The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
CRUSADE AGAINST DOGS.
Citizens Enlist Aid of Chief Donovan
and His Policemen,

A crusade against vicious dogs has been
commenced and Chief Donovan is in SYM
pathy with the movement.
Some people think, seem to think. that
because they have paid tax their
dog that said dog is exempt from sudden
death, no matter what or whom he may
see fit to bite. Such is not the case. There
is proviSo attached to the ordinance
against shooting in the city limits which
permits a citizen to shoot a vicious or
dangerous dog which is running at large.
Topeka has more than a quorum of vic
1oeS Dr1tes WRfGa w9otq IurlSh eInptoy
nice time Chasing people. He confined his
operations to the corner of Fifth and
Jackson streets and a call for the dead
animal wagon was sent in a few minutes
later. Here, now, 1 viii not stand for
that said Chief Donovan after he had
seen the beast snap viciously at a man
troll driver Sand ind the owner of that
will be killed" White failed to lind an
owner for the dog, and tied wire to its
transaction. He reported to the chief with
the dog in tow. and-the animal wagon
A long sentenced, oppressive and impress
sive communication was received by the
chief yesterday The gentlemen who signed
it are employees at the Santa Fee offices.
They are confident that the chief will al
was composed by Tomas r. Hyatt, To-
peka correspondent of the New York ORA
versed on dogoIogy as theatrical subjects.
The communication is as follows:
Capt Timothy Donovan, City Marshal.
Dear Sir: AS you probably know Topeka
IS cursed with more worthless, vicious cur
dogs to the square inch than any place
this side of Egypt. Every day the papers
mention some one being bitten by these
to the dogs or their owners, and the help
less victims of their vicious voracity rub
doctors bills with reluctant and remorseo
full groans, and thank God devoutly that
from the owners of these ours for the
mental anguish, dreading their dogs hav-
ting hydrophobia from biting some of us
prohibitionists carelessly. 1t seems to be
borly for a man to object to being bitten
by some snarling rabid canine pest to
scared into fits by these ours, but not at
all unneighborly for man to harbor COM
less now that we have at least got a po-
lice force pledged to something else than
lectures or ''sneaking up on a few fur
tive joints or unwary bicycle boys, some
hopes that you will, by, promptly shooting
a lot of these dogs in the act of attacking
their victims, thereby cause all other mean
owners or owners OF mean dogs, as the
case may be, to take warning and en-
yender strictly to a diet composed of mem
Ders OF their own happy doggy family.
fact that one of the signers thereto (dr.
Moore), and one of his family have recent
~ been bitten by white SpItZ cur, mar
bored at the time at the northwest corner
of Twelfth and Topeka avenue. and an
other Signer hereof (Ndr. Hyatt) has been
bitten while on his wheel, by brown cur
harbored at the northwest corner of Jack
son and Twelfth, but now kept at Van
Buren,, between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
and also by a white harbored at the
northwest corner of Twelfth and Harrison.
In all these cases the attention of the par
ties owning or harboring these brutes has
been called to the matter, but so far
history informs us, the owners and the
dogs have lost no sleep over the matter,
and the dear little hydrophobia promoters
are still at work, daily chasing other hap
less grown people into the profoundest pro-
family and our little children into screams
of terror when daring to venture near the
sacred precincts of these dogs shrines.
Therefore. if you can succeed in effec-
tually killing, or otherwise absolutely rid
ding US in any way of these and similar
doggy dangers all over town, will
promptly emblazon your name in letters
of gold, a mile high, on the azure scroll
of our eternal gratitude, being, meanwhile,
JAMES MOORE,
w. c. F. REICHENBACH.
THOMAS r. HYATT.