Evening star., 1902-08-28
FIVE DAYS IN A CONDUIT.
Singular Imprisonment Of a Dog on
Madison Avenue, Baltimore.

From the Baltimore Sun.
THE Subterranean Dog: or, Five Days
In a Cable Conduit" might be the title OF
a narrowing tale, the development Of whose
plot has been keeping residents Of Madison
avenue, from McMechen street to North
avenue, awake nights recently. They have
remained awake not so much out of inter-
est in or sympathy for the dog as because
the unhappy animal persists In telling
everybody how dark and lonesome it Is In
the cable conduit, and the conventional
and time-honored method of arguing with
a bowling dog with a bootjack and old bot
ties is worse than useless when the dog IS
underground.
The dog seems anxious to get out of his
long but narrow quarters. but whenever
anybody tries to get him out he becomes
panic-stricken and retires up the tube with
the ease and dispatch of a pneumatic mall
cylinder. One man did get near enough to
feel him. but the part he felt was just the
one he was most anxious to avoid to wit,
his teeth, and the would-be rescuer Is now
nursing a bite determined effort to get
the animal out will be made early this
morning by Agent Ambrose Ryan OF the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. and he has the best wishes of
everybody In the neighborhood.
The dog Is very pretty and probably
NdIudDIe lON terrier, ana 1t is supposed tnat
it was his passion for rat hunting that led
him into his present restricted quarters
There Is an outlet from the conduit to
sewer at McMechen street which carries off
the rain water. and it is supposed that the
dog went down the sewer after a rat which
may have led him into the conduit or he
may have blundered into 1t himself and
cannot find the way out Anyhow, the most
interesting thing to all concerned Is not
how he got in, but how he is to be gotten
out.
The dog IS much better off than most
people who get lost in underground pas
walton to fear. Mr.. Henry c'eters. who
Keeps restaurant a the cori=er of Madi-
son and North avenues, has been feeding
MN regularly, by placing PIECES of meat
into one Of the small manholes- in the con-
duit and he has lso placed a ran of water
there. The dog takes kindly % these at
tentions, and never fails to come for his
dinner The exasperating thing about 1t is
that he might easily be lifted out of the
manhole If ne would only allow himself
TO be picked up: but as stated before he
disappears 4 the manhoie cover is lifted
Some people think his mind has been af-
1ected oy his long Imprisonment and he
mas not the sense to let himself be rescued
Ihe dog first made his presence known
on thursday morning Mr. Peters heard
the hoWiing OF dog and Went out to see
Where the animal was and what was the
matter with It, He was much ouzzIed. al
though the bowling seemed to come from
very near and just in front Of him. there
was no visible source of such dismal
sounds Nc. Peters does not believe In
ghosts, out he was very much inclined to
oelleVe that there was something super
natural IN IT. until the sounds led him to IN
.estisdte lhe cable conduit, and he found
tnat the dog was in the one running down
the center OF the east track Mr. Peters
hotined the police and several efforts were
made to get the dog out but they were or
no avail The United railway officials took
ehe matter up, and on Saturday night and
SUNDAY night sent men to try and get the
dos out, but their efforts were useless. and
II was one OF the company's men who was
Ditten- Ihis was on Sunday night Mr..
2eters nnally notified the Society for the
prevention of Cruelty to Animals and
Agent Ambrose Ryan visited ths. scene Last
night but decided that he could do nothing
"nlle the cars were running
small dog got into the couduit a few
weeks ago. but was easily gotten ont cow
ing 10 manhole as soon as it was opened
ana allowing himself to be lifted ONT,