A POISONER
OF NEW YORK PIGEONS.
(United Press Association—By Electric
Telegraph—Copyright)
NEW YORK, August 10
A gruesome massacre of city pigeons was perpetrated in the peaceful Verdi Squaie, in the heart of Manhattan, b.y an elderly woman, accompanied by a small dog. She played the part of the poisoner.
The woman entered the Square during the morning. She scattered seed there, and then hurried away. The pigeons became distressed within a few minutes after eating the seed, and "they desperately flew to puddles, seeking for water. Presently the birds began dying in midfPght, their bodies hurtling tq earth, where they were shattered b.y the impact, blood flocking the plots of glass, and also the statue of the composer, Verdi.
It was later discovered that the seed bad been impregnated with strychnine, which was calculated quickly to dry the moisture from the body, after which drinking proved immediately fatal.
Protests are pouring in from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The police are seeking for the poisoner. It is estimated more than three hundred were killed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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