Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11

prudence of our commonwealths in no I'M
certain strides, said member of the To-
cal bar today. It's worth ones while to
look into the law books and reports and
read the history of the dog reflected in
the courts records. You will find the trail
Of the canine there as plain as a bears
track in the snow. And 1t Is a fact that
there never was dog case in court that
was not more Interesting than the average
lawsuit in which only men are involved.
The truth is, that special line of cases
will afford the same amount of pleasure to
the lawyer in his research as the dogs part
In the Jurisprudence IF our country. Even
supreme courts have seriously weighed prin-
ciples OF law as related to the life and af-
fairs Of dog. Thousands of dollars and
hours of sleepless study have been spent in
determining laws and facts of a more or
less deep personal interest to the dog in
the case. He has appeared in almost tragic
rclls. Again, and more frequently in fact
he is cas- in a humorous part, but it is not
always funny to the court or to tie dog /
had deg case recently and this fact led me
q an Investigation of the authorities in or
der to be armed for the conflict | found
ii absnrbingly Interesting. In fact l al
most lost sight of my own case so en-
crossed was l in the research. Who knows
but the time will come when there will be
attorneys in large communities, like New
York o: Boston who will make speciality
Oh dpS cases! such a thing is not at all i'm
probable. | remember a very peculiar case
In our courts nor many months ago where
ore man sued another, not for possession of
the dog but to get rid of him. The usual
order WA! absolutely reversed. The plain
TN had been given a full-blooded bulldog
by the defendant. He priced the gift high
ly until he had become acquainted with it
l ne dog was so vicious that the new owner
could hog feed linn. No person was ever
known To be Oh friendly terms with him
Ills food had to be thrown to him The
pldlntif tried to get tie original owner to
teke The dog back. He refused. He had
experienced the same trouble with the dog
ana Ii1n want any more of his society
was tIen the court was asked to compel
tEe original owner to relieve the plaintiff of
the uoS On the ground that he had misrep-
resented the DISPOSITION and characteristics
OF the animal. The court was confronted nv
new question or by a new aspect of an
Old question. Of course the donor of the
dog could not be compelled to revoke the
act or GIT. even though the question of
malice figured, because the recipient had
not refused the gift That is one of the
most peculiar dog suits l know of In the
records Of our courts"
:. X
liner" Is a colored woman In this city
VINO boasts that she is detective although
her name has not yet been placed on the
roll at headquarters. Several DAYS ago
she entered headquarters with a prisoner
Her appearance on the street holding the
youth by his coat collar attracted attention.
The boy was making strenuous objection
no avail.
rs Mr.. Sylvester imp" she blurted out.
when she reached the front door
asked. "7
:. Il mean Mr.. Sylvester who runs the po-
lice force. she responded This is nv boy
and want him to see that man. When
ne was bad year ago 1 told him 1 would
put Mr. Sylvester next to him the next
time. and | want him see that man that
he viii know l mean business"
Try me just once more" the boy cried.
Don't take me to him this time and I'll
stay home and do what you tell me-"
You said that before" his mother re-
minded him. 'All l ask him to do is to
split wood, bring up the coal fetch water
and go to school. The other night 1 found
him in a thelter with a whole lot of other
boys-but don't mind him hav ng pleasure
II he would only mind me. When he went
away year ago and was bad | had to get
out of my sick bed and catch that boy.
The detectives couldn't catch him. but gen
tlemen | can catch any of them when
start out"
The boy was lectured by one of the he 4d-
quarters men and forgiven by his mother
He left the building. but not as prisoner.
*r%
Il was glad to Judge Kimball accept
personal bonds in the case of the man who
sldpi''h tlle cigar from the mouth OF
street car passenger" a member of the POI
lice force remarked to a Star reporter after
the case had been tried.
The next thing l want to see in court is
an 'end-seat hog arrested for being in
miN-up,' he said. The rules of the rail-
Tad companies are broad enough to permit
all the smoking on the cars that is neces-
sary. but there, is TO rule governing the
hog who always takes the end seat and
erdeavors TO hold it against all Corners
Pa ssengers who are compelled to crawl
over such persons should always treat them
az trespassers and step upon their feet. 1t
Is true that suCn treatment may not be gen
tleTanly. but nobody ever heard of gentle
) manly treatment being accorded hog.
and all such persons and animals should
be given similar treatment.
b only short time ago" he said Il was
In ear when Colored woman weighing
mere than two hundred pounds entered
She stepped upon the running board and
locked for opening that was unObStTuct-
ed but could find none. Then she proceed
ed to do the climbing that was necessary to
get to VaCau. scat. Fortunately. the on
Ice kcrs thought the car started just at the
right moment and the big fat aunty sat in
the lap of the man who occupied the front
seat. All would have been well had ii not
been that the man had bundle in his lap
The bundle contained nothing but eggs. and
he not able to get them out of the
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