Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-13
S. P. c. A. AGENT
CLEARED S3,253
DURING 1874
Testimony of Lewis C. Teed
Shows His Position Lu-
crative One.
EARNING HAS SHOWN AN
INCREASE SINCE 1909
Tells of Helping to Pay for
$1,000 Home Owned
by His Wife.
EARNING HAS SHOWN AN
INCREASE SINCE 1909

That the position of agent for the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals in Essex county is a pay
ing proposition was indicated today
during the probe of the society by n
special legislative committee, when
Lewis G. Teed, of IL st. Paul avenue,
admitted making $S,253 during the
year 1914 His earnings showed a
gradual increase since 1909, when he
earned SS4S He was questioned by
Assemblyman Charles c. Pilgrim.
Witness admitted that his wife
owned their house, which Is valued at
@,ooo but is not quite clear of In
cumbrance. and that much of the
money to pay for the house had been
earned by him as an agent.
Mr. Teed resides at 10 st. Paul ave-
nue. and has been an agent of the So
ciety since July 81, 1895 1t was shown
that his earnings in 1898 amounted to
S7lO, and this had increased yearly
until last year, when the sum
amounted to $3,253 Out of this. Teed
explained. he was forced to pay two
assistants whom he had hired and
who worked on commission. 1t was
also developed that Teed had been
allowed $50 per month for the keep
of his horse and $25 additional for
telephone expenses.
Chairman Pilgrim asked the wit
ness numerous questions relative to
the various convictions secured by
him. From the replies it was evident
that Teed had been extremely active
in prosecuting cruelty cases. Teed
volunteered the information that the
veterinaries who were called upon in
such cases were paid by the society.
Teed also admitted that II had been
found more convenient to try the
case before justices of the peace
rather than police judges.
Mr.. Pilgrim called attention to the
fact that there appeared to be IA
vored justices before whom the cases
were brought In 1915, he said, there
were 500 cases before Justice of the
Peace Northrup and only three be-
fore Judge Herr. He asked the wit
ness what fee a justice of the peace
received for each case and was In
formed that 1t was $3.50.
Sold Horses Killed.
Mr.. Pilgrim produced a certified
check for $223.60, bearing the date of
ApTlI ~. 1914, Ildu6 out TO tne -. r.
G. A. and signed by John Stoltz. The
that the name of John Glasser, at
torney." had been written into the
body of the check. Teed replied that
the clerk of the Springfield Avenue
Trust Company had written in
Glasser's name as payee. Teed's
name appeared on the check as the
indorser.
The witness said that ne had shot
many horses which he condemned as
unfit and said that he received a fee
of SO for each animal that he killed.
He further admitted that he sold the
carcasses to Schwartz Bros
What right had you to the money
paid for the carcasses?" demanded
Mr.. Pilgrim.
LAS much right as anyone, / should
think" was the tart reply.
Did you ever condemn a horse to
be shot and then sell the animal
alive" asked Mr. Pilgrim.
"Only to Schwartz Bros was the
reply.
The witness was asked If he had
ever split fees with the favored JUS
tees before whom he brought cruelty
cases, but he insisted that he had
not. Teed said that the fines in such
cases were pdlu TO IIle Justices anu
later turned over to him to be paid to
the county society.
Colonel Edwards's Statement.
Colonel E. S. Edwards, president of
the society made an attack on the
new State law regarding magistrates
who are to try cruelty cases upon
the resumption of his testimony
before the committee. He said that
because of this law leases of cruelty
have gone unwhipped of Justice
and that the society has had to
practically suspend in Caldwell, Glen
Ridge, Bloomfield, Bellville, Irving
ton and Maplewood.
He poked fun at the law and said
that there is an amusing feature to
1t In that the magistrates in these
places sit as justices of the peace in
all other cases except the cruelty
cases. but in the latter shifts his
judicial toga from his shoulders as
Justice of the peace and garbs him
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