Arizona republican., 1897-12-12

by the hounds of Apollo. Those hounds were acquitted. They were bred, of pure and undecided lineage. These dogs in question: were different dogs. The owners description shows them to be unique and peculiar. The color of these dogs was not given, but 1t was apparent at first glance Judge Baker was prejudiced against them and he ungenerously attacked the an- tecedents of the entire pack. I sub init that this was not fair, as it was not shown that the judge knew any thing about dogs, and their ehaTact-rs were impugmed in their absence, winch 1 think accounts to a very grea. ex- tent for the verdict of guilty as to the dogs. Virgil and Dante tell of a th.ee- headed dog in the internal Gegicns by the name of Cerberus, which guarded the entrance ito that place (no allusion here to Phoenix), but their story is not we'll authenticated. tI is sa they were beth lunatics, one suffering from tremens and the other with love-sick- ness and grippe. The whole story rests upon the veracfty of two men, and Italians at that. Although many great judges, lawyers and reporters have gone to the same place, not one has returned to report as to that dog. After once getting in they seem to have remained, either from choice or necessity. The difference between Cerberus ard these dogs is very marked. That dog had three heads and only one pedigree, while these dogs have one head each and three I pedigrees.
 "In order to do the dogs in this case justice and defend them from this vile attack and to show that they are re- liable and the proper functions of the city jail-the jury to the contrary, not withstanding-I am compelled to ran sack dog lore and compare them wi.h other dogs. There was the foolish dog that bayed at the moon, the dog
 in the moon, the dog in the manager and the kind, benevolent dog that was not ashamed to associate with Lazarus and administer to his comfort: but l those dogs were like nome of these 4 Then there were the Shakespsriau I breed, thhe dogs of war These dogs may have had a strain of that blood l in them.
 s .''There is another very important question that does not appear to have been determined, and that is how far
 heredity and mixed pedigree affected these dogs morals. will now en- i deavor to decide this question. A l great deal of what is termed moral 1 courage is inspired cuwardice. result ing from fear or bad whisky. It has ! been recorded of some persons that
 they had the moral courage to tel the
 truth, but such cases are not we'll au-
 thenticated and will not bear investi.
 gation. In almost every insta zee il
 will be found that the party had nc
 conv nvenienn. lie ready made on hani
 and had no time to make one, and thv
 telling the truth was the result O
 accident and surprise.
 What could the poor dogs do il tdhis case? They had been tied in z
 cave under the city jail for more thar
 monhh; they had failed to cahcl
 Parker, the outlaw. and the men wht
 had been holding people up for th,
 past three months. Their lives ana
 regulations depended on this cme su
 preme effort-they had to find some
 body this time-so they went religious
 ly at work and just as they we
 turned loose they saw Mir. Phillips
 Maltese cat which was in the habit O
 going from his store to his home an.
 vice versa, start from the back of hi store. Of course away they went. I
 being dark, the owner of the pacl
 didn't see the cat, but followed tn
 dogs. They just treed the cat on tn corral fence back of the Commercial hotel. A man from the corral got ur
 and the poor cat being frightened ra1 ; With all its might fer home cm Thir ) avenue. Near the store yard it wen lip tree, but when old t, usty Tug } came believing up, it flew down. l } again sought refuge under the bridg l this side of Phillips house, but aga.i } was frightened upon the approach 0 the three dogs and again went pell mell down. the street and under tn porch of its home, where the pack c vilified dogs took their stand an could not be moved by the painting DO lice, who came hurrydng upon tih l scene. The hounds were proud c their work.
 3'They have not been treated rfgh by the court, the lawyers, their cwne or the jury Their ances.rv for