The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
A CRUEL OUTRAGE,
Mascot Shot by a Policeman
Leaves Eight Mother
less Puppies.
MouRNED By MANY CHILDREN
Coos Natured Dog Worried by >
hischieVons Boy Into Snap
ping at His Trousers.

Tnere is sorrow in the home of WilfDm
Walker of No. 80 Ege avenue over the
untimely death of Mascot valuable
dog which had been one of the family
Ior over three years. Mascot was shot
on Monday last by a patrolman from the
Fifth precinct, and Mr.. Walker declares
that the shooting was not exactly un-
warranted, for the patrolman was armed
with warrant from Justice Nevin, but
unjust and cruel. In making this asser-
ton Mr.. Walker does not refer to the
suffering of Mascot, who was shot four
times in the throat before she died, but to
the cruelty of leaving eight pups, only
eight weeks old, motherless
Mascot was a silver terrier. gentle in
disposition and a pet with all who made
friends with her. She was secured by
Mr.. Walker three years ago and his
three children grew as much attached to
her as if she were human When baby
was born to Mrs. Walker about six
months ago, Mascot seemed to consider
it her especial duty to guard it from
harm. When Mrs Walker was absent
from the room Mascot would remain by
the crib and would allow no one to ap-
proach it.
children in the neighborhood with one
exception, Johnny Moulder the ten-year-
old son of Frederick Moulder, who lives
on the floor above the Walkers. The
Moulder boy seemed to delight in teasing
Mascot. She stood it very well until she
became the mother of eight little puppies.
Even then she did not resent the annoy
ance the Moulder boy caused her One
day last week. however, when she was
lying in the yard with her pups, Johnny
Moulder struck her with a stone and
followed it up by tantalizing her. She
resented this by flying at him in defense
of her young. She fastened her teeth in
his trousers above the knee and caused
him to scream, more from fright than
from pain.
He ran and told his mother that the dog
had bitten him. Mrs. Walker went to see
the extent of his injury and found that
the dog teeth had not fractured the skin
Mrs. Moulder hunted up a policeman and
ordered him to shoot the uog He was
about to do so when Mrs. Walker inter-
tered and asked him on what authority
he was about to kill her dog AS ne had
no authority he desisted
Mrs Moulder determined to have the
dog destroyed, appeared before Judge
Nevin on Monday morning, and represent
ing her boy to have been badly bitten. se-
cured warrant for the shooting of the
deg. When a~patr Gilman called later in
the day to execute the warrant Mrs.
Walker showed him the pups and begged
him almost on her knees not to shoot
Mascot. or at least to delay the shooting
until the pups were old enough 10 be
Weaned. He was apparently of a sym
pathetic. disposition, ano left to ask the
Sergeants permission TO delay the execu-
ton. He returned saying that his or
ders were to Kill the dog at once. Mrs.
Walker cried bitterly. and the children
hugged and kissed Mascot, and refused
to give her up to the policeman.
The dog seemed to realize what was up
and sprang to Mrs. Walker for protec-
ton. The. dog was finally taken to the
rear yard by Mrs. Walker and delivered
to the officer, who ended her life with
four bullets. Mrs. Walker did not learn
the name of the patrolman who did the
shooting.
Ever since Mascot's death Mrs. Walker
has had to feed the puppies with spoon.
She says this necessitates her rising sew
eral times each night to feed them all
around. Their piteous cries for their
mother, Mrs. Walker says, keep her
has asked THE News to make known
these, facts, and has invoked the aid of
the S. P. c. A. Officer Bennett, of the
S. P. c. A. is investigating the case