Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-21
INQUIRIES ABOUT DOGS.
How the Detective Office IL Beairxed
With Questions.


EVERY ONE SEEMS TO THINK IT rHr nrry ~ raw
DETECTIVE OFFICERS TO LOOK AFrrs icss
CANNES - WOMEN CAUSE rus GREATEST
TROUBLE IN THIS REsPEcr-soaE pca sfeHit.
Questions are asked from morning uaHl ass ~
Of Inspector swindells OF the detective ssfr..
and from the nature OF many 90 thes sae
might suppose that the Inspector ,s conducting
An Intelligence Office. The outward appear
ance Of the detective Office where rue,ts Easi,
ness is transacted is not at all utsipaaias IL,
that direction. Clerk German occapses desk
behind the counter facing the door. and over
the counter Is wire screen with openings
such as are in banking houses Just around
the corner Of wooden partition that extends
hah way up to the ceiling sits the inspector.
TIE INSPECTORS rRorElks
He sits in large revolving chair in front OF
good-sized desk. which is covered with all
sorts OF papers. including complaints, requests,
sketches and pictures OF criminals and all sorts
OF information relating TO the criminal classes
1he inspectors time Is pretty well occupied as
q rule, with attending 20 his legitimate duties
hearing of the work of crooks and devising
means for their capture-but as he is at the
head OF the detective corps all sorts of foolish
complaints and requests come to him and often
occupy his attention when he has matters of
more importance to look after. The inspector.
however. does not mind these little interrup-
lions, and no matter whether the subject
comes within the scope of his duties not he
is always ready to spend few minutes with
those In misery that he may become more
miserable himself.
woULD-BE FEMALE DETECTIVES.
That's the way the inspector feels when num-
Der Of complaints come in about missing
CANNES or females looking after a situation as q
detective. Every two three weeks some
female appears who imagines that she
can unravel some deep mystery or bring par
ties to some great conspiracy to the bar of JUS
tce, and ii she receives the least bit of encour-
agement from the inspector she is sure to re-
turn again and again until the inspector sits
down upon her so heavily that she cannot rise
again. But the inspector is greatly annoyed
by persons in search of missing. stolen or lost
dogs, and most of these are females.
DON'T LIKE DOGS now
When the inspector took charge Of the de-
tecti!e corps he was fond OF dogs, but he has
seen and heard so much of them during his
term Of service that he now wishes that every
dog in the city was in Poundmaster Einsteins
custody and that their owners could not re-
deem them. Often the first thing that meets
his eyes in the morning is a note reading some
thing like this:
."LOST-On the morning of Cten days before date)
lost somewhere between GEORGETOWN and the Navy
1aru Hls name FrItZ. He had U q collar bearing
white FRET"
All sorts of dogs are mentioned, and on one
occasion lady declared that she thought more
OF her pet dog than she did of her husband
Her husband. by the way, had left her and
some DAY the dog may be proceeded against
Tor alternating the wife's affections.
THE CHICHAUHUA DOG woM,y.
One OF the persons to appear was a woman
whose Chichauhua dog had been carried away
The dogs description was given several times,
and the owner of the valuabl, animal made re-
peated visits to the Office until she was known
TO the officers as the "Chichauhua Dog Wo-
man." After repeated visits the inspector
learned how to get out of his Office into an ad-
joining room, SO that one of the men in the
Office could tell the truth in polite manner
and say 1.-The Inspector is not in his office at
present" In that way the inspector escapes
the terrible ordeal of having to hear the same
old story over again. People who would like
to have their dogs found by the officers in this
city are not only residents of this city, but they
SEND requests from other places, the latest one
having come from man near Relay Station
this side of Baltimore. That animal was lost
stolen or strayed away some time within the
past month. and the owner evidently expects
that the police are going to neglect their other
duties to look for his missing dog, which he
describes as a "Llewellyn dog"
THE Usual DIRECTIONS.
When the inspector is charged with the duty
Of having the dog looked for he simply writes
down something like this:
Look OFT for. and then gives description of the
notify headquarters"
This message is sent over tho telephone and
Is read in each station, bus it is doubtful
whether the officers ever think of the dog
after they leave the station.
A story Is told of some Georgetown officers
who were annoyed by one of the good citizens
wao wanted dog, but did not want TO paw for
it. He was continually asking the officers to
PICK him up canine and finally one of the
coppers brought in the prize. 1t was arranged
to give the dog arsenic button about the
time the citizen arrived at the station. SO that
the poor dog would die on his hands The
man called for his dog and the officers praised
II so highly that he thought he had the best
ANNA Of its kind in all Georgetown.
THE DOG, DEATH"
'1t's one of the best watch dogs Won ever
saw" said one of the officers land it Will catch
every burglar that enters the back yard 1.-THE
animal is so fierce" he continued, 'that he was
named Death. The dogs new master left
the station proud of being the pOssessor OF
such a valuable animal. but he had not gone far
before poor Death" showed signs Of verifying
bis name, and before he reac he'd the house the
dog died
There was another instance in which a no.
heeman in the same station left his dog at the
station until he started home in the evening
and told Its owner tina. 1t was sick. The owner
OF course, knew better and denied that his dog
had ever been sick.
why the poodle's dying now" one of the
officers told him.
Still the owner was sure that his brother
officer wGs mistaken and he was willing to make
bet about IT.
They bet a treat for the entire station, and
before shutdown that day button" given
poor Towser had caused his death, and in adj
dItion to losing the dog its master had to pay
for the treat.
The police don't like dogs" said one of the
officers, when they are continually ANNOYED
BY complaints and requests of their owners.''
Death OF Rear Admiral Gibson.
Rear Admiral Gibson. U.SN died at his
residence. 1880 Chestnut street. PHILADELPHIA.
at an early hour yesterday morning. he was
eighty-two years Of age and died of Elections
incident to old age. Rear Admiral Gibson
was born in OHIO January Is, 1902 and was
appointed midshipman from Indiana Novem-
Der /, 1876. beng attached to the sloon-of-Uar