The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-27
Not a New Matter.

TO be fully Informed.
Not a New Matter.
Some six or eight days ago large num-
Der OF dead nogs were found lying in the
dry end OF Emigration canyon. the ap-
pearnnce of the animals Indicating that
thcy had been dead for several weeks
he animals were from the pens owned
and operated by Capt. II. a Barton OF the
Utah National Guard and r NJ Herbert
OF the Salt Lake Art company, 169 Third
East street,
Just One Side Of Story
As published in the press of the city at
that tine, the clty's Health department
ordered that the hogs be cremated. and
II has since been reported that such nc-
ton has been taken. But this is only the
unimportant side OF this story. According
TO the statement OF the butcher who as
sisted I'm the slaughterlnG Of hogs from
ehls nerd. the animals wcrc diseased at the
tlnc they wore killed for market. accord
iiG 10 the best Information obtaInable
those Of the herd that escaped death were
sold alive 20 various butchers.
Cholera and Pneumonia.
According to ths statements made by
one OF the owners To Food Inspector
FRAZIER, the death OF numerous animals In
the herd had been attributed TO cholera
and pneumonia. According To the state
mcnts made 10 Tho Tribune Sunday b. tho
owners of the herd II is oTly a. fair con-
clusion that they are unwilling TO disclose
tte real facts iC the case.
Story of Butcher
Here IL the story of the butcher who
according TO his own unqualified state.
lG'nt; had hand In the slaughtering OF
the diseased animals Arthur Waller a
practical butcher OF seventeen years eN-
pcrlence residing on Fifteenth East
suect. about quarters OF mile
northeast OF the State prison. told his
story Sunday 70 The Tribune in substance
aE folloWs.
Not Month Ago.
About three or four weeks apo-f
cannot ny the date exactly was engaged
by Mr.. Herbert who. with Capt Barton.
Ead been operating tho hog ranch at
lNenty-hrst East and Tenth South
streets, TO do some slaughtcrng This
Place Is known as HIrris's old ranch and
! understood, had been leased bv Barton
and Herbert. made bargain 10 slaugh-
ter the noss for him II IS cents per mead
Some Dead in Pens.
When got out 10 the ranch I saw
some OF the pigs lying there dead in the
pens. I have had wears OF ., pcrIencs pritb
Logs ] could smell the Glsoas GO and know
that the hogs mad the cholera | snid 70
them; IL must be YOU fellows don't under
:,i, stand how to feed slops to these pigs
They told me tha. the dead ones lad been
Killed by the others lying upon them
Killed Diseased Animals.
ihdt hay slaughtered eight or tho
hogs, and every one that Killed was dis
cased. could tell II plainly by the ap-
prnrancc OF the blood. Mr. Herbert asked
~fat | would take To contract To kin the
whole bunch; but | didn't much fancy the
moment ! stuck them
Meat Looked Diseased.
u heard Capt. Barton say that he bsd
killed a hog the day before that no ni,st
have scaldcd too much. as the flesh all
turned purple when he put II into the
water. me purple color / regard as a
sure indication OF disease There were sew
eTal good-sizcd droYes OF hogs there-I
should Judge from leo to 200 In all The
cholera was so strong that you could
smell It even before you got 10 tho pens
l do not know to whom tho hogs thai
slaughtered were sold.
Disposed Of Whole Herd.
The next day I called up Mr.. Herbert
and asked him II | was TO come back
and XIII any more or the hogs. He said.
I will let you know He said the samo
thing the next day. and the third day
called UP the ranch and was informed
that all of the hogs remaining lid been
sold on foot | then called up Mr.. Her
hogs without slaughtering but ho refused
TO give me direct answer
Significant Comment
II forgot to tell you that tho day was
killing the pigs ] heard another man who
was also slaughteI1ng there. say: You
ought TO have seen the pigs we killed yes
terday They looked pretty tough. but
they took them at Murray, all right II
was little while after this that learned
OF the hogs from this ranch being found
dead in Emigration canyon. l called up
Mr.. Herbert and asked him why the hogs
were not buried, and he replied: 4
thought they had been buried "
Will Swear to Statements.
"Mr Waller" said The Tribune re-
porter, will you, If brought into court.
swear 10 what you have told me today?''
II certainly win" said Mr. Waller. with
emphasis. Every word OF 1t is absolute
ly true
Some Strange Statements.
Probing further into this repulsive
story, The Tribune man then called upon
T. NJ, Herbert. ~ his residence In Third
East street. The most charitable con-
struction that can be put upon Mr. Her
bert's version of the story Is to call II
strange beyond explanation He reiter-
ated over and over that to his knowledge
no diseased animals, dead or alive, had
been sold from the ranch. but that was
the only point upon which his memory
was clear.
"I Don't Remember"
Mr. Herbert could not even approximate
the number of hogs that had been main
tained on the ranch up to the time that
the herd had been disposed OF. He did
not remember when the hogs had been
remember when or from what cause the
animals whose bodies had been thrown
into Emigration canyon had died. but he
could remember that he had paid scay-
enegr TO remove them after the health
department had interfcred-
Still More Forgetful
Mr.. Herbert forgot the date, even ap-
proximntely, OF the killing of eight hogs
by butcher that he had engaged. He
forgot how long after that 1t was that
the bulk of the herd had been sold He
forgot to whom the sale had been made.
who had been authorized to mako II, or
how much had been received. He also
forgot who had purchased the slaughtered
animals