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by a special act of Providence, could not have done 

 more good. Such being the case, can any blame be 

 given an Emmett County jury if they required evidence 

 direct and to the point before convicting? And in no 

 case that came to trial was direct evidence given. So 

 the four true "sportsmen" there in behalf of justice and 

 humanity, had such a cold reception from all, that they 

 concluded strategy beat that kind of work all to death, 

 pulled up stakes and hurried home, and worked up the 

 poisoned berry business. 



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Now, about the merciless slaughter. Prof. Roney 

 estimates 1,500,000 dead and 80,000 live birds as the 

 shipments, and then goes on to say that one billion 

 birds have been destroyed ! What logic. 



I have official figures before me, and they show that 

 the shipments from Petoskey and Boyne Falls were : 



Petoskey, dead, by express 490,000 



Petoskey, alive, by express 86,400 



Boyne Falls, dead 47,100 



Boyne Falls, alive 42,696 



Petoskey, dead, by boat, estimated 110,000 



Petoskey, alive, by boat, estimated 33)640 



Cheboygan, dead, by boat, estimated 108,300 



Cheboygan, alive, by boat, estimated 89,730 



Other points, dead and alive, estimated 100,000 



Total 1,107,866 



