Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-01-06
DROVE A DOG TO SUICIDE.
HEA1HENS oF THE STREETS pUR-
SUE AND A CROWD LOOKS ON.

uVWo 1WbC~ ON the I0VeW00S IN front
q . Truck-Wounded. but Not Killed.
A Bullet Ends His Pains.
Here, gimme that stone; I can Ore
straighter than you, and Ill hit him in der
neck"
He was barefooted, hatlees coatless boy
There were . dozen Of the young rascals, and
they were chasing poor dog down Wooster
too-a shabby mongrel with leather strap
about his neck and bit Of rope hanging from
the strap. He had been foraging In the gar.
bage barrels when the boys got at him.
Stones, sticks, anything they could pick up
they ''flred" at the dog. He was big fellow,
who, despite his lack Of flesh, weighed per-
maps sixty pounds, and II he hadn't been 50
worn out by hunger and SO weary by the
chase, It Is more than likely he could have
turned about and made his mark in the
annals OF Blocker street.
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE
But he didn't have spunk enough to fight,
and at Prince street he tried to escape by
lodging up toward Broadway. 1t was about
lO:45 a. m. when the dog and the boys got to
broadway, and straightwny there was hub
Oub Business men and clerks and girls in
the shops came to the windows, stood in the
doorways, and some went out upon tho street
to SEQ tho cause Of all the excitement. A fow
canicidal souls raised the cry Of ''nad dog"
Tired dog or scared dog would have fitted
the circumstances better. The dog painted
and painted, ami more than oncs slipped as
he ran. Some OF tho stones had hit him, and
there were marks on his body where he had
half rolled over the muddy stones
When the dog had got about in front Of
d. -
They wore a. relentless AZ ever, and their
chance 70 stand right over tho dog and pelt
him was greater than it had been at any
other point in the hunt. The dog seemed to
take all this IN. and, giving up his straight
run up the street, he cut OF suddenly across
the roadway, and, reaching the car tracks,
stood there for moment In apparent doubt.
On both sides of the street were hundreds OF
men. They y ODD up GU their ends the same
- the boys did; they had white faces like
the boys; they all seemed just as much his
foes a. did tho boys, aud if'dugs can reason
at all. this dog had to reason that there was
not ono man in all that crowd who would be
bis protector Perhaps the dog reasoned that
there was no way Of escape; porhaps that,
try to run whore he might he would be
stoned and kicked; perhaps he didn't reason
At all. but it appeared to scores VI men OIL
the street that the pursued creature did hest
tate before doing what won from all who saw
It an ejaculation Of pity.
He had reached tho car track No car was
coming, but just few feet away a heavy
truck. drawn by a team Of hay horses, was
runlbling along. The dog hal halted at the
track and looked around at all the crowd that
seemed new allies Of tho band that had hcc-
torcd him NJ long. Hs gave glance at thon,.
AMI then, with all the slown,ss Of human do
liberation. no walked to the track AMI lay
down. Tho crowd could sec that the feet Of
tho big horses must trample upon the dogs
body, and that then the wheels would pas~
over him. Any dog Of ordinary ~enre would
have known the same thing, aud this dog
seemed to know IT, He lay down on tbs
track, with his head right over tho rail. The
driver could not stop his team. and when the
horses reached the dog shout went up from
those who saw the horses f.-'t just Craze the
dogs neck. The heavy truck pushed the dog
of the track out Of harms way. The dog VA,
safe.
7HE WELCOME BULLET
But safety didn't s.>e,n to be what he Want
cxl, aud when lie found that no WAS still alive
he jumped up and ran up in advance OF The
wagon and again laid himself on !he track
This time h. got hurt. Tho injury was no
sufficient to kill him. but it was smart
wound that It apparently took thu idea q
suicide from tho dog, and, with al! tina
strr,,K th that comes to men and bruteS ali X
when they are tortured by the agony vt sud
den shocks the dog ieapsi from beneath th'
wheels with ~ how! Of lMin and dashed witt
desperation AT the crowd On the west side :"
Broadway In front Of the Manhattan cafe
Tho crowd now thought THAT the do, wa
dangerous They parted before him. ant
without swerving he made straight ahead
He happened to hs going straight toward thu
door leading To the salcsroom OF Mn"rlende'
Brothers fur house The MaerlcnIcrs occu
Nv the upper part Of the building at ~!
Broadway and havo their Sslcsrooni on thu
first door, above the Manhattan cafe. III
| the stairway the dog sprang.
The door to the saleSroom " IA open, and h
ran In there. ran the length of the long rom
back to the little lartition-i M private Office
| and dart.si in there The hAokkeep,r and on,
Of the Maerlender brothers were In tho pri
vate offics and they were scared. They strS
| close against the wall AMI let the dog rust
past them. He jumped ont ~ the window
how ling all the Will, The window looks ou
on the space between the Maerlender build
ing and ono behind it, and this space on III,
ground moor IL bu'iA ny IA 'cNe' WIN tu'
windows Of the Mnerl.ndcr private office
| The roof covering this extension is OF glass
and out there the dog ran, lAntn. AMI per
spring lie did not >eem mad, but rathe
| exhausted lie crawlsl over To one side O
the roof, where - lsaassgsway connects th'
two buildings Here l.- hill himself Us vel
| - he could.
Meanwhile, there Was much fuss on Broad
wav. The street. was blocked with ls,opl
who couldn't $40 anything, bu; seemed boun'
to stay until they snuld. Policeman JOSEPH
A. Surrs Wa OH duty there. and lie couldn'
| get the crowd scattered for hall An hour
When he did succeed in getting them to &
away no went up stairs and looked at tn
dog He thought the dog would he h..tt.r OF
dead than half alive with no known owner t
look after him and with tho chances tLa
mo,p boys would hector him II he got out o
the street again. 50 Sure shot the dog twic'
and a. MAS ended the lite Of the persccute
brute that had tried 10 commit suicide hi
body was taken to Prince street and left /
the gutter In front of Rogers, Poet & Co
store. The boys waited around until the
saw il thrown there New York sun.