Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-03
A FOWL MURDERER.
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Ia ~. - Dog
The mystory that has long surrounded
tho Wholesale killing oi chickens aud other
tnNI IN tho eastern and northern cudS of
the city, aud the suburban residonoos be
Noud tho city limits, has at Last been
cleared up. McssTs 4. G. Kopler aud b
j. MoGfann have been setting trans for
the midnight maraudCr aud this muruinp
at 4 o'clock tho former was awakened by
the bowling Of au animal that had sLepp,d
into the trap aud was Vatuly striving tn
CXtrtcate himself. Proceeding At ungo to
tho trap Mr.. Keplcr fuiud savage dog
caught by the lorplcgs, whose glaring eve
balls aud impotcnt struggles made a
weird picture IN tho waning moonlight.
Mr. hopler soon dispatched him with
cub ard hatCh0t, and brought tho dead
body of the animal To town lhiE morning,
where II was viewed by huudreds Of tho
! curious.
An Animal rhRt Thirsted toe BIOon.
The dog, II dog II be- WAS In many 10.
spects most remarkable animal Though
notVery large, ho weighed when dead 20
! pounds aud was muscular to an extent
| rarely seen W Cauiues. In appearance hs
much rcscmblcd "A wolf, hi, square head,
sharp iangs, silkcn oars aud lean, hungry
! looking body making the similarity strik
! ing. ilo WAS very UcCt Of fout aud seemed
| at intervals % be Setsed with an uuac
| oountablo passion for blpad spilling.
While trottiug lei,urcly aloua; tho street,
without any prOyocatiru hc would seize an
unofouding dog by the throat novor ro-
laxing his hold until greeted by tho sight
! of the crimson fluid.
! But the stTangcst characteristic of this
straugo dog was the cold bloudcd manner
III which ho hunted down all manner of
! fowls aud weaker animals than himself in
| the dead OF night. MIR. Daniel Nein, a.
| whose livery stable in the T.ar Of North
! Quo"n street the dog madc bus homo,
states that during the day the animal WAS
! quiet and apparently sluggish, bis pruci.
pal recreation being the killing OF rat.
about the stable, for which occupation he
had some fOuduess. Mauy time aud
often has he accompanied Mr.. Nciu home
TO his meals at noon, aud passed through
yard of Chickcps without any apparent
concern. Under tho snmo ctrcum5tauces
at midnight he would doubtless have
killed them all.
4 wild MIduight Iucursiou
Mr.. Neiu often observed that the dog
promptly scurried away each evening
about o'clock at the closing Of ths stable
unaccOmpauicd, returning at break Of dav
| to lie around ia a sluggish mauuCr until
the shades OF evening began to fail, when
he would again depart ~ the same myst,
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