Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

over there, only to discover that the care
taker of the park and the cat We're such
fast friends that puss came visiting him
at regular periods every day and was so
content in his mere presence that she
didn't care to move, but lay basking i'll
the sun, too sleek and fat and lazy to
scamper about.
II suppose big iron chains are the
most common instruments of torture for
horses Here among number Is one
that was taken from man Who pro-
vided extra indulgence for an ungovern-
able temper by interiacing among the
links of his chains a stiff wire. with the
ends left free to form a brush. This IN
his hands as a whip and viciously applied
to the miserable brute's back must have
been great sport. The fine he paid Was
perhaps less entertaining, however
Unfortunately, We do not win many a
ease that If it resulted i'll II workhouS@
sentence. would do much toward alieviat-
ing conditions by creating fear of con-
sequences, il no more. And ii is not al
ways the shftless negro or down-and- out
white iaborer who deserves such sell
fences. either one case ] remember was
of a we'll known c"rnany which uses
many horses and was said To he feed
ing insuf1iciently. We Investigated and q.
trial resulted in the defendants ac-
quittal for lack of proof. There was moth
ing else to do but accept it, yet
The remark was not finished. for Sec
rotary Heap leaned down, rather abrupt
ly. and picked up the end of a rope to
which was secured block of wood about
four inches square. What this particular
instrument was he could not say. No, it
had no name. But the using OF it had
been called dumb brutality, and the per
petrator human.
The original purpose Of the dangling
rope and wood WAS in some way, not
EraSped by the listener. supposed To serve
in keeping horse that was being curried
in such a position that the man might
easily move around the animal while us
ing the comb. The rope was suspended
from the floor above and caught at the
halter by means of the cube of wood
But the original intent of the thing. be-
ing confessedly hazy, does not matter II
is the fury of the man who was arrested
and the fact that he had ctutched AT
that wooden block and knocked out the
poor horses eye. that strikes the heart.
What the thing was named or was in
tended to be. doesn't matter.
do You care for many animals be
sides horses"
Yes, and / viii tell you of a case
from one of the abattoirs which came
under our notice. The accused was ar
raigned in Police Court for brutally
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into the slaughter house The vet
Urinary. who was at the abattoir at
the time. testified in court that the af-
fair was the most shocking case of
cruelty to animals that he had ever
seen.
When he saw the COW, according TO
further testimony. she was lying down,
and the accused man was sitting on
her. twisting her tail in an effort to
make her get up. There was a long
hickory club in the mans hand, and
when the poor brute refused TO move,
even after its tail had been broken. he
struck her over the horns with this
club. which was as thick his wrist.
Then he shouted with an oath. that
he would blind her, and he did almost
knock out one of her eyes
In defending himself, this emploNe
testified that there Was nothing un
usual about the affair. and that he Was