The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-08
EIGHTY DOGS
WERE CAPTURED
MANY are Now Boiling in Grease
Extractor.
THREE MEN BkpLY BlIItN.
Tbcre Was General Scramble to Get
Pet CANNES out of the POund-SiK
Thousand Nuissnces HowIing
attbe Moon Keep All Awake

No geological park is complete without
"A speclment of the genus CAMS VaSa-
bondus. whose habitat is Richmond. Il
comes in several varieties and In al
SHAPES and conditions and may DO had
for a moderate price II applications arc
med promptly. In fact the collection In
the city has recently become so extern
sive and varied in size. shapes and de-
grees OF vocal culture that radical meas
ures alone could make lie endura0ie'
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
1-nis condition caused an order 70 be
issued by His Honor, the Mayor, direct
ing that an dogs not wearing a necklace
TO which was appended d badge 70 sho"
that the owner had paid one or two dol
lars. as the case might be, should suHer
capital punishment
IA execution OF the order the specimen;
cage was mounted yesterday morning by
Policemen Sutton and Pendleton. with
eleven men deputized as special officers
10 arrest an CANNES found living cou-
trary 90 the book Of the laws drafted
by the city fathers.
various and suudry obstacles were
met. but last night about eighty dogs
mad been captured.
Forty owners lost no time in Fastening
20 the pound and rescuing their be-
loved 'purps' from the fate which
awaited them.
BOILING ~ CREASE
About the same number OF dogg'es
that yesterday wagged their tails glee-
fully and played about the streets IN
happy &nd-easy way are this morn
ing boiling I'm a grease extractor az
cal r.fn rrHh
will be made into nice warm gloves for
somebody before cold weather.
An indignant citizen last night sent
word 10 The Times office that somebody
had told him THAI HIS neighbOr's chill
dren had seen the men catching the dogs
with sharp hooks. He detailed n graphic
story of cruelty which would have made
a very nice article II &, hadn't happened
10 have been a fact that only nets were
used. officer Sutton was careful 60 En-
siruct the men NOT to be cruel and in
many cases tho dogs were coaxed 90 the
wagon and caught in the mems hands.
THREE MEN BITTEN.
In this way three men. Messrs Sack
Jones and Kcrby were severely bitten
Yesterday was The first time in several
years that "a raid had been made on the
canine sinners OF Richmond and the
nuisance of tramp dogs had become
something terrible Tho news that The
dog catchers were out spread like Wild
fire and was passed along as g.eofuly
as If some great henofact0n had fallen
FOB the share of This d0e-riddon burg.
Visions of tranquil s.umber uudisturbed
hy the dismal howl OF some nocturnal
canine pr0wier arose
SIX THOUSAND NUIsANCEs.
r. is estimated that there arc over
500 dogs in Richmond the greater po--
tion of which arc "A general nuisance t0
everybody There is not section OF the
city which is NOT disturbed by tho bark
ing at every passing object or baying AZ
the moon which continues with such
persistency as f0 make one believe tho
dog never sleeps. The Richmond dogs
do not even respect Tho desire ~ cld-
zens 10 sleep when tho moon goes oT and
hides itself The canine nuissnccs then
bay AZ every electric light or bicycle lamp
I'm sight
The dog catchers worked the city yes
terday from seventh street 20 church
Hil and in Fulton To-day other por-
tons Of the city will be visited.