The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-14


some of the shocking cruelties that
men and women, and even children.
are capable of perpetrating. no better
opportunity could be had than the in
spection of a collection of implements
of torture in the possession of the
Humane Society of st. Paul. Humane
Agent Moak has accumulated Varie-
ty of implements that have been con-
tiscated from persons found infiicting
injury upon animals and helpless chill
dren.
These things have been gathered
during the past seven years, having
been used as exhibits in evidence
against persons charged with using
them. They form most interesting
collection and afford striking illus
tration of the meanness and petuness
that human nature is capable of. Many
of the devices are ingenious and are
constructed with craft and cunning.
Most of the articles We're used with
a careless disregard of the damage
they caused, the persons employing
them being ignorant or low-minded.
Some of the things were used with ma
licious motives, and some We're used
for amusement. the offenders being in
f1uenced by a diabolical desire to in
flict torture.
Among the articles are number of
sticks and clubs, each having some
sinister history. Some of the clubs are
small, others are huge bludgeons. ALI
were used as weapons, frf1ictlng blows
that bruised and MANNED helpless
creatures
Horrible Atrocities.
Probably one of the most revolving
cruelties to an animal was inflicted
with one of these sticks. The stick In
question is a rough limb of an elm
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tiers of an inch thick. 1t is twisted and
gnarled, with a hook on the heavy
end. 1t was originally used as cane.
but was employed as a whip to pound
a luckless horse at the time 1T figured
in an episode that brought retribution
and disgrace upon it's owner.
The owner was a West side man
who owned a. horse. The man had
neglected to feed the animal till it was
unable to stand. The horse was driven
to South st. Paul. hitched to a wagon,
and on the return from that place, on
Robe street. the horse Succumbed,
through sheer exhaustion from lack of
nouriShment and GVerWork.
The horse fell upon the street, and
the driver, in rage. after impreca-
lions and blows was unable to get the
horse back upon his feet, poked the
end of the stick UP the horses nostrils.
causing stream of blood to flow in
torrent for over half an hour. Not con-
tent with such abuse of the unfortu-
nate animal, the brute driver vented
his rage upon it with kicks.
The man was seen performing these
shocking actions, and Humane Agent
rested. but escapeds with a fine OF $40
in police court.
Each Has Similar Story.
Each Of the other dozen or more
clubs have similar Stories and the
users of each were brought to justice,
though their puniShmentS were in no
case equal to the gravity of their Of
lenses, even though their victims hap
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness is not recognized I'm the eonsti-
tuition, but whose feelings are as sem
sitiVe and delicate as those Of another
species Of animalss%whe Happens to
have the gift of speech and intellect
A remarkable feature OF this collec-
ton of clubs is that net.less than, four
were taken from one man at different
intervals, and three 4of the same col
lection were taken from another, The
| Offenses were practically the same, and
| the men were caught in the same man
ner. 1t is evident. therefore, that their
| abusive actions were not accidental
| but were prompted by depraved
character. Humane Agent Moak says
! that in his experience he has often
| found that men will continually prac-
| tice cruelty, and that no mere fine OF
! slight punishment Is enough to break
| them of their habits.assszzzsss
Again and again similar complaints
! are made against the same persons fol
! the repetition of offenses.. They seen
possessed Of a craving to inf1ict suf-
| fering and agony upon animals ant
| defenseless creatures. ssa.
Children Suffer. Too.
Cruelty practiced upon dumb ami.
| peal to humanity sas5afaP8 worse whe1
| directed against the. Weaksan defense.
less of it's own species. Cruelty t.
children, the most .abherrent. yet fire.
Quently seen, expression of Wickedness
is represented in the collection by
number of formidable Rat-o,- nine tails
These instruments of cruelty, unde
! which many unfortunate children hav,
writhed and suffered. Sshave been con
f1scated from homes in all parts of thu
city.
Most of the cat-o'= nine tails wer,
made to chastise boys, some with TIL
more fiendish motive of~infiicting tor
ture upon little helpless girls. Father
most frequently resort to such harsl
methods of pushing children, and the.
have always gone beyond necessity
The men from whom the scourges il
the collection were taken were with
out exception, drunken brutes, Wht