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An Inhuman Act.A Mr. Ozro Castle, who resides some three or four miles from this place, sairoe into town last Saturday with a load of ocds. Aftcr'rim-bibing’ enough to exhibit in bold relief the peculiar beauties of his nature, he made preparations for leaving, when one of his horses became a little stubborn and refused to start.•Castle then commenced beating the horse most unmercifully with a club, and knocked the poor brute down two or three times, nearly killing him. After a while, however, he got the horse on his legs again, and then because he did not move off to his no*. ;on, (being more dead than alive at the time,) the inhuman monster, in the shape of a man, making use of the most vulgar language, ami uttering horrid ■oaths, coolly and brutally commenced beating the poor beast in the head until he killed him—in fact, we are credibly informed that he struck him several times after he was dead! It was certainly as cowardly end revolting a spectacle as wc ever bciield—-and for the credit of humanity and civilization, Godknows wc never wish to witness such another. It is arid that since the odopliei i of the new con-I* * ' ••atilntion no law has been cuac ted to reach this case, or to punish the inhuman monster who perpetrated the cowardly act. If such is tire fact, it is a burning shame and disgrace toIndiana, and the sooner such a law is upon our statute books the belter. Castle, while murdering his horse, swore lie. would serverirtr* in thA came wav who nttamnlfHi to
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Newburgh Warrick Democrat
Newburgh, Indiana, US
Tue, May 29, 1855
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