New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-09
STRANGE OCCURRENCE ~ UTICA.


same.
STRANGE OCCURRENCE ~ oLci'
rrorl,Iin y Woodbcrry is wellknown young
man Of Utica, This State. lie mas huhoreds OF
friends in Utica, besides many IN syracuse ana
Albany and n numicr III thls CITY, ana tleic -
-, ono onon, them who failed TO feel the deep.
est astonishnIcnt when few Gays ago II was
,nrounccd in n Utica paper that Mr. Woodbciry
had been convicted in police court OF thar town
- ,ooliro q dog And the most remarkable
,,iro about n was that when brought before the
court no had made no defence. but pleaded guilty
1, iustcr TO Mr. Woodbury. as well as in warning
IN thousands of other young men In tins country
to any one of whom the same thing might happen
we desire to give the exact facts In the case
For the past two years Mr.. Woodbury. has been
paying attention 10 a certain Utica young huS.
This Indy sings in a prominent church choir and
il said bv some to be- the handsomest young
lady in Utica but on this point shall not
vcuturc an opinion there hcing many handsome
vo1lnc ladies in | ricl. As we have hlnted, Mf'
V,oodbcrrv is most desirable young man, but'
nevertheless. the young ladys father ana mother
have with that pcrvrrsity only known 10 parents
strcnnouslv opposcd the match, having some in
cane family plan about cousin, OF something OF
that kind Naturally but one thing remained
told. Mr. Woodberry was rather glad than other
wise that things took this turn. having read much
noctrv in his undcrc graduate days and given close
attention To the romantic drama since coming to
maturity and as for the young lady, what woman
does not secretly prefer an clopcmcEt TO any DINER
plan? Waving his first Idca Of white horse
and ferry across the Mohawk River. Mr.. Wood
berry decided on the IL a. IN. train to Albany
Accorlinply Thursday night of last week found
Mr. Woodhcrry cautiously holsting ladder to
,Lc window Of one of tln, best looking young
ladies' in Utica. He had Just got II in position
and the lady preparing 10 descend, when her
fathers bulldog happened 10 come around the
corner I'm q laudabc search for cats. Looking
for eats he found Franklin +. Noodhcrry. II we
may leave the young people enjoying themselves
for a moment. word about this dog may not
bc ont Of place He is the pride of his owner.
and took one II the first prize, last fall n the
bench show in this city. lc j, not large ami
nal but he is very active. His laws shut auto
maticallv and remain closed the tlmc-ocll
principc Naturally this beast attracted the at
trniion II the young folks. who were preparing
10 embark on the uncertain s'a of ma'umony,
cst,cially after be- had gathered what we sup
pose woman would call Nh" back hreadtnS of
Mr. Woodhcrry's spring ovclcoat into his mouth.
This all took place inside Of two or
three seconds and IN two or three seconds
more Nh Woodbcrry was flying down the street
dragging TIE intelligent animal behind him. who
from some reason held back rs hard Is ne could
and skatcd along the sidewalk all Jour feet.
,pparcntly steering himself and VT Woodhcrry
with his stub tail. which also touched the walk.
or coiIrSr this state OF things could not 20 for
ever Vt the second corner r. valued member ~
the Utc, police force ,esinc tim, the man was
evidently trying 10 steal md forcby carN OIL
some reputable citizens dog. promptly stopped
them and tool, them both 10 the station. There
NJ Woodbcrrys o,crcoat wac removed 70
separate him from the animal. and he was locked
up on q charge Of dog stealing
Tho next morning Franklin = Woodbury. was
hrouch, into court on the before mentioned
charge The officer told what BE- had seen. ant
without hesitation the learned judge decided
that IL WIS clcarlr au aggravated case of dog
stealing The old gentleman whom Nr. Wood
harry had fondly hoped 70 make his faihcr-in-
law was present to Identify his dog. and kindly
offered 10 s"c that the cha re Of dog stealing
withdrawn and some other substituted. advising
l.n that If be- could ~ any WAY explain his
prc.cncr on the street with his dog not 10 Pee
afraid % speak UP and do So. But Mr. Wood
berry replied that he could not - be- was guilty.
having long coveted tie do- and that Ac would
/ DOW p1y hi, fine and attempt Z" lead "a diNr"ut
life in the future He accordingly handed the
..d.c $40 and went ont. II - whispered iu tl''
that the old gentleman arranged tire whole thing,
letting the dog loose himself and hrl'nS tho
officer 20 hc ON hand down tie street ~ o. tht,
49,. cannot SAY bat We trust that these few words
will convince Nr Woodbcrry's friends TINT be- is
not guilty 81 the charge ~ dol stealing. even II
be- did So plead and that thcy will also come AS
a timely warning 20 any other young man who
may IL. contemplating a move similar To- his.