The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
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OHe can nave Is to be chased by blood
hounds. 1t begins with excitement, pro-
Stresses with fear. develops into anxiety
and ends in a laugh. It may be different
TO one who stole a watch or burglariously
entered a bank or store
Last Wednesday was the time selected
Tor an Eagle reporter to be chased by Two
new bloodhounds just come to town. Tt
was pre-arranged with police chief Frank
Burt who wanted to know. as much as
the Eagle man. whether bloodhounds,
these bloOdhounds really track a man. AT
o'clock the party met IN the police sta
tion-the men who own the hounds, a
swipe or two Chief Burt, detective J.
Cairnes, the reporter-victim and a few
others. The gentlemen who owned the
hounds were confident of success They
said that they made morning test that
was very satisfactory. They would give
the Eagle man what IS known as the
slip test-the dangerous test-if he
wanted it. He wanted it. In the test
the bloodhounds are turned loose without
straps and allowed to follow the GRIM
inal without any restraint. The new
dogs We're said to be very vicious and
the reporter was warned, il he saw
them coming to climb a tree and stay
there till the owners Of the hounds
could reach them and tie them up.
With Chief Burt the reporter went
over TO the shooting traps west of River
side park. There NE threw his coat on
the ground and stamped the earth like
a mad bun. SO as to thoroughly establish
q scent for the hounds. II was the equiv
Client Of a burglar jumping through a
window to the ground and leaving some
thing there that he had carried about
him-say a handkerchief.
After doing this he started north
through the weeds, then into a stubble
field and finally struck the road near
the residence of Harry ". Stewart,
keeping on the ground and making con-
tinuous progress. He was told TO make
q getaway like a burglar or a murderer
and he did. He cut across corners to-
wards the residence Of Governor Stanley,
then towards the home Of J. Oak Davi-
son and upon arriving in front Of B. H
Campbel's residence. he turned east on
Eleventh street, losing no time along the
route except TO look back very often
TO see whether the dogs were after him.
or TO locate forked tree that could be
climbed instantaneously IN case Of ne
cessity- From the bridge ne travelled
on Eleventh street to Carlos avenue.
stopping only once at modest little cot
tage to set a drink of water This was
approved by Chief Burt, for he thought
it very natural that a burglar or even a
murderer would stop in his fight at a
back door pump for a drink. Arriving
at Carlos avenue, the reporter was as
signed 10 the front top room in the resi-
dence Of James Cairnes. He could bar
the door when he saw the dogs coming.
the lower doors to be left open for the
purpose Of giving the dogs an opportun-
ity to follow the trail TO its final conclu-
sion. The trip was made in thirty-five
minutes, Chief Burt being pacemaker
with horse and buggy. When the re-
porter was safely housed Chief Burt re-
turned to the starting place. The dogs
were not yet started and he told the
men in charge to cut them loose The
first five minutes in Mr.. Cairnes' room
were one OF great anxiety. 1t was ex-
pected that the dogs would be there
every moment bowling for the blood of
the Eagle reporter. It was too lonesome
q place after ten minutes so he went
down stairs and sat in an arm chair on
the porch. For half an hour he remained
there peering under the foliage for a
sight of the dogs. He then ventured out
into the lawn and became sort of reckless. !
Pretty soon the men who had assembled
10 see the start of the dogs. a mile or two
below. arrived TO ascertain the result
and the situation was becoming more
comfortable. In about fifteen minutes
one Of the dogs arrived-in the buggy
with Chief Burt. 1t was a fine animal.
When he got his eve on the reporter he
licked his chops and seemed to be so
immensely wen satisfied with his buggy
ride that ne did not even get out Of the
vehicle He possibly could have been
pushed out. because Chief Burt is
powerful man physically. but there was
no necessity for it and the poor animal
was allowed 90 retain its seat
The reporter learned from the party
that when the dogs got the scent at the /
starting place they ran south little
ways, then came back and after running
north a few hundred feet gave Up the
chase.
To prove that there was no III feeling
in the mater the reporter got into the
buggy with the bloodhounds and rode
down TO Eleventh street with him There +
they met the two other bloodhounds. They !
evinoed no interest whatever in the pres
ence of the man who was daring
enough TO submit TO a chase for the I
qualification Of theis bloody instincts.
Just then the owner Of she dogs. a
very clever and decent young fellow.
came Up. He regretted the failure of
the experiment and was fair enough |
not 10 claim that the test was a square /
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the start the hounds were given and I.
60 attempt another test. He (
took the reporter into the park with I
the hounds and directed him how 10
stamp the ground with his feet. lie .
then accompanied the reporter across /
the park towards the Eleventh street /
bridge. "a distance of probably 900 yards. /
il was a six-minute walk The hounds /
were started, but one Of them ran down /
a. the river and began TO lap up water. /
the other wouldn't go anywhere
The owner OF the hounds was much /
disappointed. hat being clever fellow
lie 7vanted the reporter to have some
and ne agreed to use q
young fellow who has been with the dogs
at several tests fer a chase lie asked
the reporter and officer Cairnes 70 ride
up the road % see the finnish The
young fellow ran about ESQ yards grab
bed for a branch and wound his lezs
around the trunk Of small tree. Pretty
soon the dogs came up tho road in a jolly /
canter TO where the lad was wrapped
around q tree. One Of the dogs espied
him and jogged hp to the tree. smelt the
base of ii and looked up. The other
DOGS seemed 10 be indifferent. one OF
hen cravIcd under the baudstand while