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Show A riEJDlH AC T. Ql the ! ; Mr. T. i'. G-:c: el. : 1-;. , :' :h-- aiatcly p.r. -s.-tiei ' j r-. r: : " w n to made in jniry a: the statie-n-L . tis-.-. ai.d f'juui that state---.-!.: wis true, at.i L-a-.enan: Jbls-es deuvcrsi t Lin; the toc-:ue t:..: hai L-c-.-n t..:n -ivm th-poor th-poor brute's m-"utti. r-u: 1:.- ;..Mee cull give no in:-jra:a::on as to the perpetrator cf ttte ot:t.-aj-.-. Mr. ija-.ch-i th-.n Ujjiu a vlj.-rjiis search lor the party wo c niittted the deed, and alter mu.-h iabvr. foui.d an ol-l c-'.orei man no Lai w::nes-eJ the rieuiish E.-t. and who stated that the man s name til we n-ay ea.i h;tn a man) was Jacobs, and tLt he ,iv d in W ashiiigton. A'-ting tij."j:i this m formation, Mr. Gatclie.. ar'ter m-ach dimeu.ty, loutid that a man by the name 01 T. Jacib-, a teamster, livt-d on New Jer-ey Avenue, near the Baltimore Bal-timore ana O.iio Kai.roai d-.-j ot. He imtPetiately proceeded to the resid- nce of said JaC-obs, wh-.mi he found at Loiee. He accused l.itu of the outrage, when he turned dcaTily pale, but laiutiy denied any knowlt.-..i-;e-Of the traasactijti. Mr. U..tck.l persisted per-sisted in his a'-ci-atio i, aii 1 finally the man adieitted hav.ug d jne the deed. and that he did it because lie wa- mad. Mr. Gatchel then demanded to know whether or not the a-iimal was stiil alive. The man replied in the arhrma-tive, arhrma-tive, and proceeded with .Mr. (jatchel 10 the stable, where the hore was found with his tongue literally torn from the roots. Mr. Gateliel then procured the arrest of the man, and lie had a hearing he-lore Justice Walter yesterday, who imposed a tine of jo upon him. The utmost limit of the law wotud have tflo; the lowest .sj. J'hus for the paltry sum of SO, owing to the unsatisfactory condition ot' our criminal code, the wretch goes free for a crime that should coti-ign any person per-son committing it to a term of servitude servi-tude in the penitentiary. Mr. Gatchel has coti.-ulted some 'eminent 'emi-nent veterinary surgeons, who declare that the animal must be killed, and today to-day the life of the poor beast will be taken, while the man whose bread was earned by the poor brute's labor re mains udve to perhaps e mmiit another outpace of a si.uilar kind when vcr he "'gets mad." -V man who would commit com-mit such an act is a belter subject for a mad-hou-e or 1 eniteutiary than many who go there. Mr. Gatchel has the tongue and will have it placed ainoiie: the archives ol tho Humane ciaii n, ol' which he is the energetic I'le-si ic-nt . o.-7iot-t'jn, 1). C, Jan. li". |