The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-01-09
HEAD[ESS
CHICKEN
II Lives Five Months After
De(apltatiOn.
EVERETT MAN HISTORY
And Says Thousands Vowed
the Poor White Bird as II
Walked To and Fro on It's
Perch.

The following letter was received
from Everett iaat evening. and
many may say Il bears the eRrmafka
% fiction. yet the same story was
published time and time again hy
Eastern papers In the latter sew
entities, and there are probably many
ED New Yorkers ilivlnE IN Seattle
today who actually saw the unfor-
tunats chicken as Il was exhibited
n Canal street. New York city In
the fail % ISIS
Editor Seattle star
Dear sIr.--In last Saturday. issue
II your paper read with some inter-
est the story % a double Invaded
snake captured on Orcaa island.
New such freak Of nature seems
wonderful enough. but | do not
doubt the tfuthfuiursH OF It's exiHg-
ence. The story. however. leads me
10 tell one which can b. yeuched Tor
BY many thousand people yet alive
IN the United States.
on Thanksgiving day IN lSTs. saw
IN New York eify n white chicken
living and In fuii enjoyment %
health. exrsps that u was without a
head. That ordinarily useful en-
tremtty had BEEN eo oy with a com
/
Witnessed the exh hilton. which vas
being given ~ a man named Meyer
In a showroom on Canal street. New
York city. midway hstwesn Broad
way and Elm street. and nearly op-
popitc Eari'a hotel.
The chicken sat upon \ perch, and
moved Its neck with che quick Jerks
peculiar 10 fowls. and while I vas
viewing ~. the poor bird walked sex.
eral times a few feet hack and forth
On the pole. fta neck vas eovsrei
with tar. and SO were several winx
feathers.
The man Myers VINO exhibited ~.
told the following story. az near "a
] can remember II
a orsssens rsis.
James Rrtnksrhoof owns hair
this bird. He also owns poultry
farm near Woodbridge. ~. j., IA
miles from this city In season n
shlps hundreds 20 dressed pulir,s 20
the New York market almost ever,
day. The place where his men ALL
the fowls IA \ large square plankrd
yard. fenced high on ali sides. This
yard ~ scanned ard tarFed. With a
view Of keeping out rats. one morn.
Ing, about eight weeks aEa, a aired
tAnN 80 @ttsAA* f""NRAF -" NaF
before TIE hennerS had been re
tarred. and large pan half fur e
the thick auhstApzse Rad been left On
the floor. In kiIiing chickens. a.
experiences rnsn works rapidly. and
IN quick Succession the heads ar,
ehopped on ana the bodies thrown 70
Zee rear
n 80 happen,si that IN. hen ar,
shsISiAy yoa. islpdst neck fsrs, IN the
pan - Var. ard IN such n way that
the hemNtrhase eecassoned from the
sexertnx - tss heal was ifnmedi
ateiy stopped. bit leaving the wind
Pipe and crop channel free. feN
minutes afterwards the head chop
per. in resting. booked around ansi
was nearly frightened 90 death
to see this headleas bird walking
about the pen. In fact. 80 scared
vas the man. that he ran 900 yards
20 Brfnkerhoofs house and told his
seemingly incredible story. At the
house all thought he was insane. hut
here IL the evidence that he was
not"
Mr.. Editor, the little white hen iiv.
cd ave months after It's deeapltation.
r. was fed by sutfflng food down its
throat
Myers and fsrsnkerhoof sold their
wonderful possession for $1,000. and
two days afterwards the chicken
died. II was not fed properly. was
told.--very respectfully,
ROBERT q. AKIN.