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Show I . Owner of Starving 1 y Stock Indifferent. Humane Society Protests Meet With Vile Language Warrant War-rant Issued For Arrest of Johnson. Dr. Boatty received a letter Thursday afternoon from Mrs. H. Schneider of Garland calling the attention of the Humane Society to the condition of tho animals nt Johnson's ranch. She says: 1 "I never saw a moro horrible f stato of starvation among ani- ' mals. We found nine of the cattlo dead for want of food, and wo estimated the number left to be about 100 head, and many of them will die of starvation starva-tion in a few days. "To such extremity wore the I animals driven that they wore eating the bark from sagebrush. Constable T. U Snook of Garland Gar-land accompanied Mrs. Schneider Schnei-der in a visit to the ranch last Friday, and when they protested protest-ed against such inhumanity, Johnson used vile language and defied the law. A warrnnt has been issued for Johnson and his ii wife as the property is in Mrs. t Johnson's name. Dr. Beatty 1, has ordered the animals fed, and the attorney general assure 4 the doctor there will be no difficulty in prosecuring Johnson who is known as "Shotgun" Johnson. Desorot Evening News. |