From the July 3, 1895 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Virgil F. Parker, a dentist, who lives on the tenth floor at the Arlington flats, was arraigned before Justice Walsh this morning charged with cruelty to animals. The complaint was made by George Roth, a butcher, of 74 Montague Street, through the Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Roth swears that Parker, who is something of a marksman, wantonly shot and killed three cats which were kept by the butcher for the purpose of killing rats in his store.”