Man Shoots a Coyote
From His Back Porch
Daniel Hoyt Plugs "Varmint"
Prowling in Southeast
Minneapolis. He Telephones City Clerk He
Intends to Collect Bounty
on the Pelt. Daniel Hoyt telephoned City Clerk Knott yesterday that he had shot a coyote "at 30 rods" from his house, 895 Twenty-third avenue southeast, and that he would appear soon at the city hall to claim a bounty of $7.50 [worth about $180 in 2011]. Neither Hoyt nor his coyote showed up yesterday, but the city clerk's force believes the coyote slayer will "make good" today. Hennepin county is bound to pay $7.50 for every wolf pelt and it is understood that Hoyt will endeavor to enter his coyote skin under the wolf schedule. The law provides that "the wolf" must be skinned in the presence of the city or village clerk and said official must make a written statement to the effect that he saw the skinning. Then the county auditor passes on the statement and if he deems it satisfactory an order on the county treasurer for $7.50 is drawn.
