Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1914 — MAN WHO PUNISHED HORSE SENT TO JAIL [ARTICLE]

MAN WHO PUNISHED HORSE SENT TO JAIL

Judge De Hart, at Lafayette, Fined Wilbur O. Moore SIOO and 30 Days in Jail.

Readers of The Republican will recall the deplorable act of brutality that recently came to light in Lafayette, when it was discovered that Wilbur G. Moore and his mother had kept a team of horses confined in a stable since the death of Moore’s father nineteen years ago. One of the horses had died about three years ago and the other was found almost starved. The team had been confined as a punishment because they ran away and killed the elder Moore.

Tuesday Judge DeHart heard the case and fined Moore SIOO and sentenced him to jail for 30 days. A number of ladies who belonged to the humane society were present and heartily approved the sentence. Will R. Wood prosecuted the case for the humane society. Prosecutor Hennegar for the state made a sensational charge that Moore had tried to bribe him not to bring the action and had offered to give him $25 to “drop it.” Judge DeHart gave Moore a scathing lecture. A motion for a new trial was made and Moore was released on SSOO bond.