The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-04
ANIMALS AS DETECTIVES.
Dogs and Monkeys Have Reen Useful
Discovering Criminals.

Discovering Criminals.
The excise officials at Posen, in eastern
Germany have a dog trained to detect
Illicit distileries, which flourish in many
villages. says Pearson's Weekly. .a.
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 cottages where the
volatile liquid is being prepared Elsass,
the dog in question, has several puppies,
all of which are being taught their parents
profession.
Dogs are used in many countries to de-
tect smuggling. On the Austrian shores
of the Adriatic a considerable contraband
trade is being done in Italian and Levan-
tine goods, and many smuggling expedi
tons are foled by canine vigilance.
At intervals Of mile or 80 along the
coast are kennels, which have dogs taught
to bark loudly on the appearance Of boats
at 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 Great st. Bernard had
some time ago dog which actually cap
tured murderer. A traveller on the famous
DaSS was muIQeI0O III Luo bIOW Oy an Italian
navy. One Of the dogs sent out for the
purpose Of sucooring snowbound wayfarers
came upon the corpse.
Instead Of returning to the hospioe, he
pursued the assassin several miles along
the road and, biting his leg, famed him 10
st. Bernard mounted guard over him and
waited until the villagers came up and
arrested the assassin, the corpse having
meantime been discovered.
newspaper recently told the story OF q
monkey that acted as policeman.
A thief named Leballet entered by night
! the fowlhouse Of Nine. Houdin Of 'Cliohy,
and was about to retire with a number Of
dead birds when huge black form sprang
The thief shrieked with terror and the
householder, opening her window, saw
monkey, the property Of her neighbor, in
the act Of strangling him. The animal
was driven of and we thief, badly injured,
conveyed to a hospital.
The owner Of the monkey afterward de-
clared 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, it appeared. at
tered the yard to look for burglars.
The German lolksseauno recently pub
lished still more remarkable instance Of
animal smartness.
A Dresden doctor. named Werner was
stunned and bound by burglars when
asleep, his keys taken and his safe ran
sacked. 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 pro-
posed to give it away.
A few days later two men were arrested
on suspicion. They had been seen In the
neighborhood Of the d~otor's house but az
none of the stolen goods were traced the
case seemed weak.
recognize them. The suspects were mixed
m with a crowd Of other prisoners, and
one by one the men defiled through room
in which the dog waited in charge Of a
detective.
but otherwise ignored. When the fourth
| prisoner appeared he growled 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
evidence was obtained which led to their
In 1890 malicious visitor gave poisoned
nuts to two monkeys In the st. Petersburg
Geological Gardens. The monkeys became
seriously Ill. but recovered. A policeman
further outrages and catch the culprit
in case he renewed his attempt.
A fortnight after his appointment he no.
ticed that on an innocent looking old gen.
tleman approaching the cage the two re,
90 vered monkeys grimaced fercely, and
few mt the bars.
The old man was identified "a a supposed
harmless lunatio named Plaskin, whose
! b te noire was Darwinism and the alleged
relationship Of man to the lower animals