Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-14
S. P. c. A. ON THE JOB
GOOD WORK BEING DONE
SOciety's President Criticises
"Purveyor Of News
SP.c.A.AGENT is GEO.W.SAFFIELD
Al Ideal Officer is Jealous Of Pre-
ventipg Cruelty To Animals and
Arestiug Offend ers.


The following contribution is ap-
preciated, and although a criticism Of
this papers methods, is published in
its entirety, as follows:
Annapolis. Md, Nov. II, 1918.
Editor Of The Evening Capital. An
napolis, Md.
Dear Editor Some of the officers
Of the Annapolis s. p C. A. have
taken umbrage at the attitude of The
Capital in its reference to that So
cietv aid its efforts. They do not
question your right TO call attention
through the columns of The Capital
to violations Of law, whether il be
cruelty to animals or injuries to citi'
zens. because il is a purveyOr OF the
news. but to have information as 70
such offence AMI not give the officers
OF the law the benefit Of information
except through your columns twelve
hours later, can hardly be said to be
serving the public in its broadest
sense, and particularly is this true OF
one who, like yourself, is an officer OF
the local S. P. C. A. Society.
The old pfoverb of "a stitch in
time" is applicable here also as will
be seen by the incident recorded by
YOU last week. II you bad communi-
cat "a with Mr.. Saffield, or the Office
Of the Society, upon receipt of infor-
nation regarding the injury to some
dogs. YOU might have conferred a ben.
eft on the community and lead to the
arrest of any guilty person. You
kept your information, however, and
the agent of the Society was only able
to Investigate it the following morn.
ing. and from such information as he
could get, reached the conclusion. In
which fully concurred, that the
driver of the team was not guilty OF
any deliberate cruelty, but On the Goa
trary underworld to separate dog
Fight in which a small pet dog was be-
ing murdered by larger brute, and
possibly was directed 20 to do by the
owner of the small dog, but all identi-
fcation Of the driver and his team
was lost by reason of twenty-fouI
hours delay in the investigation.
The Society employs at a nominal
salary Mr.. George w. Safiield as its
agent, and while we do not boast OF
an ideal odicer, | am convinced that
ne is jealous in endeavoring t.
prevent cru city and arresting often
ders, but neither be nor any other
officer of the law can successfully
carry out its object unless he has
the cooperation of all persons in
terested in the good objects of the
Society.
In proof OF tn fact that the So
ciety is alive and attending to its le
gitimate lbjects, would say that
its agent, within the past week, at
tended a hearing Sefore Justice
Meade involving cruelty, has investi'
gated another case upon which war
rants will probably be issued today,
has compelled one Express Company
to hire horse in the place of Q
disabled animal; has attended 9
hearing before Justice Feldmeyer,
wherein one Johnson was fined SIS
and costs for cruelty, and has made
an examination of three public
stables in the city.
| think that you will admit that
any Society or its agent who car
give weeks record of that sort
is alive. am making the above
statements more as a defence fol
she activities of our Society than as
criticism of you, and hope you
see the point.