Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-02
SERGEANT HEMPEL
FIGHT PROMOTER
PoIiCeman-Patriot Matches His
Bull Dog Against Peter
son Prodigy.
COMBAT HELD IN JAIL YARD
Secretary Clerk Sleuth Sees His Pet
Go Down In Defeat After
Hard Battle.

The spectacle of police sergeant
who longs to be police lieutenant
as a reward for his American" pa
triotlsm presiding at dog fight, was
seen this morning In the rear OF the
police station. Added to the official
flavor given the dog fight by the
presence of the sergeant was the
presence Of Carl Peterson, a sort OF
clerk and pseudo sleuth attached to
the office of Chief of Police Tom
Pitt Both the sergeant and the sec
retary-clerk- sleuth are owners of bun
dogs, Peterson was of the opinion
that his dog could out-general Hemp
els canine in a combat royal SO per-
sistent did Peterson's opinion become
and so calling were they to Hempel
that Petersons challenge was accept
ed by Hempel in behalf OF his dog.
This morning, after the animals had
been brought together in the rear
of police headquarters, they We're per-
mitted to glare at each other and ex-
change growing salutations, When
their anger became sufficiently stirred
both Peterson and Hempel slipped
their dogs, and the tight was on.
THEN CHAOS REIGNED,
Splitting the ear drums Of prison in.
mates and soaring the fire department
horses almost into frenzy, the equeal-
ing, barking and growing of the dogs
let everyone know within wide radius
that a dog fight WIS on. and no mis-
take about IL. Rising at times higher
than the pitch OF the cries of the dogs
We're the shouts of Jubiliauon coming
from the big throat of the police SER
geant. To punctuate his approval of
the conduct OF his dog, Hempel planted
with some display of ardor his gem
erous feet upon the concrete jail yard.
The punctuation was highly suggestive
OF the bass drum used by the Salvation
Army in its street meetings.
Within the heart of the police SER
geant heretofore thought to be of the
tender variety, there must be something
that gloats at the sight of display of
brute strength and animal ferocity: for
as the teeth OF his dog plunged into
the flesh of its opponent, Hempel
shouted with great glee Hempel's dog
was winning its fight and hence the
gleeful shouts.
DIPLOMATIC RETREAT.
Meanwhile Peterson, whose dog was
coming out second best in the contest
was much chagrined. He permitted his
dog to take all 1t could stand, however,
and made no attempt to stop the fight.
The dog, however, being possessed of a
degree of intelligence highly crafty
ing to find in member OF the lower
orders in the animal Kingdom seemed
TO ponder over an oft repeated bit Of
sagacity running, He who fights ans
runs away" The phase caught the
dogs fancy and If Hempers dog had
followed Peterson's dog the pair would
have laned in the hay loft of the fire de-
partment, whittier Petersons dog fled.
Bleeding and beyond a doubt beaten.
Peterson's dog gave up. Thereupon
Hempel was smiling and very demon
strative towards his bull dog. Had the
dog been able to understand the SER
geants lingo--and 1t would take quite
a dog to do that-it would have heard
Its fighting qualities praised to the
high vaulted heavens.
PEACE RESTORED
The fight over and Hempel's dog the
winner. Hempel resumed his duty as a
guardian of the public peace Doubt
less had he encountered on the streets
later In the day a pair OF men who
were promoting dog fight, he prompt
~ would have arrested them and haul
ed them TO the police station to an
swer to Judge Diehl at tomorrow's
ante-luDcheon review OF law breakers.
As 1t Is, Hempel is making his rounds
this afternoon wearing a smile broad
as his own foot and feeling that he is
pretty much OF a policeman With
Hempe, he is much like the owner of
the OK told of by 41sop, II all depends
upon who owns the dogs that are fight
Ing.
No announcement to the effect has
been made, but IT is presumed In the
light OF this mornings occurrence, that
anyone having a dog that can fight
and who, because Of police activities
has been unable to pull off contest
may no do so. Sergeant Hempel may
match his dog against all Corners for
a contest to be waged In the jailyard
where Hempel win guarantee that no
official interference win be met.