Word: kenerson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years before Tom Mooney went to jail, a farmer of Waterford, Conn. shot a golden eagle which had been raiding his chicken-run. The bird was only winged and the farmer took it to State Tree Warden Henry Fuller, who turned it over to Elmer Kenerson, New London's husky Superintendent of Parks. An animal-lover who knew something about veterinary science, Elmer Kenerson set the big bird's pinion, named it "Uncle Sam," built it a wooden cage 30 ft. high and 20 ft. wide around a tree in New London's wildish Riverside Park beside...
...last week some passers-by saw Uncle Sam "dancing in convulsions." When Elmer Kenerson, now 71, arrived, the eagle was dead. A piece of cake lay beside it. An autopsy was ordered to see if the eagle had been poisoned. When it was over, the physician reported that Uncle Sam had undoubtedly been poisoned but New London officials refused to press the investigation. Keeper Kenerson buried his eagle beneath the cage and had a small tombstone made, inscribed: UNCLE SAM GOLDEN EAGLE