Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-14
IN ACT OF GREAT CRUELTY.
THREE MULES ARE VERY
BADLY TREATED.
They Are Tied To Shell Pile
With Nothing To Eat For
Many Hours.

Out in thesrain and the hail and the
snow,
Out where the wintry winds do blow,
oh my, oh me, OH my, Ooh
Three tall, lean, gaunt and decrepit
looking mules. with ears aslant,
dropping heads and del ected mien
we're humming the above plaintive
ditty yesterday The wind was blow
ing gale, the rain and snow fell
with pitiless persistenoy on their un-
protected bodies and they presented
sight of misery which would have
moved the stoutest heart
Tied TO a pile of shells on the dock
they were in a position of the great
est exposure co get the full benefit of
every gust that blew. They shivered
with the cold and trembled in every
limb from the cruel and biting blasts.
Alone and unattended. hunger gnaw-
ing at their vitals and exposure at.
tacking their calloused and work
worn sides they gazed with rueful eyes
mt the bleak and uneatable shells that
fianked them on every side.
Bedding they had none, corn was
non est sans fodder or any of those
delectable morsels which make of the
long cared creature willing worker
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of man. Their
ribs loomed up like the frame work
of pleasure yacht being built for
speed. Their stomachs played tag with
their back bones and their internal
organization was impressed with the
idea that a wholesale cutting of
throats had taken place.
Thus il was that Chief of Police
Hahn found them. Not a word of
complaint did they utter, but their
reproachful eyes told tale far more
eloquent than words. Hahn appeared
on the scene about noon Fortified by
good dinner he was nevertheless
aware OF the fact that the day was
disagreeable. He beagn an immediate
investigation. His researches reveal
ed the startling fact that the mules
had been standing in that position
since early Saturday afternoon and
since that time had receivd no food of
any sort Also did he find that the
animals, which were the property of
William L. Robinson, of Robinsons 8
Station on the Short Line Railroad,
had done a hard days work in the
| Naval Academy Saturday.
That Hahn was angry would be
touching the truth but gingerly. The
stiffened, starving and weakened
animals were taken in tow by the
minion of the law. Up through the
windswept streets he lead them, the
wind taking liberties with his wear
ing apparel which was tossed about
him and the water making funny Y
little noises as it played tag through
his rain soaked shoes. At last a
haven of refuge was reached. II was
Vansant's stable, and into this the
three animals were lead. They were
placed in stalls where the bedding lay
deep With that despair of deep hum
ger they attacked the bedding. II dis
appeared like snow bank in June.
Then their coarse, long and cracked
| tongues hunted out every crack and
Granny, every orevice and opening for
the tiniest bits of lka elusive straw.
All this they did before taare was an
opportunity of placing feed in their
managers. When 1t was they attacked
it with appetites still undulled and
placed IL in the spot where IL would
do the most good in restoring that lost
tissue Of which they stood so much in
need.
Last-night they slept son aybed that
delights the soul Of the mule. This
morning Chief Hahn was early astir
to see chat his charges were in good
condition. Then he at once went to
the Office of Squire Feldmeyer and
secured a warrant for the arrest OF
Robinson on the charge of cruelty to
animals. With that in his possession
he took an early train for Robinson's
station. So endeth the first lesson.