The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-06
A BURGLAR CAUGHT By A
DOG.


Mn. Manson, an English Lady. Wit
With her daughter resides at 465 Wes
TWenty-l1rst street, reported to th(
volice Of the Sixteenth precinct on
Friday, the 4th inst, thai on th,
night before . blr8lar had atteaApt
to rob her house. She gave q de
scription Ut the burglar aud told how
the robbery had been frustrated
Though the intelligence Of IN Eng
lish mastilf owned by her. No ar
rests have been made, though thl
police believe they are on the TRACK
Of those engaged In the attempt.
A World ep0rter called on Mrs
0aneon yesterday afternoon to learn
the PARTICULAR Ut the adventure
Epon bling shown into the parlol
the reporter Was startled by . deeE
growl and . blow, both OF which
came from 4 huge dog of q deep tan
color that had dashed down stair.
and violently pushed the reporter
from standing to . sitting position
before his mistress, who followed him
e3esely, had time to assure him that
the reporter was not . trespasser.
0nI Manson apologized for the ami
malls rudeness aud said: "Why,
Rex, sou naughty dear" This had
ihe desired effect, and. With one ol
two exceptions, the dog remained
quiet throughout the interview.
Mrs. Manson said: ION Friday
morning, the 4th Of this month, al
shout $50 O'Clock, I was awakened
BY hearing Rex gr,wling. 1 called
to him and he jumped upon my bed,
baying oil the time In = savage man.
ner. 1 tried to quiet him, hut before
I had spoken . dozen words to him
be dashed out Of my room to the
landing at the head Of the st1in
Immediately afterwards I heard q
great noise on the stairs, and think
Ing that in the dark he might have
attacked the servant girl, I FOLLOWED,
to protect her from further HARM
he won't mind any one but me, you
see-but to my surprise l saw 4 man
lying ct the bottom Of the stairs with,
Rex standing over him, his fanga
fastened II his right cheek, and oh
/ could hear him crunching the Jaw
lone! / rushed down with the in
tenti0n Of getting stick and beating
Rex of, for I thought be would kill
the man. As I passed them the man
sprang up and struck me with his nst
On the head and breast, leaving black
and blue marks. IIe then rushed
out and-I thought at the time
went over the fence. Instead Of do
Ing this, however, he went to the
servants closet. where he washel
himself and left the towel that he
used all full Of blood. G.. course We
were all excited. kept hold of Rex
and prevented his following the man.
When I did let him "a, you sheuld
have seen him smell around to find
the thief. Oh, lie Is just perfectly
lovely; I think the world Of Rex.
He is q present from q dear friend oi
mine. 1 have had him since lie was
NE months cid; now he Is two
years, amt you, Rex ~
lex wagged his tail and blinket1
bis eyes In M emphatic manner, rs
much rs to say, "Y'ou bet :"
"He Is an English mastifl,, Is he
not =" asked the reporter.
EYES," said Mrs. Manson. land q
si'leudidly bred cne, too" STOPPING
down she separated the hair at the
top Of the tail. "You can tell u fine
bred dog by the size Of the point OF
his TAIL" said she; "fccl this, and
you will see that It is almost rs sharp
~ the p int OF your pencil. Thei,
luok ut his teeth they arr in and
out, or what are called double rows.
The color Is what II called q deer col
or; ami, as he j. splentii.liy marked
with black points, it oil goes tO show
how pure l.is breeding IL. The light
yeilnw covered dogs ;l:at you see ~,
much of il, An,eric:, are generally ot
tn. breed known ~ hull ma>tifIs.
They are another branch 0f the fam
lily alt. get',er. So are the Siberian
bloodhound and the st. Bernard and
the Irish mustiff, They have differ
ent points, such as the coat, the tail,
and so OF, but that Is only because
they arr accustomed to different cli-
n,ates." The lady added: "Oh, I
love dogs and horses, but l must tell
YOU this IL the third time that We
have had visit from burglars, and
each time they have been foilesl by
Rex aud 80 mucl, do they fear hin,
that twice they have tried to poison
him. AbOut . year ago some one
threw into the yard piece Of meat
with Paris green on 1t, hut as l
trained him Ia eat nothing but what
l gave him, he didn't touch 1t. Last
Monday, Or only three days after the
atteiupt 10 rub us we found another
piece Of meat with pclson on 1t: the
i'rugA list around the corner has 1t
now. analyx!ng 1t. The nc;y!,bors
think it was thrown into the yarl by
tue mar. that was bitten. You know
he might fear hydro,,hobia, and
thinks 10 escape it Ly killing the dog.
Rex Is very saga.iO,ls. One right
last winter while out walking, q
horse attached to q grocery wagon
ram away. was crossing the street
aud one of the shafts Of the wagOis
struck me on the shoulder and
knocked me down. lex sp7ang fer
ward and caught the horse by the
throat. aud by walking on his hind
legs, le.i the runaway to the curb
stone, where lie left him in charge Of
a man; then he CAME to me and as
sisted ME home"
Rex ia about t!,irty.onc inches in
height; he las a double row OF teeth
in the upper and lower jaws; they
number iorty-twO, and the largest OF
them are about one and y quarter
inches in length. a burglar seized
by Rex must have prayed for a police
man to come and club him senseless.
The Irish Constabulary.