THE POISONING OF £2000 DOG

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 425, 1 July 1913, Page 2

THE POISONING OF £2000 DOG

SUFFRAGETTE MESSAGE.

There was an extraordinary sequel to the mysterious death from poisoning of a champion Pekingese dog, valued at £2,000, which belonged to. Miss Violet Ashton, Cross, of Egham. The dog, Ohoo Tai, was shown at Southampton last week, where it won the championship. Ifc became ill after the judging, and' was fcaken home, where ifc gradually became torpid and died. Miss Cross states that she has now received a typewritten post card bearing the following message : — Madam, — We are ve*y sorry that your pretty dog Choo Tai had s to be sacri need, but our rules musfc be inexorably enforced; and we •are resolved fco atop at nothing now. Every available prize winner or racehorse, such as the Derby winner, shall be maimed or destroyed when the chance presents itself until we get votes for women. You and other owners of valuable property can only enjoy peace by helping us to get the vote. The money you offer as a reward would be better applied m assisting the good cause.— -Sincerely yours, Monks Hood. The postmark on the card is Southampton, and the date May 3. On the same day that Choo Tai was poisoned, adds a correspondent of the 'Pall Mall Gazette,' a valuable toy spaniel was poisoned by the same means at Shepperton. In this case the dog lived from Thursday until Monday, and a veterinary surgeon suggests that the dose must have been nicely adjusted by a skilled hand. Miss Cross is sending full particulars of her case to Scotland xard, m the hope that the writer of the post card may be traced.