Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1912 — HORSE POISONER AT KENTLAND [ARTICLE]

HORSE POISONER AT KENTLAND

Mike Reed, Formerly of Jasper County, Loses Three Animals by Poison. When Michael Reed went to the barn to feed his horses, early Saturday morning, he found his dray team reeling and falling in their stall, wringing wet with cold sweat and in intense pain, and within a short time both horses died. On Monday morning a third, or extra horse, that he had, went by the same route. Every indication is that thb three horses were poisoned, by someone of a fiendish or revengeful heart—but who the guilty one is, has not yet; been discovered. The stomach of one of the horses has been sent to Indianapolis for chemical analysis but no returns from there has as yet been received. Mr. Reed means to have the matter sifted to me bottom if can be, and if the offending one or ones can be apprehended, to have them duly punished. He valued his dray team at S4OO and the big black horse was easily worth $l5O more.—Kentland Democrat. Mr. Reed is a former resident of Jordan tp., and John Reed of Virgie, and Thomas Reed of Carpenter tp., are brothers of his.