New-York tribune., 1907-08-31
PATROLMANF NF[D0, FRONT
REAL DETECTIVES NOV.
"TncIe TOMS Cabin" Raided for
Ne1c Police Squad.

Tho lieutenant summoned the official dogkeeper
and ordered. Call out the police bloodhounds-
This NAV become Of the scenes in the various
.,,,io, houses of New York within few months
is - latest experiment Of Commissioner Bingham
is anything like success FoNT'h bepu'y O"'H-
;io-,er Woods who studied for several hours
,y,e methods OF Scotland Yard and the Paris fre-
lecture as well taking look-in on other uI-,o-
date way stations since introduced some s'rik-
ing novelties at headquarters. but the doss are i
latest He admitted yesterday that pack OF SiA
tloodhounds is in training In d S1'S Va -'
habitants UP the state -,
coo,la the trainers OF the dogs report faVorabiy
Mr. Woods said the dogs would be Drought 'o Nc"
York More than that he did not care 10 co
Around headquarters nobody wanted 10 Tam 70
publication and there seemed 10 be feeliis c,-a
=, s,.-.,,,,a,+ Was going TO the bow-wows some
,,,e aqo when there was an inkling Of the orsaili
cation OF dog platoon. Inspector
-. direct charge Of the detective bureau uitue
NJ Woods expressed himself as douod"i u ~
,,-.c-icat,irv Of the four-legged sleclhs-
u u-ss learned Yesterday. however that 'iie IA
80, for .be possible addition of dogs 10 'i'e
force was not that Commissioner blhsilai' ~
sbie 10 get an appropriation for more ile''' "
because OF the so-called crime wave Inc Po- %
lice il developed learned that Henry hechei- -
co,fessad N baying killed little Amelia sta1leldl
in Queens walked from the place OF 'iie nm -
Corona and slept IN a barn fao bne ioe -
able to bloodhounds. they zen S -,
could have captured the man "ithih d ie"
after the discovery OF the pody-
II WAS because of this that Deputy tonfflis-
sioner Woods bought pack Of HOUNDS anu M
trusted them the care of an upstate PoA
pf5cial who is supposed know something OF
tracking men. What progress this trainer is man
,,r or whether the tramps vino drop in on the
mysterious city 20eeo' given cross-counIiy
is not known
bloodhound man hunts have been confined mostly
TO the lynching districts of the South. the meio-
drama and the stories yellow correspondents
who like bring in at a certain stage OF a lnFs-
terry story the time honored Dogs on tran OF
fugitive While Mr.. Woods was studying foreign
thief catching he learned OF the wonderful Work
Of the police dogs Of Belgium and Holland. and
Of the Mfesaving dogs that assist the police OF
Paris in keeping suicides from cluttering up the
fairway OF the Seine. Also Casey, the police dog
az Dreamland. But these dogs are merely per
sonal assistants. Is il were. 10 the police. They
do almost no tracking criminals except in sight
chases,'' when the human policeman fiushes the
quarry ''sics" the feet footed dog him
Sc, sral men who know something about hunting
and the length OF time animal Will
leave scent discussed the bloodhound police last
night. and they arrived at the conclusion that ex-
cert far off sections Of Richmond and Queens
and the ultima Thule OF The Bronx the dogs
would be nearly useless. In the first place. bricks
and asphalt. unless wet would not make sood
rrailing ground Also, number of persons pass
ing a sidewalk after the time the criminal
made his escape would weaken" or ''deaden the
trail But the most serious oDleCtl0n Il tlal All
over the city there many means Of trans
portation that a criminal who boarded car would
oblterate the by removing his feet from the
pavement. II the police set out with the Official
hounds and the dogs lost the trail by car line IT
would be necessary for them TO hustle ahead and
take the dogs through every that had passed
the place. AT that, though the dogs gave cry in
the cars. the chances would be that the
criminal had long since departed that the con-
ductor had not noticed him and did not know where
he had alghted Altogether the dog discussion at
Headquarters began to assume even more COM
plicated aspect.
But jes' think said Con Harris. the iron voiced
spieIer for q Seeing New York automobile, 'jes
think what a sight II would There's going
down Broadway with the rubbernecks nstenn'-
Were right at the Flatiron Building OFF across
Madison Square j hear the deep bayin' notes that
tell me here's a treat for the patrons of our un
euuaIed service. We stop rumble wagon Then
] get busy. Why got il all made up now, that
spiel Ladies gelman.' I'd in the mega
phone observe comm down Broadway the fierce
New York City bloodhounds, every dog a winner
of blue ribbons an the Of foreign popu
larion. THAT might get a laugh) Observe them
with their silken sweeping the asphalt
their noses follow the trail of wretch who
will soon be in jail an the afternoon sporting ex-
1ras See the mounted police gallopir' just behind
Ridin TO hounds has made the department more
popular than ever / could on like that an it
would be one OF the finest sights in Seem New
York"