Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-25
TIRELESS ON THE TRAIL,
BEAoLEs USED no HUNT DOWN
SiEN.


Tho bloodhound was tho central figure
Of the gathered horrors with which ora
tors and poets in the north were wont 80
invest slavery ia die south. llc, no
doubt, made an lmpoalug picture, but he
he had no place Ia the real drama of
southern slave life The slave was loo
valuable a piecc Of property 10 be given
up 30 the iron jaws Of such canine ter
tor, that would crush the arm of % man
as easily MS boy would crack a ihbert
with bis iccth. The bl59ihoaud is a huge
dog, fully as tall aud massive in build IA
The Danish uinci or mustllt, frequently
weighing 125 pounds The thoroughbred
mark Of the apecics, without which a
cloud is cast upon tho pcdigroo. s stone
color, solid without a spot throughout
Ills inws arr. deep aud hngiug, his Tore
head somewhat ilRtcucl, like ihnt Of tue
Bengal Tiger, and his cars ntthrf ehoft
aud pointed, lheIr shape being very mueh
like q leaf of the white oak. ltH eyes
have tile dull. lcadcu iook Observable "a
those Of tho wolf, and arr generally blood
shot He was used in Cuba to track
fugitive Slaves. and WIS trained only 10
follow tho human lraii, and 10 ailnek
when be- ran down one Object OF hia DOR
snt. He differed very widely IRON me
slave-uarldDg beagle hound OF the south
ern states.
Tho beagle wns rarely over twenty
four inches iu height, or forty -hVe POUNDS
Ia weight He was generally black ana
tan in color, sinewy. with great depih
OF chest and thin tanks. He Gns deep
iawod, and had long low-hanglng cans
M soft a. velvet IN touch. HIS HAIR was
finer and his n0strs thinner aud wider
than Inc blnOdhound's, lle was also
longer coupled, and his eyes were larger
also, and with gentle rXprrsAlon' lie
was far sWlltFr, trurr 20 the tran, ana
much mora intelligent than The savage
nnn-hunier " Cuba. His training. too,
was very different. The BLOODHOUND was
trained 10 follow the tracks OF men only,
while {he beagle was taught 20 run down
anything on whose trtil he was put. He
had, moreover, v much finer nose than
the bloodhound, for he was known 70
take up q eccnt sixteen hours after tho
fugitive had left II, while the bloodhound
cannot follow u trail thA, has more than
dsht hour-' cooling. The bloodhound was
trained 10 spring nt the throat and the
beagle 60 bite at lle legs Of q man. In
every rural section 0f South Carolina
there could be found paeke Of from five
40 ten heagles owned by men Who made
70 their business 60 catch runaway slaves
and Who were known 20, 'nrgro catehers"
There was q standing reward of $50
offered by masters for tho capture nf q
runaway. aud the business WIS some
times quite profitable They were also
employed by TIN authorities 20 unearih
secret crimes by taking tic trail with The
hounds Of the spot nhern tie crime was
q g.. MI a aI...
| ~ WiidiuHH up 90 Tho one WfO made ~.
The most remarkable cnse that know
az 80 which beagle hounds were employed
| IN tic interest of public Justice occurred
| IN RHrnwcll district South 'nf0ilun.
about ffiy years ago. Mr.. portcoua
q ehildless widOwrf 10 feeble hfllth. p1fl
spssoi Of a large estate IN land and
| cousin, a woman % about % years u
| ayr. and her daughter OF u or -, kort
| hofsa for him ono morning hi. servant
| knoakf-l a. ta Bedroom door as usual.
and receiving no answer ueighblr wac
/ summoned. and %; liis suggestion tha door
! were horr6ed 10 aqe Mr.. Poun0us lying
! dead updn hia bead with DIS iDhti Gun
] a IlislF razor lly rlnsc 10 his figli hand
/ and clearly indifafrG that be- lad commit.
/ ia suiiiic lie had on ulzhtshiri.
/ he ief sleeve Of which was ripped. and
] NNiNa NHNNAN"H'ff N-+N - fftf ItN ~
] his iofr arm WIS cEp0eed. The priBi-oi
I hioolr lani vas seen plainly on fhai
] arm. ard q MS very naturally supposed
| 10 nave been made By him ID bis death
| rfrn-rin. TIE fhenfy ~ self destruction
vas further slfeneihenei BY the fact saai
/ tie sll5r wa. found locked and 0oitod on
! fla inside There srfe tlirer window.
10 tho room. aad although Ihe nashel
| lrtr. up a. u was . warm Jrly night
he iii1ds were closed aud fauiened h5
| their catci.cs 10 the window Sill. Tbs
| chimney was carefully c1amiuel. lud u
ives seen ihst fiic hnra were TOO narrow
| ~ admit thr rnfranre 81 man 90 10,
non, through one u them, On ihc arfisal
Of the family phySipian.Wh had been sem