Show HELD FOR CRUELTY TO DUMB ANIMALS eccentric canadian sisters said to be wealthy chatham ant ani grotesquely cladin ragged burlap which was fastened ioa their bodies by b haywire hay hai wire two elderly spinsters spin well educated arid and reputed wealthy were arraigned tn in polica court charged charge with cruelty to 0 animals they are luella and mary ann rad more whom authorities lured lure iw away it from their Tabi valuable able acre farm in domeny township where they lind to t p ire fire their guns into the air a score of f times to frighten away the evil sl spar its which the spinsters spin vowed lurked tn in the neighborhood the arresting officers told the court that the prisoners were wearing the same game kind of clothes they had worn when taken into custody seven years a ago go on another charge of cruelty to animals milton shaw the jailer 1 later reported that the prisoners refused to doff the garb for the feminine garments of civilization he obtained for them the cruelty charges were based upon evidence on the farm that many of the sheep hogs and cattle whose carcasses were found had died of starvation the sisters were sent to jail for or a week to be examined as to their sari ity while the charges could be investigated further their eighty two year old mother who lived on the farm with them was brought into court later and placed in the care of welfare authorities |