Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-24

revolver cooked, and lantern ready TO caH4
light on the scene
After a years experience a good dog IL
at his best. OF course they vary in good
sense and intelligence just as human beings
do. Still all OF them are we'll trained and
will obey without moments hesitation.
At the word OF command the dog will leap
a six-foot fence swim across a canal and
emerge silently on the other side, to shake
himself and begin his search anew
These police dogs inspire terror in crlm-
nails. In the old days It was easy enough
to circumvent the solitary policeman,
heavy and noisy of tread, slow and cum
bersome in gait. But here are big, fierce
| dogs, silent, swift-footed and keen OF scent,
80 that there is nothing for It but to give
up prowling at night in search Of loot.
Client has at present nearly seventy well
trained dog police. They are distributed
so any human policeman in emergency can
have a couple Of the big dogs by his SIDE
! in few moments.
| II citizens hears suspicious noises Ia
the night all he need do Is put his head out
Of the window and call softly. And when
the door Is opened in goes the dog police
man and searches the house from top to
bottom in half the time II would take
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Stories of Their Efficiency.
! NJ Van wesemael tells many stories
about his canine police. On one occasion .
dog. T1ppo. with his master, came upon
| Ave drunken ruffians who were smashing
the windows OF saloon. Beyond doubt II
the policeman had attacked tho men single
handed no would have had a bad time Of II,
But In "A nash no had removed Tippo's
~ H. 81 naH -
and seized one OF the jewellers.
The policeman arrested this man, and
the moment the dog had handed over hts
captive he raced OF after the other four
who soon stood at bay before him. The
men besought the ofiser 20 call the dog on
and then they agreed to give themselves
| up. A few moments later the PROCESSION
! started for the police station with the
| triumphant T1ppo racing round and round
for all the world as though he were shep-
herding a mock.
| II often happens that a policeman heaFu
| a short. sharp, anxious bark. and on hurry
ing up finds his four legged colleague hold,
| ing up a man or woman with a bundle,
| This may be capable OF perfectly innocent
| explanation; stin the dogs leave nothing
| 70 chance.
I, is no wonder that Commissioner Van
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about his dogs from municipalities In Great
Britain, Germany, France, Italy. Austria
and Spain. Long ago Commissioner Coenen
OF Saint Giles and his colleague, Korten
OF Mons adopted the Ghent dogs because
they saved mems salaries
Van Wesemasi points out that each OF
his canine ofhcers costs only Ave or six
cents day and, in some respects az any
rate. does treble a mans work. In the
early days Client estimated that her dogs
| cost II but 5000 francs year, and they
did more than four times the work Of
twelve ordinary human policemen, who
! would have cost the city nearly 1900
! francs.
IL Is well known that Lepine. the police
project OF Paris, took his idea OF the agents
p!ongeurs, or diving police OF Paris from
Van Wessmaels dogs. These police dogs
Of the Paris quays are used for Riding the
wsterfrouts Of "apaches," those savage
Fufhans who have terrorized Paris for
mary years Incidentally Lspine's dogs
save suicides and drowning people gen
orally from the waters OF the Seine, e.
pSeialiy In the bOAtin6 and bathing seAS0A.