The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-02
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Ht,syhiyn, Nho " proprietor ~ IVA drug
stares and 4 hill fstfiet named Chief.
had CASTOR Faivrc. q doa fancler, ~ iogs's
Fulton s,fee'. befofr Magistrate Naunef
IN tho Myrtle avenue court Yesterday,
charged with fancyinR other peopleie
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croft said IN court that oarton falvrs
now haa HE dog chief, while the doctor
hlfn~rlt hs. only the ave Ding stores.
Mtaa t,euale Penn ~ ia Park piace, who
is one of the daAhine widows In "The siS
Winning Widows. q vaudeville sketch,
also appeated In court 10 cast black Rlances
toward the dog fancier and Ia help along
tho prosecution ~ much ~ possible Miss
Penn said that Faivre took her dog Buster
about three months ago, aud that every
thing connected with the disappearance
and recovery ~ her pct was especially
romantic,
According to the story told 10y DR.. Ban
croft In court, Chief, who. 80 his owner
says. Ii n grandson Of Croker's u 900 Fir
Chief, disappeared about two weeks ago,
and was not seen again by the doctor until
the evening Of Memorial Day. when DR..
Bancroft. while passing Faivre's dog EN-
porium, noticed Chief among q wagonload
Of live dogs I the curb.
Chief. from his wooden cage, made a fuss
over the doctor. who went sinto the shop
and demanded his dog vehemently from
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he had bought the dog in Manhattan and
demanded proof from the doctor before he
would give up the dog. Whereupon DIR.
Bancroft hustle d of for a DR.. Kelly and
Denniky, the barber, as character witnesses
for the bull terrier, but Faivre still claimed
that he had a reasonable doubt and would
not give up Chief. Yesterday morning
DR., Bancroft summoned the dog fancier to
court.
If thees doctaire come to me a gentle-
man and prove, why then give him hees
dog" said CASTOR. But the dog ees not
hees-I buy heem from a mar in Manhattan
who get heem from other man who say he
cannot keep the dog in hees fiat and must
sell. just after thees doctaire go away
yelling loud last night l say to Marianne,
close up and have our dinnaire.' Marieanne
she carry in the goods in the cages and we
sit down in the back room to dinnaire,
when 'Cr-r-r-rak! and l look out in the
shop and see the terriaire which the doc
taire say liz bees break through hees wire
netting and wooden bars and run away.
Quick try to catch heem, because
perhaps he ees the doctaire's dog after all;
| but, alas. the terriaire he knock me down
and get away. All, am so sorry, your
eet ees short and slip from my hand and he
get away. All. l am so sorry!"
"You get hold of many dogs that other
people claim. don't your" asked the Magis-
| trate of the defendant, who answered that,
all, alas. this could not be true.
We'll, | understand that there is a civil
case pending against you now in which
Miss Forrest seeks to recover 500 paid you
for a dog that Miss Forrest afterward
| learned was stolen from Miss Bessie Penn.
How many similar cases have you been
| concerned in?'
two cen court and one that was settled
outside. your Honaire," answered Castor.
The Court set the case of the ownership
of DR.. Bancroft's Chief down for a further
hearing on June 5.
Miss Penn later told the reporter at her
home of the romanticism OF her Busters
disappearance and return. -.
I'm sure you will excuse the dishabeel,'
said Miss Penn as she bounced into the
room. Il always put on Busters fve-dollar
collar when visitors GOMEZ; but | shant
bother to dress him up now. No. mudder
Won't bodder baby Buster wiz hissum's
Of collar. will she?
III was so TOIildiltnC MlIci DuNtci uir-
appeared last January. For a long time |
| advertised for him and then ] put in notices
to the effect that If the persons that took
him knew how l suffered they would bring
him back. There was a touch OF romance
in the idea, don't you think?
-And my finding Buster might have been
part Of a story book; suppose you know
[ am one of the dashing widows-that liz,
7 am the soloist-in The Six Winning
Widows Two weeks ago Camille and |
-,A - sI@ N a. - ut Tho
Gerard Hotel after the performance when,
Camille said. Saw. Bess, isn't that g dead
swell dog?' Camille is one Of the Winning
Widows Sings in the chorus. you know.
! turned, and there was nv Buster!
well. he made such q fuss over me that
Maud Forrest, who had him on a chain,
said II was just too romantic and that he
surely must belong TO me. The odd
romantic part of ii was that Miss Forrest
told me her sweethe art bought Buster
him for me. I told Mr.. Downs later that
had seen Buster, and he went over to Man
haitian to see Miss Forrest, and not long
after he came back to me on a chain and
harked for Joy for an o
when Miss Forrest gave him up 80
kindly she decided to go to st. Louis to get
merried, which adds a touch Of romance to
It, doesn't it2 We're both professional
women, you know-Miss Forrest had just
closed with May Irwin. But before Miss
Forrest left she brought this civil suit for
the recovery of the 500 which her GENTLE
man friend had paid CASTOR Faivre for my
Buster, think it was awfully romantic,
awfully so, don't your
CASTOR says, alas, he does not see how
Buster came into his possession. But
that Buster hee would be dead feefty time
eef eet were not for me. Nights n nights
/ lose while he ees sick. No one can say l
am not n honest. All, but | could prove
that dectaire was wrong IL that Chief, alas,
did not knock me down and run away"
NEW BRONN AMUSEMENT PARK.