The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-12
DEAru or A DOC DEyEorIvE.
For Three Years he Served Faithfully in
Chicago Railroad Yards.

NhicubO htllIotu hufuS.
From the Chicago Times Herald)
Danger, the dog detective, is dead
He was killed yesterday morning by a
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
freight train while in hot pursuit Of a
cat, The cat also was killed. In the
death of Danger the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern and the Nickel
Plate railway companies have suffered
an irreparable loss. He was the best
detective in the service of either COM
pany
Old Leopold Nagoski special watch
man for the Nickel Plate railway COM
pany In its freight yards, put a piece Of
Grape on his hat last night as tribute
of respect to his departed companion.
Danger and old Leopold together have
patrolled the Nickel Plate yards every
night for the last three years. and the
old Waterman thought as much of the
dog as If he We're a human being. He
gathered up the beasts remains in q
scoop shovel and buried them near the
little switch shanty which Danger
called home-perhaps the only home he
ever had. A coupling pin and a link
mark the spot where Danger lies. And
old Leopold sits in the shanty with
| tears on his face
Dangers origin is a mystery. Men
| who know all about dogs have agreed
| that he was Russian terrier. His
| shaggy hair was of a reddish hue, and
| tramps who have felt his bite say that
his teeth were long and sharp. Dan
gers advent into the railroad business
came about in this way: One evening
about three years ago a dog with tin
can tied to his tail came tearing
through the Lake Shore freight yards.
The Nickel Plate company uses the
Lake Shore tracks for its yards, as II
has none of it's own in the city. Old
Leopold Nagoski was sitting in the
doorway of his watch shanty, which
stands in the middle of the tracks at
Seventeenth street, when the dog and
can passed along. Some mischievous
boys had tied the can to the dogs ap-
pendage, and had chased him into the
railroad yards at Eighteenth street.
| In a short time the dog came back,
| trotting slowly, without the can. But
a piece of rope still chung to the poor
beasts tail. Old Leopold called the
| dog, and the frightened animal stopped.
| There was something in the tone of
| Leopold's voice that gave the dog as
surance that he had found a friend.
| Slowly the dog crossed the tracks and
| stood in front of the little shanty. Old
Leopold talked kindly to him and
stroked his head. Then he united the
rope from his tail.
Inside the shanty on a bench was a
pail in which Leopold carried his mid
night lunch. He gave the dog big
wedge of beef, some home made bread
and a section Of Pfc From that hour
the dog was old Leopold's friend.
Leopold's dutyis to watch the Nickel
| Plate freight cars. When darkness
came on and he started out on his tour
of the yards the dog went along He
seemed to enjoy it. In good weather
and bad the dog had been at his side
every night for the last three years.
Therailroad men named the dog Dan
| ger. He could scent a tramp in the
yards, and he would lead the way fol
his master. While taking care of tht
Nickel Plate company's cars, Danger
also kept a weather eye on the Lake
Shore company's property. He was W
and down through the yards at al
hours of night, and car thieves Otter
4 tried to kill him.
Danger lived on the fat of the land
His meals usually came from dining
cars. At eight o'clock yesterday morn
ing Leopold and Danger started to the
Santa Fe yards for the dogs breakfast
The chef of Santa Fe dining car hat
sent word over to the shanty that HI
had something nice" for Danger. 0.
the way to the dining car a cat crossed
Dangers path. Danger took after thu
cat, and they were both killed by {
train
Danger was the most intelligent dos
ever saw" said Agent MulIaney O
the Lake Shore road. "He was a borr
detective. One of my men, Patricl
Flanagan, who watches the freigh
yards at night, says that Danger wa
worth dozen men. Since Danger tool
up with old Leopold there has not beer
broken seal of a Lake Shore or ;
Nickel Plate car in the Chicago yards
We will greatly miss him. Hundreds
of railroad men knew the dog and loved
him. Old Leopold is grief-stricken owe
the loss of his companion"