Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1913 — WEARS LIZARD AS BROOCH [ARTICLE]

WEARS LIZARD AS BROOCH

Woman Haled to London Court on Charge of Cruelty to Live Reptile. London. —An application was made at Lambeth police court for a sum mons against Miss Maud Duvall of Brixton for wearing a live lizard as an ornament. Inspector Knight of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stated that he saw Miss Duvall tn Atlantic road, Bfixton, wearing a live lizard like a brooch on her breast. It was tied . around her neck with a piece of string. “The string cut tightly and the tail «f the lizard had already fallen off.” The inspector alleged that the reptile was tn a sorry condition. The summons was granted.