The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-06-09
DOGS AS DETECTIVER.
Cats and Monkeys Have Also
Played the Part of
Policemen.
lrenrson's Weekly J

don newspaper recently told the
story of a monkey that acted as a
policeman.
A thief named Leballet entered by
night the fowl-house of Nine. Hould-
in, of Clichy, and was about to
retire with a number of dead birds
when huge black form sprang at
the throat.
The thief srieked with terror and
the householder, opened her window
saw a monkey, property of her
neighbor, in the strangling him.
The animal was driven off. and the
thief badly injured, conveyed to a
hospital.
The owner of the monkey after
wards declared to an interviewer
that the animal had been trained to
fly at any suspicious character who
appeared near the house after dark.
1t had once, il appeared, attacked
overzealous policeman who entered
the yard TO look for possibly burg
lars.
The German Volkszeitung recent
ly published still more remarkable
instance of animal smartness.
A dresden doctor named Werner
was stunned and bounced by burg
lars when asleep. his keys taken and
his safe transacted. AS the attack
was made in the dark he failed, of
course to describe his assailants.
The dog chained in the yard had not
even barked. and the victim of the
outrage was so Disguised that he
proposed to give it away.
A few days later two men We're
arrested on suspicion. They had
been seen in the neighborhood of
the doctors house, but as none of
the stolen goods were traced the case
seemed weak.
The police suggested that the dog
might recognize them. The suspects
were mixed up with a crowd of
other prisoners, and one by one the
men defiled through a room in which
the dog waited, in chance of de-
tective.
The first three men the dog shifted
at but otherwise ignored. When
the fourth prisoner appeared grow
led fiercely 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 retained in custody, and
finally further evidence was obtained
which led to their convictions.
During the severe. fogs of last
Christmas London newspaper des-
cribed how a mweing cat had led a
passer-by into lane where lost
child was carrying bitterly.
In 1890 a malicious visitor gave
poisoned nuts to two monkeys in the
St. Petersburg Geological Gardens.
The monkeys because seriously i'll,
but recovered. A policeman was
put on duty at the cage to prevent
further outrage and catch the cul-
prit in cases he renewed his attempt.
A fortnight after his appointment
he noticed that on an innocent-look-
ing old gentleman approaching the
cage the two recovered monkeys
grimmaced fieacely and flew at the
bars.
The old man was identified as
supposed harmless lunatic named
Plaskin. He admitted having pois-
oned the monkeys.
The excise at officials Posen, in
Eastern Germany, have a dog train
ed to detect illicit distilleries, which
flourish in many villages.
A mixture Of either, forbidden by
law, is drunk by many persons in
stead of brandy, and the Posen dogs
acute sense of smell enables it to de-
tect the cottages where the volatile
liquid is being prepared. Elsass,
the dog inpestion, has several pup
pies, all of which are being taught
their parents profession.
Dogs are used in many countries
to detect smuggling. On the Aus
tria shores of the Adriatic consid
cradle contraband trade is being !