Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-12
CRUEL TO HORSES.
Humane Agents Find Two Shocking
 @ Cases in Bridgeport.

Bridgeport, Oct. 12-One of the worst examples of how badly horse can be abused and still live is now at Southey's veterinary hospital on John street awaiting the verdict of the hui mane officers whether an attempt shall be made to save his life or whether it would be better to put 1t out of misery at once. In telling reporter about4 the case yesterday morning Humane Agent R. B. Stiles said:
 Tn all my 20 years experience as humane officer this case is decidedly the worst one that ever saw. You cannot make it too bad in writing 1t up, as words will fail to express the true condition of this animal. We are in hopes to get hold of the people who have been using this horse In which case we shall try and make them suffer"
 The horse would be valuable one if it were sound. But as 1t now stands it has deep sore on it's neck made by the cruel collar 1t has been wearing. The sore is large enough to allow a person to put in both hands. From this blood and mucous Is con stantly flowing. On one of It's hips 1t has a bad sore partly hidden by a large plaster. The animal refuses to eat and 1t is feared that blood poison ing from it's wounds has set in.
 This horse and another, in even worse condition. were found by Hu- mane Officers R. B. Stiles and C. NJ. !. BiItz by the. roadside near Dundon Brothers on Fairfield avenue late Friday afternoon. One horse was suf- fering with lockjaw and was shot at once to put 1t out of misery. The other had foundered and had the two bad sores on him. By means of much hard work 1t was taken to the veterinary hospital where it is now being treat ed.
 These horses had been abandoned at this point by a colored man who was trying to drive them back to South port and turn them over to the man owning them. At the approach of the two officers he ran away but when captured professed not to know who owned the horses or who had been using them.
 They are said to have been sent here from Southport few weeks ago to man by the name of Charles Beckwith to be used here. It is not known who was sending them back to their owners. The humane officers have made no arrests in the case.
 Both animals bear evidence of hav- ing been abused in every conceivable way. They are In poor flesh and look as if they had not been half fed.
 The attention of the state officers of the Connecticut Humane society has been called to the shocking state of things prevailing in this city in re- gard to the abuse of animals. especial ly horses, and last week T. T. Thrawl of Hartford. the head of the society. came here and in company with tue local officers visited place on tsle East side where they found three horses that had been sadly abused. They condemned all three and shoot ing one left the other two in charge of the owner on condition that he would not take them out of the barn without the consent of the local officer.
 Yesterday 1t was found he was working them and as soon as he k caught he will be arrested and the horses will be shot. By shooting the horses that are mlsused the humane officers assert that a harder punish ment is inflicted upon heartless own CTS than by having them brought be- fore the city court and thus allowing them to escape with light fines.