Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-16
DOGS ARE MUZZLED
One Shot by the Police Which
 Was in a Fight in Ex- < change Place.

Hardly dog could be seen around
 town to-day and the few that appear
 ed were very sad as they walked along
 with their mouths tightly closed with
 muzzles, or on the end of a chain or
 strap. To-day was the day on which
 the. order of Mayor Thoms. that all
 dogs unmuzzled found wandering
 around the streets should be shot,
 was to be enforced. The dogs must
 have been aware of what was in store
 for them as they kept under cover
 and did not give the policemen an op- | portunity to show their shooting abil- ity. Up to noon only one dog had
 been brought to the station and it was l a massive animal. It was brought III l by Officer Stephens, who found it on Phoenix avenue. Superintendent of
 Police Beach said it would in all prob- 1 ability be shot before the day was over. Tt is shame to shoot such an animal" said the superintendent,
 "as it is fine looking dog" The for
 eign people who cannot read the pa-
 pers are liable to lose their dogs as
 they know nothing about the order to muzzle' them. Many of the animals object to the strap or the wire cage, but nevertheless they have to bear it.
 An interesting sight this afternoon
 was to see the big Danes which are
 in an act at the Jacques this week going around the town all wearing
 heavy muZZles. There are about eight of the animals and they are fine speci- mems.
 A few of the canines trotted into Exchange place about o'clock this afternoon. They made lots of excite ment and gave several strong men all they could do to save brute of ;l bulldog from swallowing terrier, simply because the little fellows stood and looked at the big brute trying 10 divest itself of it's muzzle. It was terrible fight and before it was over half dozen CUTS were into it. AL though the big dog was muzzled it held the terrier until it was almost chOked to death and even then it refused to let go until after it had got several hard knocks. Half the muzzles are of no use, and everybody who saw that scrap said so. The only dog taken t1 the police station and shot for appear ing on the public ways without its headgear belonged to Donate Distase of Cassidy avenue. It was a big black and white mongrel and hadn't been dead very long when Mrs Dis tase rushed into the police station and wanted to know if they had seen Perry" Evidently the officer at the desk thought that the woman was looking for the superintendent of Streets. Perry Morris, and said something about his office being down on Benedict street. but the wo- man was too excited to listen and thrust the dog license in through the window, requesting him to read it. Then it dawned on the officer that the dead dog belonged to the woman and when he broke the news to her she wrung her hands and executed war dance about the station. Perry" was tied, but he broke his chain and took a ramble down town. She saw lots of dogs up her way without muzzles and nobody shooting and she couldn't un- derstand why her Perry" should be made an exception of. A peculiar case in this connection is that the mad dog shot by Dr Bland at the station the other day was next door neighbor to Perry" Distase, who suffered death in the same place and in the same way to-day.