The statue of a 19th-century Northern California rancher and meat-packing magnate was decapitated earlier this week, leaving investigators in the state’s capital city scratching their heads to find a motive behind the vandalism.
, leaving investigators in the state’s capital city scratching their heads to find a motive behind the vandalism.
Swanston traveled west from Ohio as part of the California Gold Rush and quickly realized he’d make more money as a butcher, according to Sacramento City Historian Marcia Eymann. "I have no idea why anyone, unless they’re vegetarians and didn’t like meat-packers" would do this to the statue, Eymann said Wednesday. "I find this very bizarre."
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