The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-27
THE GREEN ISLAND DOGS.
They Did Not Kill Young Stone; But He
Killed Some of Theln-For the Present
the Pack is More Tractable-A Trouble
some Inheritance.

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some Inheritance.
The pack of eleven huge dogs, gaunt
frantic and bowling, which greeted
Captain Began when he went in search
of young John Stone, did not end that
young gentleman's career. When young
Stone went to the island he was fully
armed and succeeded in effecting land
ing safely, and in killing portion the
pack.
The Stone family have not lived to-
gether for some years. There are several
boys, one of whom is Frank Stone, the
blind musician; but the senior John
Stone preferred the solitude of his island
home and. the company of his dogs to any
other society. The members of the
family were not very well posted as to
the whereabouts of one another, even
after the death of the senior Stone, which
occurred at the Greeley hospital Monday.
On Tuesday one of the family hired
the Central Wharf Towboat company to
send tug to Inner Green island to look
for John Stone, who was supposed to
have gone to the island, but who is said
in reality to have gone to Scarboro
For some reason he deferred his
trip to the island until Wednesday after
noon. His relatives in town, thinking
him at the island or in the harbor some
where, felt the liveliest solicitude for
him, and finally chartered a tug to search
for him.
When Captain Began was returning
from the island Wednesday, young Stone,
accompanied by a companion, an ex-
soldier of the fort, was on his way
thither in a small boat. Their adventures
there they related to several parties
| on their return yesterday afternoon.
When they attempted to land the dogs,
which were fifteen in number,
huge andswolfish from hunger, appeared
just as they had to Captain Began a few
hours before Six of the dogs had been
carried to the island as pups and were
| much like wild animals. Young Stone
and his companion were armed, and
shot these six at once. 1t was then
tolerably safe to so among the others.
Going ashore the two young men went to
the garden, dug quantity of potatoes
and boiled them. These they fed to the
ravenous beasts. All the dogs had been
fed throughout the summer until the
elder Stone had been obliged to leave the
island, so their fast had not been over a
week. But in that time they had grown
verysturbulent.
After quieting the dogs the young men
found it too late to return to the city
Wednesday night, SO they remained,
coming up yesterday afternoon. The
eldest and most tractable dog in the
pack, young Stone brought up with him,
leaving eight others there He an
nounced his intention yesterday of caring
for the others.
The dogs have made quite an impress
| sion upon fishermen and others who have
been in the waters around Inner Green
| island during the past week. Yesterday
| tug boat captain reported that he had
heard their howlings at distance of
quarter of a mile This fact was reported
to Agent Perry of the society for the
protection of animals, and he decided to
| investigate the matter.
1t was found that the island was with
in the Jurisdiction of Harpswell, and
therefore that the local authorities of
this city could not take action. So he
decided to charter tug, proceed to the
island with Mr.. Line Daniels, the we'll
known rifleman, and have the dogs put
out of their misery. But meanwhile the
observer at the Observatory had trained
his telescope on the little island, seven
! miles distant, and had discovered the
presence of two persons there. These
two were young Stone and his compan-
ion; who had enjoyed a good nights
sleep after their exploits of effecting a
| landing and Staying the belligerent dogs.
Learning that they were there Mr.. Perry
decided that no immediate steps be
taken.
About II O'Clock the young men set
out from the island and arrived in the
city during the afternoon.
The island belonged to the senior
Stone, as stated yesterday. He put the
house up quite recently. Before that for
many years there had been a hunting
lodge on the island, frequented by fisher
men and hunters. But shortsstime ago
a schooner came to the island, and those
aboard pulled the lodge down and
| carried it aboard the schooner, which
soon sailed away. The same fate may
befall this house if it remains unoccu-
pied.
Inner Green Island is mere speck of
an island, very difficult yet to land upon
in rough weather. 1t was generally
thought yesterday that the dogs should
be killed, since they might make
trouble for any shipwrecked men who
| might land there. There was much
difference of opinion as to whether such
dogs would really kill man; but all
| were agreed WITH Captain Began that
they would not land among them.
Inner Green island was bought of the
state about nine years ago by Daniel
Smith of Cape Elizabeth, who built on