Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
POOR CUBA WAS BUTCHERED
REVENGEFUL NEGROES KILL A
HIGHLY PRICED DOG.
An Old Germans PitifuI Grief at the
Loss of a Pet which Had
Been Left in His
Keeping.
Ach, mein Colt. mein

"Cuba's found! Ach. mein Colt. mein
Gott!'
An old German stood in the door leading
into the local room of The Journal yester-
day afternoon when his exclamation of
despair introduced him. His mouth
qUiveIed, there were traces of tears In his
eyes and his hands trembled with excite
ment. He was a short, heavy built old
man. and as he stepped into the room his
grief and emotion were pitiful.
"Ach. mein Colt! Vat will l do: vat Will
I do?" And with that the old man wrung
his hands. "Mein poor Leon. Vat will he
do? Vat VIII he do? Cuba's dead"
With tears in his eyes the old man
walked the floor.
H vuz deaf; cut in half once; poor
Cuba. l found him by Baltimore avenue
and Fifteenth street yust a vile ago. Ach.
vat will Leon say when he knows IL? He
been sending me NIT money each week to
Keep him. Dat vas a smart dog unit he
vast yust veil"
At last the truth dawned. The old man
was none other than Harry Slusburg, a
peddler. who lives at 1916 Main street. and
Cuba was the name of a trained bull
deg which he was keeping for his son-in-
law, Dan Leon, a performer In Ringing
The story of the logs disappearance from
the old mans home and the arrest of Isidor
Berry. a colored boy. on a charge of steal
ing the dog, in the hope of getting a hand
some reward Tor its return. was told in The
Journal yesterday morning. The boy had
offered to return the dog to S%lusburg II he
offered him $. but this the boy refused.
Berry was then arrested and arraigned be-
fore Justice Hawthorne Friday morning.
He gave $500 bond for his appearance for a
hearing next Tuesday morning.
SlusbeTg spent all YESTERDAY morning try
ing to get q trace of the dog. 1t was val
ued at several hundred dollars and had
been left by his son-in-law in his keeping
when the circus passed through Kansas
City last spring. The dog was sick at the
time and Leon sent part Of his salary each
would be amply provided for. But this real
" would not have been necessary. Soon
after the dog was left in the old mans
charge 1t began to get well, and when It
recovered and went through many of its
tricks for the benefit of the old German and
his wife. they felt Amply repaid for their
trouble.
Indeed. they became attached to It almost
as much as If 1t were a child. When the
dog log 5 Sgdd Ti9a .S dlSatp8R e2F 6u ths old abd Pedd Her
streets and visiting the dog pound in the
hopes of finding it. When a little colored
boy told them he could find the dog the
worlds goods, readily offered him g for
its return.
Yesterday afternoon he found the remains
Of the white bull dog in a lot near Fifteenth
and Baltimore avenue. Its throat had been
cut and its body severed. apparently with
a knife. 1t was a fiendish act on some
body's part. The old man wept bitterly
over the dead dog. Its mutilated body was
buried and then the old man came to The
Journal office to let IT be known that the
famous Cuba" was no more.
a fear has also taken hold Of the old
man for his own life. Slusburg is sure the
stolen il. He said they had done 1t to spite
for having the boy arrested. and he
now fears they will do him or his wife bod
Il viii go by dat Chief of Bolice vaIlins
and see what 1 do" said the old man.