FROM. THE GAME FIELDS. 
A CONTEMPTIBLE GAME WARDEN. 
The following reminds one of the story 
related of Henry VII., of England. His 
Royal Majesty had been invited to attend 
a banquet in his honor, by the Earl of Ox- 
ford. The king enjoyed himself immensely, 
an entertainment and feast being given such 
as had probably never been known in all 
England. Upon departing, the king or- 
dered the Earl arrested, because the latter 
had made an unlawful display of uniformed 
soldiers. 
Several young and prominent sportsmen 
of the city in which I reside, went on a 
hunting trip up North, early last winter. 
They had been unusually successful the first 
few days, and were congratulating them- 
selves on their good luck, when a game 
warden, unexpected and uninvited, strode 
into their camp. 
Whether the hunters knew the stranger to 
be such, or not, I cannot say; but he was 
royally welcomed and entertained for 2 or 
3 days. He was given the very best in 
camp; all those luxuries that are found 
only in camp life. Nothing was omitted on 
the part of the hunters to make his stay a 
happy one. 
Finally, wher the warden was satisfied, 
he arrested the entire party, on the ground 
that they had violated a state game law. 
They were. of course, not a little surprised 
at the steps taken by their late guest; but, 
nevertheless, they were obliged to accom- 
pany him to a nearby town, where a warrant 
was sworn out for them. After the high 
life which they were accustomed to as 
hunters, they did not think for a minute of 
subsisting on the food provided by the town 
for its criminals; so they furnished bail. 
Returning to their resident town, they se- 
cured the best legal advice; and when court 
opened, they returned North, determined to 
push the case through. 
They were acquitted; but if I am not mis- 
taken, the game warden received notice that 
his services were no longer desired. This 
should be a lesson to other wardens; they 
must respect the laws as well as hunters or 
other private citizens. 
E. L. R., Stillwater, Minn. 
ANSWER. 
I do not see that the game warden in 
question did anything wrong. Of course it 
was disagreeable to the hunters to have him 
reveal himself as an officer after having ac- 
cepted their hospitality, but if they had vio- 
lated the game laws, as they seem to have 
done from the above communication, he was 
justified in taking the course he did to ob- 
tain the information. On the face of this 
statement it would seem that he made a 
mistake in not taking one or more witnesses 
with him. Of course the evidence of several 
men would have more weight in court than 
that of one man and this appears to have 
been the reason why he failed to convict the 
hunters. There may have been other phases 
of the case which do not appear in E. L. R.’s 
report, but unless such be the case, then the 
‘officer.did only his duty. 
He acted the part of a detective, but de- 
tective work of exactly this character is 
recognized as legitimate in every court in 
the land. A detective frequently takes 
measures to be invited to a man’s house and 
accepts his hospitality, in order to procure 
legal evidence against him. The courts rec- 
ognize even such measures as this as being 
legal and necessary. 
I should be glad to have any further facts 
in this case which the accused or the game 
warden or E. L. R. may be able to furnish. 

BIG GAME (HOGS) IN OHIO. 
Big game has long been extinct in Ohio. 
Yet there are traces of something big that 
has at last been brought to bay. The ani- 
mal fought bravely, but was overcome at 
last. The proceeds of this one animal will 
come close to $500, including costs, etc. 
For some time, before and after the 
quail season, there have been persons kill- 
ing quail at or near Waseon, O., a small 
town North of here on Detroit & Lima 
Northern R. R. There is a game warden 
there but they were all onto him, it is said, 
and kept one eye open in his direction. The 
shipping of quail seems to have been a very 
profitable business and was one of the prin- 
cipal occupations of one certain poultryman 
until a slight accident caused dismay in 
their camp. 
The trouble came about by accident. 
Special game warden S. W. Kinsely heard 
persons telling of a peculiar accident which 
had happened at a railroad station. In 
handling a case of “eggs” it fell, and the 
lid came off, and presto! the eggs were 
instantly transformed into quail. The rail- 
road men were careful to keep it to 
themselves. They probably thought such 
transformation could only be brought by 
occultism and was, of course, a thing to be 
shunned. However, outsiders heard of it 
and the game warden, S. W. Kinsely, of 
Lima, O., went on a still hunt. 

