The Washington herald., 1908-02-08
POLICE DOG BIT HIM
But Where Victim Does Not
Care to Indicate.
DISGRACE IS WHAT RANKLEs
Principal Injury to His Evening
Clothes, which Sustained Com
pound Fracture-one Hundred and
Tbirty-fOur stitches Required to
Close Wounds I'm Trousers.

X New York. Feb If Druggist ". n.
Brandenberg. who lives out in the Flat
bush section OF Long Island. knew just
where he was nipped by Nogi. one Of the
new police dogs at tile beginning OF to-
day be didn't have any Maltese crosses
marked around him 20 show where the
injury took place
Many news seekers tried today TO md
out the location Of tile nipping. The only
thing definitely learned was that Bran
denberg was slightly scratched on the out
skirts Of Brooklyn while trying to IN
lock his awn door upon his return from
the theaJer.
Brandenberg promptly applied lunar
caustic and safety pins. His principal
injury, he said, was "a compound frac-
ture of the evening clothes. The trousers
alone required J34 stitches, and it may be
that they win have to De completely am
putated.
Disgrace Worse Than wounds.
Brandenberg also said he was not in
jured as severely as ne was disgraced.
Probably If there had been any ore be-
Nogi tried TO prevent the druggist from
entering his own house. BrandenbeTg
would have been prostrated from shock.
All in all. Flatbush said to-day il was
glad the dogs have been added TO the
police force down in Capt. Boxer Kelley's
precinct Even Druggist Brandenberg,
standing ia mis- drug store beside the
more honest dogs on the police force the
better.
Il had my back turned 10 the dog az
the time" Brandenberg said when asked
about the geography Of the. bite by the
gifted artist Of an evening paper, who
wanted 10 know where 70 place the red
crosses on his sketch. The fact that
Brandcnberg was not watching the dog
at the time of the actual attack doubt
less explains his inability 10 locate the
scratch definitely
Deed Done in Darkness.
All the information he could give was
that he was trying TO unlock the door
when Nogi advanced several PAGES from
his companion, Policeman Michael Michel
son. and. taking advantage Of the dark
ness, did. violently and with premedita-
ton, sieze upon the person Of said
BrandenberE and then retire 10 lay at
the feet. OF his uniformed master sundry
portions OF solid matter that NOgi had
gathered up betimeS.
And then Nogi strolled on into the
night nonchalantly twirling the night
stick suspended from his tail.
According 10 Lieut.. Billy Funston. Of
the Ocean Parkway police station. the
only FlatbusheT vino is disappointed with
the new police dogs is ''Parenthesls'
Connolly, whose life was saved by Max,
one OF the four police dogs al the station
quite recently. -Parenthesls,' by the
way, explained to-day that the only
reason he can give for his nickname is
that since he was a mere child he has
been chronieally bowlegged.
Both Leap Through Hoop.
Max and Nogt simultaneously attacked
''Parenthesis' one night. too. since com
ing TO Capt Kelley's precinct Pa
renthesis" isn't sore about that. for the
reason that both dogs in their leaps missed
him altogether by going between him.
Are the police dogs a success. heUten-
anti" Billy Funston was asked to-day.
as he sat in the station house softly
stroking the oil stove he held IN his lap.
>eOh. yes" he replied. emphatically.
For a long time Lieut.. Billy lived in
Manhattan. He was the personal escort
Of Police Commissioner Theodore Roose-
welt In the old, old days. He is counted
the best looking man on the force. Gen.
Funston IS his uncle
Then he led the reporter to the barns
and showed him the dogs