The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-28
CANINE PETS OF THE POLICE.
-,r STRANGE FRIENDsHIPs MADE
- MIDNIGHT WATCHES.

r,, Doc and His Love for a Police
The Justly Celebrated
-, and HIs ExplOits-Are a
81 Good Luck and Rarely OBJ
a To-Rut Cats Bring had
Are Hoodoos and Regarded
with Aversion.
as. persons know much OF the day
49,. ,.o policeman and fewer still thai
., lans and lonely watches OF the
a., N an sorts Of weather. and the
.,.e.v hours Of the night. between
......, and dawn. there Is little wonder
-..,e policeman has many strange OK
..,-,. and makes strange friends. often
....s. unusual kind: and that also Ike
t.r being often left with nothing
-. bst give free reign TO his imaEina-
.-..s has Ia many cases imbibed with
.,.Iri-ht air and quiet large stock
% sap.-s,iuon
,-..ft me most familiar features OF this
.... 20. ~ the average patrolman Is the
,-.-..s, ana lasting friendships formed
b.. t.m by dogs. and not infrequently
L., though tho latter animal is much
H.. ,,,rs Conservative In this respect and
,. ..,a-rmcnt OF much shorter dura-
..,.t s.n that Of che canine family.
-... yt. dogs should show such a pre-
acton for their blue-coated friends IL
,r.. 10 say. some OF the police arc
... ea.rian that the animal being lone
...-, ~. raturally attracted Co the only
Mia. .r.r- IN sight, and thus seeks the
-.sa az the officer purely from his
.....I .reuucts. but this theory viii not
t.t .aas for there are many cases on
,.. .u.org the men where a dog would
.,.... ono patrolmau. but refused TO have
.r,l..E whatever To do with any other
man. oven TO che extent OF deserving the
l.,.t during tho change OF rho relief when
h. rart .ular friend would be OF duty
ps tt. cause Of the attraction what q
nav tie fact still remains that there
..srs 60 be a natural instinct in tho dog
t.,, .eads MIN TO take kindly to the 20
rramar II might be inferred were the
ms, theory OF tho lOnesomencss OF the
81. rs be- accepted. thai only homeless
animals would be thus attracted, but it
ir further contradiction 10 tho theory
thut thls Is not 50. ana that dogs, the
valued and petted favorites. have desert
IS tfer homes 60 follow policemen.
Many are Che queer stories told OF these
un.mn' By Tar the best known of them
wac shelby" large white buii dog
tHat though owned by another man. was
u.li his death. the inseparaoie compan-
.lr 81 Detective ). j Shea. chen pa
roImau Shelby is credited with AZ
most human knowledge. and wac an in
valuable ally 20 shea tn many OF his con-
tests with the denlzeus OF the tough quar-
Cor OF the Fort Should a man that
S1ea wanted attempt 20 escape by running.
Sheeov always gave chase and captured
tsc fugitive FOR mis- master by getting a
grin in the rear Of the fugitiye's trousers
When there were more than one prisoner.
De- iF related OF this animal that instead
90 holding on Go one he tired 90 best serve
h.t master ana justice by running between
tHc .ecs of tne hyue refugees ana "trip
pms them up. one night ne not only
c0lsed a burglar several hundred yards
down a plank walk. bui when the man
thought 90 secure his liberty by piuuglug
Into the canal. the dog followed and Sc
cured 80 good a hold on him that fearing
B. would be drowned. he offered to come
o-t ani give himself M D tho officer
would but call of his dog.
Another dog that was known 10 nearly
e.eo. man on the force was that OF %
.lr mat elected 20 follow Patrolmnn Grim
rims She evidently hal no home. for.
'cl.aot when with the officer on his beat
che Insisted on making her home under a
s'o1p near the blrracks where she could
b. 'a sight az the sally port Each day
v..1 Grimm us came OF duty the dog leit
f.m az the sliy port ana met him there
a.,n be went out again.
sJ another dog u serted hie home 20
.-saly for Patro man MeQunde That is
oau,r-nually made him a present Co the
o~ o. who stiu possesses him.
some OF the policemen are rather pleased
t..u otherwise To have their anima,
friends along but others consider IL "A dis
N.ot disadvantage. as tho sight o. the an
.ral s. often q warming thai the officer Is
i.lr and thus acts as "A give-away.
They all agree 20 enc thing, however.
.at 60 have "a dog attached % one D.
nthcr sign Of coed luck
Hut cate-every policeman who finds
himself The object 81 the interest Of a cat
3. Inclined 10 SAY as in the liluy. eco j
Dora deliver u.s." The cat Is hoodoo.
a.I tales are told % his power iu this
.uo that would put In the shade the sim
lister qualities OF even Poe's celebrate 2
black cat The personal experience 81 one
policeman alone will show how all tom
rtee and taboies are regarded by The
remhara OF the Finest" Tie was follow
Cd one night on Perry street by cat that
refused TO DO driven away and
ue very next night on an On
rrsly different beat he was shot
g: and barely missed by a negro TINT he
attempted to arrest Again cat showed
it prodilection for hts company, and still
bgaiu on the following night he was bad
D. he1ien by a prisoner that he tried "a
'ske 20 the barracks. lie Is so firmly con-
rr..I that cats bring bad luck and that
% hurt che animal makes the hooioo "a
MICA the worse that he absolutely re-
fs~l to kin n cat that had been crippled
tr 900 accident and which a doctor called
Or m To shoot The doctor deriding
u-e fears as superstition killed the ana.
nal himself and a week later committed
taHlHc.
Ara,rcr story OF tho results that follow
he Injury OF one OF these self-electee
hpal.l. is told OF another officer who ons
tyhf SO wantouuess threw MS club az @
e' ard killed -. ana tho next night re
osF-l had fall from his horse which
s1iel 90 another cat or possibly th'