The Sunday morning news., 1891-12-06
IT WAS ONLY A PUPPY
Yet They All Thought it
Was Devouring a
Child.
MRS. GELS TELLS HER STORY.
Mrs. Doubleday Also Makes State
ment-AlI the Trouble Has
Been Adjusted
MRS. GELS TELLS HER STORY.

The grievance aired in Justice Kimmer'
ly's Court last Wednesday by Mrs. Nellie
Gels of Van Horne street against Mr.. Al
fred Doubleday, near neighbor, who
shot her two-months'-old Newfoundland
pup last Tuesday. was investigated fully
by a JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter last
evening.
Dagonally across from where the Gels
family lives is located Mr.. Gels carpenter
shop. 1t is located some forty or hfty
feet from the street line of Van Horne
street. In front OF the carpenter shop
there is no fence separating the shop from
the street line.
Mr.. Gels wned atwo-months'-old New
foundland dog. Thieves are rampant in
the neighborhood. Mr. Gels has FREE
quently missed lumber from about his
shop. The dog was locked up in the car
penter shop at night, but allowed to roam
at will during the day.
Said Mrs. Gels to The NEWS reportar
detained TO investigate the case last
night
Il cannot afford to keep a dog for
pleasure. Our big dog WAS shot time
| go. We were given Newfoundland
puppy, and he proved TO be good pro-
teciion, SO far as soaring away thieves is
| concerned. He was u mere puppy Ac-
| tually had to cut meat for him to eat,
| for his teeth are not yet sufficiently de-
| veloped TO bite. But there were lots Of
| women in court to testify that he Knocked
| and attempted to bite the necks of some
children. The children were in court
| nothing was the matter with them. The
little puppy, suppose. was-plaSiDR with
them. did not see this. but the neigh
bors say they did,
Mrs. Gels showed the reporter where
| the dog was shot 1t was on the lot in
| front Of the carpenter shop, which. as
| before remarked, is not fenced off from
the street. Mrs. Gels said she hoped
| nothing more would be said about the
| matter. Mr.. Doubleday's family and
hers were good neighbors. He did not
know when he shot the dog it was hers:
| had subsequently, expressed sorrow, and
had even offered to secure her another
| watch dog.
Mr.. Doubleday was not at home whenI
| called at his home, opposite the Gels lot,
last evening. His wife, somewhat nerv-
ous woman, after some hesitation. said in
| part:-
81 saw the whole transaction. My hus-
| band aud We're in separate rooms In the
front part of the house when we heard
our little one scream. We both ran to
the front windows. There in the street
In front of our house we saw our little
| one running away screaming, while its
| little chnm, who lives in our flats with US
| was prostrate upon the ground. and the
QOk st0Ou OydE ibs DEDStLdtC QD4y 0lt4hH
| and paving at its hood. which 1T almost
4 paved to pieces. 1t was exhibited Ia
court. My husband took bis revolver
aud followed the dog over
| into the lot in front of
| Mr.. Geiss' carpenter shop and fired at it.
| That's all know about II, except that
| the shock received when saw the dog
| on top of the little child necessitated the
| calling in of a physician TO attend me at
twelve O'Clock that night"
! Justice kim merly, after repeating as
near as he could recall the ordinance
bea ring upon such cases, said:-"I em-
| phasiz ed in court the word repeat You
| m ust remember the eye witnesses all told
the story of the dog knocking down the
| children and that it stood apparently
| biting and paving at the childs head.
| The child's hood WAS produced in court, a
| portion of it was in shreds. l did not even
i see under the circumstances how ! could
hold Doubleday even for dlscharging fire.
arms in the street. 1t strikes me the only
recourse Mrs. Gels has is to charge
| Doubleday with cruelty to animals For
you will remember the dog was pulled
| from behind pile of lumber. whittier he
| had crawled after receiving Doubeday's
| bullet, and Policeman Hennessy had to
| put an end to its misery by putting an
| other bullet into its body.
| Justice kimmerly quoted from the or
| dinance, but that needs the Mayors proc
| lamatlon to give IL force. And the proc
lamation this year expired September 30.