The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-02
BALTUSROL CLUB STIRRED UP.
ALL DUE TO A SINGLE DISCHARGE
OF MIR. CULLEN'S GUN.
II Killed MIR. Mcwilliams's water Spaniel
and wounded Two Terriers and
Another DOG as They Were All In
TansIe at Play on MIR. CuIlen's Lawn.

Announcer DOB 10 hhVy Wcfo fAh rs -
TanxIe at Play on MIR. Cullen's Lawn.
Half OF the select community OF Short
Hills n j., will be in Justice Of the Peace
yroeland's court in Newark to-day to hear
fine famous dog case threshed out. There will
he no cries of fore" on the Baltusrol Golf
club links, and the caddies will have an
EASY time Of it, for the club will attend In
body.
Ever since william G. Cullen, retired
business man OF Short Hills, emptied the
contents of a sawed Off shotgun into the
net dogs OF his neighbors, Charles Z.
McWilams and Ashton Harvey, Short
Hills has been aquiver with excitement.
1t was in the cold gray dawn OF Aug
that the bang OF Mr.. Cullen's sawed on
shotgun startled Short Hills sleepers and
brought out on the immaculate lawns a
rare assortment Of silk pajamas. Two
Nuts of these pa jamas were worn by McWil-
liams and Harvey, the compliments in
the case before Justice Vreeland to-day.
On that August morning Mr. .McWilliams's
water spaniel, which he valued highly,
went out for stroll with two fox terriers
belonging TO Mr.. Harvey. A dog whose
breed is not recorded, the property OF
Owen keenan,, accompanied the water
spaniel and the terriers.
The hour was o'clock. Pretty much
everybody was snoozing but Mr.. Cullen.
The four dogs frolicked about wherever
they pleased until their evil stars led them
to Mr.. Cullen's lawn. Mr.. Cullen, who is
an old man, sa w them trot upon his close
cropped grass. When he ran out of side
door with short shotgun they were all in
a bunch, rolling about on The lawn
oh
pulled the trigger. The gun was so short
that the buckshot scattered beautifully,
and the old gentleman bagged the whole
four. The roar OF the gun woke folks
o' n neighbors. They saw that Mr.. Mcwil-
liams's spaniel was dead; that the two ter
riers of Mr.. Harvey were badly hurt and that
Keenan's dog had been hit. Mr.. Cullen
went back into the house, telling one OF
Mcwilliams's servants that if McWilliams
had anything to say about the matter
he should come over to SEQ him. McWil-
lams went The interview was somewhat
brief and exceedingly sharp. The old
gentleman declared that the dogs had been
that no man had right to shoot. another
mans dog without giving fair notice or at
least complaining beforehand of aggres-
SLOW, No compromise was possible
Mr. McWiliams conferred with Mr.
Harvey. One of Mr. Harvey's terriers
had died in the mean time. The other,
a. well as Keenans dog got we'll after they
picked the buckshot out Of it. The pair
went to Col. E. P s. Edwards. agent for the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals, and complained to him. Col.
Edwards investigated the case and brought
suit before Justice Vreeland.
Mr.. McWliams, who is in the towing
business with his brother, Charles h.
McM illiams, at Broadway, said Yesterday:
There is principle involved in this
matter No man has a right to shoot
another mans dog under such circum-
stances. Mr.. Cullen has Il lot OF valuable
flowers. but it does not appear at all that
my dog or Mr.. Harvey's terriers had ever
scratched these up or trespassed in any
way Mr.. Cullen never made any com
plant to me Our lawyers, or those for
the S. P. c. "A. rather, believe that all legal
decisions are in our favor. We are going
to fight the matter out you can bet your
boots on that.
Mr.. Harvey is a lawyer at IS Broadway.
His views were the views Of McWilliams,
Both gentlemen were considerably wrought
up.
Mr.. Cullen had less to say: THE dogs
were nuisances They had bothered me
before and 1 determined to put an end to
1t. l did"
All three gentlemen are members Of the
Baltusrol Golf Club as well as other social
organizations of Short Hills.