Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-17
THOSE EAST BLUEHILL Dogs.
AUNT MADGE.

Another Man Comes to Defence of
the Murdered Stansfield Hound.
East Bluehill is still talking about the
| dog killing raid of Game Warden Pollard
As reported by THE AMERICANS East
Bluehill correspondent few weeks ago,
the general feeling in East Bluehill is
| that the killing Of the dogs was I'M
warranted. George Marks, of East Blue
hill, comes to the defence of the STAINS
field hound in the follow ing letter in the
Bangor NelUs Saturday:
On several occasions have seen accounts
of the famous stansfield hound. Now 1 cannot
for he was as kind as a kitten and great pet for
the children.
In your issue of the Ne,cs of March 80, I see
the report of killing of the famous stansfeld
hound by Game Warden Pollard, while on or
chasing deer, which is absolutely false from be.
ginning to end. Mr.. Pollard came to Mr.. STAINS
fields house and in MIR. stansfeld's absence shot
his dog in MIR. Stans1eld's yard. The hound
was at my house all the morning, lying on my
doorsteps, until the game warden's arrival, when,
like the good watch dog that he was. he started
for home TO see the meaning of strangers In his
masters yard. o. his arrival they Immediately
snot him Mr.. Leach claimed the deer was
killed Tuesday the l2th, or Wednesday the 18th,
aud the dogs were shot Sunday, the lTth. You
see This yarn of killing the dogs on the deer is
10 to and no wool on it.
Mr.. Stansfeid's hound was fox hound and
MIR. Stansield keeps large hennery and kept
the dog to keep the foxes away, as he lives near
an old abandoned quarry. where foxes abound
and live in the grout piles.
Why did not Mr.. Pollard wait and see MIR.
Stansheld, and he wonld willingly have killed
his dog If MIR. Pollard had proved his dog had
been at a deer. If this famous hound had
killed so many deer, 1t would have been an
easy matter for Mr.. Pollard to have caught
him, as Mir. Stansfeld was aware the warden
was here, and never tied or shut his dog up
from them, and would have been willing for
Mr.. Pollard to have tried his dog GU g deer
track. In my opinion, Mr.. Pollard and MIR.
Leach never saw MIR. Green's or Stanshed's
dogs on deer. All they know about the dogs
was hearsay. Now would like to know If a
game warden can shoot my dog without posi-
tive proof that he has been on deer. If he can,
what use is there 10 paying tax on dogs?
Any one prejudiced against me can tell a war
den my dog was on deer. Mr.. Warden comes
to my house and shoots my dog. Why did Mr..
Pollard and Mr.. Leach come around forty eight
hours after the dog had been killed, take the
famous hound in a meal.sack and tell a man
Mr.. Leach was sick and wanted to hire him to
carry him home with his team. Then he told
the man that he had the hind quarters of deer
In the meal sack. Was he ashamed? Or did he
know he had killed the wrong dogs?
Mr.. Pollard, according to report here. did not
kill four dogs; ana it is news 10 the inhabit-
ants of East Bluehill that so many deer had
been slaughtered here this winter No one ever
heard of it until the arrival of the game wardens.
If Mr.. Pollard kills all the deer dogs here
some will have only two legs. Messrs. STAINS
field and Green have the sympathy of their
neighbors, as they had valuable dogs, and
the hound was a great pet with many of the
neighbors.