Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1915 — DESERT WRECKS A MINSTREL [ARTICLE]

DESERT WRECKS A MINSTREL

Mule and Trained Dogs With OneMan Show Perish of Thirst. Pomona, Cal. —Hitched to a light wagon in the place of a faithful mule which perished in the desert, William Green, an old animal trainer from New Orleans, arrived here and appealed to Mayor Vandergrift for aid. He was sick and penniless. Green left New Orleans last March, headed for the San Francisco Exposition. He had a show wagon drawn by the mule. In the wagon were 18 performing dogs. Green himself was once a leading light of minstrelsy. The wandering minstrel raked in the money till he struck the desert in Arizona and then his fortune faded. His mule died of thirst. He bought a horse and it perished on the desert. His intelligent dogs, some of which were valued at SSOO, dropped off one by one. He says aid given by passengers of an overland train enabled him to get out of the desert with his own life.