The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-11
FIVE PET DOGS MURDERED.
MRs. GRINEELL's Priced FAMILY
WIPED OUT WITH POISON
Four Mexican Hairless Dogs and n Scotch
Hound All Died withi. Few Minutes

| Four Mexican Hairless Dogs and Scotch
Hound All Died with. Few Minutes
Mrs. Grinneii'- Son Accuses n NciIhbor
Five valuable dogs belonging IN Mrs. Ade-
| lnide Grinnell OF 124 Oak street. Grcenpoint.
| were poisoned on Sunday night with either
strychnia or arsenic. Tho dogs were prize
winners Mt the last show OF the Westminster
| Kennel Club in this city. Their names were
| Pedro Puddy. Beauty. Dandy. and Don. The
first four were Mexican hairless dogs. and re-
| spectively father. mother. daughter. and son.
while the nth was beautiful Scotch stag
| hound. Mrs. Grinnell got the first dog, the
father nearly ten years ago. and year after
ward its mate.
Mrs Grinnell is widow. Years ago she was
an nctross. and afterwGrd hor son and duugh-
ter. BENJAMIN and Hattie. entered tho theatre
cal profession. Her daughter died about n
year ago, while the son is still on the stage.
For nine months Of the year Mrs. Grinnell is
left practically alone ut homo. and she has
spent her leisure time training her pct dog
family. as she called It. The dogs wero SO
trained that. Mrs. Grinnel says. they under
stood everything she said to them. At meal
time they sat In u row aud waited for their
food They had other little accomplishments.
Max Berlncr. foreman In the Eagle Pencil
Works In this city. has been accused publicly
OF poisoning the dogs. About year ago he
bought the house at 126 Eagle street and
moved into 1t with his wife. He Is n Polish
Hebrew. At first his wife and Mrs. Grinnel
were warm friends. One tie between them
seemed to be Mrs. Berliner's admiration for
Mrs. Grinnells dogs. The two women con-
tinued friends until last spring. when Mrs.
Grinnell one day dug up some earth in the
yard alongside the fence which separated her
yard from the Berlincrs'. She left a small
hole under the fence through which a hand
could be put.
This hs caused 5sMeen her and
tone Mrs r!nne thought she heard her
mined to watch them. Whenever She took
upon S III them eonsianty About this t S
Prof. Max Adler n music teacher told her that
FensT hS srd to h
wife for alleged assault and deia2ption.
Mrs. Wheeler remained until 10,,,. when She
neighbor t lat She would 20 with her and take
along the dogs: Just after leaving the house
ef tSs
ISsrs t"o Mrs called Sis sEe@ but only
Mrs. Grinnel bade a hurried good night to
her neighbor, and returned to the house will,
loor she saw the MexicanIdog Dandy wrthinC
IN the floor. She picked him up. and the ami
NAL while looking into her face with his mouth
open. gave several muscular contractiOns. and
and she also died.
Mrs. Grinnell screamed and ran out OF the
house. going direct to the rooms Of the Gem
aur Bicycle Club in Calyer street. whore her
ION BENJAMIN was spending the evening.
iaaping to him to come home, she ran back
o the house. The three other dogs were in
heir death throeS and died within five min
ties. Mrs. Grnnell tainted when she found
nat her family OF dogs were all dead.
A large. sympathizng crowd had gathered
irinnel went to the Greenpoint avenue police
tation and said he was positive that Berliner
lad poisoned the dogs. The police promised
o notify the Society for the Prevention of
lis house. He and his mother. who. In the
mean time had recovered from her faint.
vent out on the street with lights.
On the stoop OF Rerliner's house they found
N tho sidewalk and up to the curb was more
either some OF the stuff and will have it an
ly!zed.
'orter saw her at her home last night. The
With cloth.
:" There i. all that remains OF my pet family"
he said. They were such good. innocent
hildren that am almost out OF my mind. I
hall spend every dollar possess to get evil
ence against the person who committed this |
rhine and have him punished"
1t was said last night in the nelghborhood |
hat Grinnell was on the nont of doing Ber-
riends restrained him.
Mrs. tirinnell Will have the stomach OF one |
the dogs subjected to n chemical analysis.