The sun., 1908-06-18
VHO STOLE BIRD C0LER'S DOG?
ve. METZ ANSWERS TEE CUES.
rrON WITH A FORCED JEST.


=, m Eaort 70 shun Publicity Mr.. Coier
U,spsis o Popular Relles in Mis Drano
az rncoiogy--Aiso There Are Some
Court PrOceedinSs In tho story,
s,s.kins Of Bird Coler's dog. nasty
u,nor got around yesterday when the
~. matter was looked into that Comp
..ni,ar Nets had stolen tho dog because
n bIs supreme hatred Scr Brooklyn's lead
inr Methodist. And hardly hadN ono re-
eoyered from this whom one staggered
backward aghast upon being overwhelmed
~heoause OF O certain remark-that Bird
isn't Methodist at all.
mt start these things In their natural
.Mr. Metz, what do you know about
p;rd Coler's dog'' tho Comptroller was
,sl,ed Yesterday while q representative Of
,his newspaper was on his way from Perry's
10 Borough Hall.
.sav' began Mr.. Metz. shifting his eyes
svasiyely, edo you know that the other
n,0ht when was sitting In Jim Churchill's
~Hb Sam and Dick Bernard and Harry
williams jim came over to our table and
,rst then. across tho room. We came so
near seeing pretty fight as one ever sees
any"
There Is no use In trying to avoid tho
question, Mr.. Metz.' the Comptroller was
rsrned "and what you say will not be
,sed against you. Mr.. Daniel Slattery
himself has Just promised that every con-
sideration will be shown you and that
Now wait till finish, broke in Mr.. Metz.
Sam Bernard was cracking some Dutch
dialect ioke-this was up in Churchill's--
when A waiter came over to Jim and whis-
pered to him that Steve Douglas had said
that Harry Williams-Harry's the song
writer, Won know-couidn't--
-Mr Metz, did you ever steal dog be-
longing to Bird Coler?' the Comptroller was
asked.
.Was it a bird dog?" asked Mr. Metz. with
a forced laugh at his own witticism to dis
tract attention.
There was no Use trying. The only
thing to do was to duck into the subway
Rack of Mr.. Metz's office and pipe under the
river to Borough Hall, Brooklyn. where
Borough President Coler. garbed In his
shirt sleeves, a striped wessit and trousers.
awaited interviews for publication.
II was the quitting hour. The distin-
cuiehed Borough President, even as the
interviewer entered, was placing on his
coat and taking down the pet rubber plant
from the window sill back OF his desk.
Ever since Brian Boru, Birds pet terrier,
disappeared some weeks ago for the second
time the beloved Borough President and
statesmen has tried to fill the void in his
heart OF hearts with the rubber plant.
Mr.. Coler, no longer able to take the ter
H. .Nln 20 tvrN mi a W
vhe ne labored all day in his Office on
affairs Of state. had small castors placed
on the pot that contains his pet rubber
plant, and he clasped q silver collar around
he pot and attached a nickel chain to the
collar Each day as he goes TO the Office
now since the terrier disappeared Mr..
Coler is followed by the faithful rubber
plant in leash.
MIR Coler. to-day 1t Is your turn the
official was informed right of the
bat Lillian Russell was interviewed yes
terday, Laura Jean Abbey a few days
before that, John De Witt Warner just
previous to that. and now it works around
to you Really this Is DR.. Parkhurst's week
10 be interviewed about something. but 1t is
earned on excellent authority that
An have to say for publication about
this dog
1T is learned that DR.. Parkhurst is in
is that this dog, and YOU may write t yhat
publicty-is that this dog
That DR.. Parkhurst-now wait minute,
Bird, and you'll get your chanoe-is in
Europe flicking the snow OH the Alps and
lecturing from the tip Of Mont Blanc. Now,
start right in. Bird. Go as far as you like.
old man.
Mr. Colar than told all
The Borough President was informed.
before he began to relate in detail the story
of the disappearance OF his terrier. that
Comptroller Metz had just been asked
to do with the disappearance OF the dog
and that Mr.. Metz had refused to answer
on the ground that anything he might
have to say would tend to incriminate or
degrade him.
Right here IL was that Mr.. Coler pro-
nounced the words that at first blush
seemed to intimate that he was not Meth
odist
The Rev Lindsay Parker, pastor OF St.
Peters Episcopal Church In State street
began Mr.. Coler. can tell you lot about
hi this dog matter too he's one Of the h
In fact he was my Sunday school teacher
when was boy. Now he has dog
that
CONSERVATION was written all over Mr..
loere once, ana seeing tn0 Dlancned
faces and the folks on the point OF passing
away he jumped for q glass Of water and
asked what was up Between death rattles
i was explained that whereas Mr.. Coler
for years and years and years had been
exploited as Brooklyn's leading Metho-
dist here he was now telling without a
word OF warning that an Episcopal minister
was his boyhood teacher in Sunday school.
The Borough President drank the water
instead Of dashing 1t IN the faces Of the
fainting and explained that the Rev. Lind
say Parker in those days was Methodist,
but since then had become an Episcopalian.
The. Borough President Of Brooklyn
laughed heartily as the rest Of the office
revived. and then he told about his dog,
which is the central idea Of this interview.
Mr.. Coler waited only till pencils wero
sharpened and then he went ahead and
told all. At 4 O'Clock he began and
asked thatAbove all things a. little be made
Of the incident as possible. Dusk fell
and single star shone prettily In the even
ing sky. Tho tide changed and rushed
N apaoe. Into the office Of the Borough
President broke the silvery rays Of the
vide moon.
Well, to make a long story short, Mr..
Coler said In part without referring to his
manuscript that Brian Boru. his Irish
terrier. is indeed gone. Brian Boru is a
! bng haired Irish terrier that was born
Just outside of OtleengtOWn three vea ra