during the night
but when the hen house was visited and
only a few of his chickens found, with
feathers strewn all around the entrance,
he made up mis- mind that the deer had
not willingly left the enclosure. The
staple on the door was drawn, and as
near as ne could find forty of the chick
ems were missing. An inspection Of the
ground around the enclosure revealed
nothing as there were many tracks in
the sand, but the hatchery is visited daily
by many people and no clue could be Sc
cured in this direction.
While the robbery does not have any
very serious aspect it presents a very
Iudricous feature. Why the robber
should have taken the deer is a mystery.
The state game and fish commission were
a loss to- know what to dc with the
little gaZelle when it was received i'll a
crate from the northern part of the state
but since it's arrival it has become very
tame and has been g great pet at the
hatchery. The commissioner intended to
send it to one of the geological gardens
of the East, but the thief evidently
thought he had more use for the animal
than the game and fish commission One
explanation advanced is that the circus
being in town the night of the robbery
some of the attaches or followers Of the
Ringing Brothers show may have taken
the animal and disposed of it to the cir
Gus people. It was well known that the
deer was at the hatchery and that eX-
PLANTATION seems very probable one
The thief or thieves were evidently St
Paul men, and it is surmised by the
hatchery people that they took away the
plunder In a wagon. The deer would very
readily follow any one at the end Of
rope, and the maurauders probably ex-
perlenced no difficulty in this direction
The road leading down from the Indian
mounds to the hatchery Is a very steep
one but is quite generally traversed bv
vehicles, and the thieves found exit from
the grounds by this route and when once
on top of the bluff, there would be LITTLE
chance of capture.
Supt, Morgan will, in the future. Iocl,
his hen house with double paddock and
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