Show FIENDISH CRUELTY Californian Tore the Tongue Out of a Horse San Rafael Cal June William Vauning a milkman of considerable means today pleaded guilty to tearing I the tongue out of a horse Sentence was postponed until tomorrow Eyewitnesses Eye-witnesses of the fiendish act state that I Vauning while ascending a grade 1 drove his team into a ditch and because be-cause the horses could not extricate I I tied a piece of rope around the tongue of one of the animals and tore it out I by the roots The suffering horse fell I 1 I to the ground but by beating i Vaun r ing forced i to rise and drove to a marsh where it bled to death There were threats of lynching Vaun I ing today but i was finally determined t give him notice to leave town He was forced to flee for safety and seek the protection of an officer this afternoon after-noon Some time ago he was charged with poisoning milk at the residence of Prison Director Wilkins and others because be-cause they would not patronize him He has also been In trouble at other I times aso I |