The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-25
sPRANG At TOTS MURDERER.
Miss Baldwin's Dog, Bolston,
Might Have Killed a Driver.
She's Half Sorry He Didn't, and
Brcathes Threats of Vengeance.

\ household Is divided against itself,
friendships cmbittered by distrnst aud
female soul yoarn5 for vengeance. And
all for IA dog-a dead dog.
Miss Belle Baldwin. an actress. lives
with "A number OF other theatrical peo-
pie at A. West Twenty.fourth street.
Aside from her art and beauty, Miss
Baldwins most cherished possessions
are. or rather were. until Sunday night,
two highly bred and valuable dogs.
Now. only one survives and, even though
1t is the larger one. more than fifty
times as bulky as the departed canine,
she refuses 10 he cointorted
Sunday evening. at $50, Parker Nor
ton. one of the boarders at a West
Twenty-fourth street, took both dogs
out for exercise. by request of Miss
Baldwin. BolstOn Is huge st. Bernard
whose twenty-five months of growth
Indicate that he will be as big as an ele-
phant when ne stops taking on size. The
other. Tot. was fox-terrier of only
eight months experience in mundane eX-
istence. The dogs were sportively
jumping about the street when car IL
(iatal and ill-omened juggernaup rolled
along Twenty-third street.
Tot had just sprung into the air in an
endeavor to preci?itate himself down
Bolstons capacious thoraX. He missed
HIS 1.-THE little form. The poor animal
dragged himself painfully across the
paving-hlocks. moaning piteously.
Bolston had seen the mlshap and
held the driver responsible. He bounded
to the car platform and dashed at the
drivers throat as II to avenge his little
comrades murder Mr.. Norton sprang
at the big dog and succeeded In drag
Eing him from his victim. The noble
animal then returned to his crushed and
helpless little Tot and fairly implored
bystanders, by his actions, to do some
thing for him.
A crowd had gathered. among them
Policeman 2.H4. one man, who said he
was veterinary surgeon, SAID the dog
was fatally hurt. SO the policeman was
instructed to shoot him. The crowd
dispersed out of Difference to the blue
coats aim. while he poured three bull
let's into the little animal. He did not
| die so a revolver was borrowed from a
bystander and two more shots termi-
mated his sufferngS.
Miss Baldwin was informed of the &C
cldent and promptly went into hys-
Donahue. who live in the house. as her
representatives to carry the dog home:
A council of war decided that dead
dog was an inadequate offering upon
| therefore, two men were employed to
transport the mangled corpse to the
| West Thirtieth street dump. where ii
was presumably thrown without decent
| burial.
II was explained to Miss Baldwin that
Tot had passed to that realm where
good CANNES go and that he had been
| Inferred where good dogs mangled
| corpses are buried. The hysteria in
| creased, and she demanded her lost
Tot refusing all solace in lieu of her
departed pet.
This morning when seen by an Even
ing World'' reporter Miss Baldwin was
still incensed and grievng against her
friends, who had permitted n policeman
| In ..,at q. lA1
pentfully into her suffering favorite.
| Then she wished that Bolston had sue
ceeded in wrealSing summary vengeance
upon the driver. Anyway she wanted to
| exercise her right to bury the body
where she pleased.
| By this time Tots mangled and bal
| lasted remains are probably adding tC
| the pleasure of somebody's bath in
| Coney Islands notified breakers. But
Miss Baldwin's lawyers have been in
| structed to sue somebody.