Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
ANIMAL DETECTIVES.
SMUGGLING EXPEDITIONS Fooled BY
CANINE VIGILANCE.


Austria Uscs Dogs rs Coast Line Cun-
toms Guards-A Monkey ms n Thief
Takcr-How st. bernard Caught
nm Assassfn-DoHs ms Excise Men.
Dogs are used In many countries to
detect smuggling. On the Austrian
shores OF the Adriutlc considerable
contraband trade is being done In It'll
ian and Levnntlne goods. and many
smuggling expeditions are folled by
canine vigilance.
At intervals of mile or SO along the
coast are Kennels, which have dogs
taught to bark loudly on the appear
nncc Of boats ut night. When the wind
is blowing on shore it is said that these
animal custom officers can detect
boat mile from land, however dark
the night.
The monks Of the Grent ST. Bernard
had some time ago dog which actual
ly captured murderer. \ traveller on
the famous pass was murdered in the
snow by an italian NAVY. One of tile
dogs sent ont for the purpose of succor-
Ing snowDound wayfnrers came upon
the corpse
Instead OF returning to the hospicc he
pursued the nssnssin several miles
along the road and. biting his leg,
lanied him SO badly TINT he was unable
TO proceed. The st. Bernard mounted
guard over him md waited until the
villagers came up and arrested the MS.
sasSn, the corpse having meantime
been discovered
Vhe Paris correspondent Of n London
newspaper recently told the story of q
monkey that acted rs Il policeman.
thief named Leballet entered by
night the fowl house Of Mime. uoudin
OF Clichy and was about to retire with
number of dead birds when Il huge
black form sprang at his throat.
The thief shrieked with terror, and
the householder, opening her window,
saw n monkey, the property of her
nelghbor, In tho act Of strangling him.
The animal was driven off and tho
thief, badly injured. conveyed to
hospital.
Tho owner Of the monkey afterward
declared to an interviewer that the I'M
imnl hnd been trained to fly ut any sus-
picious character who appeared near
the house after dirk. 1t had once, it
appeared, attacked an overzenlous DO
liccman who entered the yard to look
for burglars.
The German Yolkszeitung recently
published still more remarkable IN
stance OF animal smnrtness.
Dresden doctor named Werner
was stunned and bound by burglars
when asleep, his keys taken and his
safe rnnsacked AS the attack WINS
made in tho dark he fuiled of course
to describe his assailants. The dog
chained in the yard had not even bark
cd, md the victim Of the outrage was
so Disguised that he proposed to give it
away.
A few days later two men were mr.
rested on suspicion. They had been
Seen in the neighborhood Of tile doc
tors house, but as none OF the stolen
goods was traced the case seemed
weak.
The police suggested that the dog
might recognize them. The suspects
were mixed up with crowd of other
prisoners and one by one the men de-
fled through n room In which the dog
waited in charge OF detective.
The first three men the dog shifted
at, but otherwise ignored When the
fourth prisoner appeared he growled
flerccly and attempted to seize him
by the trousers. He was one OF the
suspects. The other was recognized
in the same way. The men were re-
tanned IN custody, and finally further
evidence was obtained which led to
their conviction.
In 1890 n malicious visitor give poi
soned nuts to two monkeys In the st.
Petersburg Geological gardens. The
monkeys became seriously i'll, but re-
covered. a policeman was put OH duty
at the cnge to prevent further out
RACES and catch the culprlt in case lie
rencwed his attempt.
4 fortnight after his appointment he
noticed that OH MI innocent looking old
gentleman approaching the cage the
two recovered monkeys grimaced fierce
~ and flew nj the bars.
The old man was Identified as Il sup
posed harmless lunatlc nnmed Plaskln,
whose bette nor was Darwinism and
the alleged relationship of man to tie
lower animals. He admitted having
poisoned the monkeys.
The excise officials ut posen, In east
crn Germany, have dog trained to de-
tcct Illicit distilleries. which flourish In
many villages.
a mixture of ether, forbidden by
law. is drunk by many persons instead
Of brandy, and the posen dogs acute
sense Of smell enables it to detect the