OUTRAGE AT TIMARU.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4868, 6 February 1894, Page 3

OUTRAGE AT TIMARU.

" * "= I [Per Pekss Association.} TIMARU, Feb. 6, A mean and cruel outrage wa( gMpetrated during last night, thtae Out of four cows belonging to a matt named Whelan, enclosed in a small section in the borough, being slashed with a sharp instrument. One, which had a teat cut off and a long scar on the Bide, practically bled to death ; another had an ugly gash below the haunch ; and the third a light scar on the back. A. few chains away Peacock and Geaney, butchers, had their horses grazing for the night on the public school grounds, and one of them had a long gash on the flank, exposing the ribs and intestines. It ) is not expected to save its life. The work [ was probably done with a sharp hedge knife. No clue has yet been found to the perpetrator. fSPECIAIi TO THE " STAB, j TIMARU, Feb. 6. l Great indignation is expressed at the j outrage on animals. Whelan's cow, whict i has been tilled, was a good one in full . milk, valued at JBIO, and is a great loss tc 9 the poor man. The butcher's is the besl r horse the firm had. The veterinary surgeon ] geon called to see the cows, advised tb< c killing of one with the teat cut off, ant 1 dressed a gaping wound on the flank oi another. The stitcheß would not hold The wound on the horse was dresßec 'f by a farrier, and the animal was bandagec 3 round the body with great trouble; bb thi a horse was restive. It is not likely t< >. recover. The cut runs upward under thi r skin as if the horse was lying down whei b cut. The weapon must have evidently 3 been very sharp". Another horse on thi 1 same ground had a slash in its cover ove; o the flank. The wounded horse had ni ? cover on.