Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-23
A NEW VIEW.
The Bloodhound Pictured in the Roit
of a Rumorist.

OF a Hunnorist.
The bloodhound is the representative
of the ancient British and early Euro
pean fauna in which little wanton
boys. familiar with peripatetic Uncle
Toms Cabin" shows take. or used to
take, the keenest interest. Something
in the name bloodhound" scatters
thrills and chills just as the thought
of apple toddy' warns the heart
Nobler game is his than the stays and
bears his ancestors used to hunt Man
is his quarry. As a sleuth hound he
can scent and pursue man as La Fol-
lette smells and chases a corporation.
When the victim is up tree this de-
tective raises triumphant tongue. He
is Punishment, sure to catch up with
Crime. if there isnot too much water .
on the journey. In the minds of
Americans of the North he once con- .
notated runaway slaves. Now Arkan-
sas City, in Kansas-speeding and no
longer bleeding Kansas. many Of whose
early assisted immigrants abhorred the
bloodhound as the foe of fugitive
slaves-has an -Horsethief Asso- {
citation, which is TO buy couple OF
bloOdhOunds and use them in its bust
ness
Most of US have aromantic venera-
tion for the bloodhound. His historical
position is interesting even if his capa-
biiities and achievements have given .
rise to legends. He is an imposing
beast to look at. Who can doubt tile .
intellect in that massive head? For 4
the benefit of the Arkansas City rue
and cry. however, we must repeat
some lessons in sleuthhound lore given
by a Tar Heel master, the Charlotte .
News and Observer. Kansas knows
most things intuitively. but she may be ,
willing to accept instruction. as to
manhunting dogs. from North Carolina. ,
which has studied them long. Here is
part of the record of the canine posse:
who can forget that a year or two 4
ago several prisoners escaped from jail
At Ashville that an officer made in :
stant pursuit and that other officers
followed with a bloodhound? Tho ,
bloodhound overlook the first officer,
ran him up tree and kept him mount .
ed on a limb all night. Not long ago 4
convict escaped from the work on the
Wilkesboro-J Jefferson turnpike: two o. Z
ficers followed him with a bloodhound.
the animal took up with the convict :
and when the officers arrived the blood
hound turned on them so savagely that 4
they had 10 kill him. Meantime the =
convict escaped again. Just after the .
Lyerly murder in Rowan they 'sent {
for bloodhounds,' as the phrase goes:
the beasts got on the track OF a rabbit :
and their owner liked never TO have
found them. And they failed to catch
the rabbit. Mr.. Cy Watson had a case
in court in which blood =
hound was a chief witness. It was a
case in arson. The bloodhound was =
put on the trail of the criminal and z
freed the principal witness for the -.
prosecution. Nj Watson's remarks z
are not printable"
We appear as chorus only to re- :
mark that the case Of the rabbit proves
the blOodhound's fondness for innocent q
and healthful recreation. Even Mr..
Bryan hunts jackrabbits when he is -
ired of hunting the octopus. The other y
'eveal the unsupported sense Of humor q
# the bloodhound and must greatly in q
'rease his reputation for high intclli-
fence. For tbs the sport To have the q
'fticer hoist with his own bloodhound.
In the next scene the bloodhound sa- =
irZes the methods OF two-legged de- ="
ectives: =
AT Wilson a few nights ago a bur- -
larry was committed The good Offices =
4 bloodhound were invoked. and out =
# a crowd of negroes he selected Gar a
EFT Dupree. who had not been within q
hree miles of the scene OF the crime. :
,ut who was arrested and. Of course. =
discharged"
The bloodhound did exactly what a =
lew York detective would have DONE
Somebody must be arrested. some inno- =
,ent person. That arrest viii make =
he guilty person believe that suspicion -
5 barking up the wrong tree The next %
Instance is really Irrelevant: IN
Chief W. 5. orr. Of the Charlotte a
re department gave $3.50 for two =.
bloodhound pups. trained them ten -
ears and spent $1,000 on them One
Il them went deaf in both ears and =
vas killed. The other he gave to a
ountry niger. who presently brought =
lin back, saying that he wouldn't even
rec squirrels. and wasn't-to quote the a
Tiger exactly - worth a hurrah =
n hell" -
A bloodhound is subject to human a
lfirmities. A deaf, dumb and blind -
oodhound would be a perfect detect q,
e. Chief orr should have sold his
easure TO the police The hound that -
ouldn't tree squirrels deserved praise,
OF blame. His finer instincts had been -
cultivated. He hated cruelty to ami
lals. Probably he would have no OBJ -,
ection to hunting with a camera. -
The Charlotte cynic says that "in- -,
tances could be multiplied" Multiply %
y the million, and they would be no =
Encouragement TO the Arkansas City -
Drsethief hunters. The bloodhound is
keen humorist We hope those Kan -
ans are good climbers.-New York
IN. ~
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