Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-08
FINED FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
But DR.. Read Appeals His Case to County
Court.

DR.. H. II. Read of Shelburne was Monda!
fined SEQ and costs in city court at Burning
ton for cruelty TO animals The case was
appealed to county court. Dr. Read and nus
wife, Ida H. Read, state president oil the
Woman's Christian Temperance union, drove
to Burlington several weeks ago with morse
which was in such condition that ne was
seized by Humane Agent Fuller ana Killed
| since that time the case has been dis
cpssed throughout the entire state because
Of the prominence of Mrs. Read, and prac'
tically every county temperance organization
has passed resolutions on the matter. one
nnjon asked for Mrs. Reads resignation
The defense announced that they would
nat introduce any evidence. The witnesses
for the state were Professor ]. Z. Goodrich
Of the University of Vermont, Alderman G.
A. Barber and /. V Whtcomb, proprietor
of A livery stable. They all testified that the
horse was in bad condition and that It prac-
tically walked on one of its ankles
Last week Humane Agent Fuller stopped
DIR. and Mrs Read in the streets Of Burning
ton and threatened TO bring another SUIT
against Dr. Read If he continued to use the
horse he was driving which was said to be
so lame that it could not travel faster than
Mr. Fuller could walk. -
In connection with this incident, MIS-
Read has issued the following statement 10
the Burlington papers. No explanation as
far as can be learned, has ever been maze
nv the Reads Of the first alleged offense.
Mrs. Read says:
On Monday, May 81, DR.. H. II, Read
came TO Burlington to have Mr.. Collins VINO
has done his blacksmithing for several
wears and has never refused to shoe horse
for him. look after his horses feet Mr..
Collins was i'll and another man dld the
work. As Mr.. Read left the shop the morse
seemed slightly lame, but the biacksmith
thought it was nothing but what would as
appear when he began to travel. inc lame
ness continued and on Thursday ne came
again TO Burlington to the same shop 10 see
II possiby nail might not have pricKeu Inc
foot. The same man examined the 1901
again and said there seemed to be nothing
the matter, as no soreness couid De louhu
about the foot or leg. On Monday, one
week after the horse was shod, ne returheu
TO the shop and asked to have the shoe re-
moved. Mr.. Collins was able TO be there
and found upon examination smaii corn
under the shoe, the foot was properly treated
with remedies, pad placed uhuer 'ne SNUG
and the horse is improving
Mr.. Fuller. agent of the Humane society
stonped Dr.. Read on his way to the black
smiths and said, ''Young man, If you drive
this horse again in Burlington | shall arrest
vour horse and shoot him.
The Humane society has done, ana car
do great work to prevent suffering ana
abuse of our dumb animals VINO cannot ae
fend themselves, but this cause VIII suHer Il
! their employees lend themselves to those whc
wish to prosecute innocent people VINO nave
no intent or thought of injuring man Of
beast: but because they are ready to DO al
in their power to put down an evil thai
bliehts every home it enters, defrauds inno
cent childhood, and brings untold sorrow &c
so many lives, they must suffer at tn'
hands of malicious enemies OF the Woman
Christian Temperance union who send mis-
. statements and base falsehoods to news
papers throughout our own state and TO Dos
ton papers; also who are ready to mt IN th'
dark, writing anonymous letters containing
J absolute falsehoods to those VINO nave ue
: Tended us through the public press,
We have remained silent through the un
inst and cruel misrepresentation OF the
nress knowing we were innocent of wrong
but now I appeal to the honest common
sense of the men and women of Vermont-a