The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-26
DEVICES or poG THIEVES.
London Criminals That Have Made Ca
nine Kidnapping a Fine Art.

Modern dog stealing Is q fine art, and
III London and the provinces Their are
homes where stolen CANNES can be left
until an opportunity occurs for getting
rid 81 them. said a detective to the writ
er the other day Until quite recently
d little kitchen in o crime stricken slum
Of Whitechapel was given over entirely
to the purposes Of dog storing When a
thief brought IN his prey the master Of
the home allotted large soap box to
the animal. Each dog in this kitchen
was supplied with kennel in the shape
Of a wooden box, inside Of which was
a bowl Of water, with tray for food.
/ believe the keeper OF the home"
charged two shillinps a week for each
dog lodged and boarded there
large number Of stolen dogs are
shipped TO the continent. Belgium is
the best market, for dog sales are held
in several Of the principal towns every
weekend. Fancy dogs fetch very good
prices in Holland Dogs which will not
fetch more than Go in this country viii
sell as much as ESQ in the land Of the
windmill
Up tin a short time ago these used
to be a great market for English dogs
IN Paris. every English dog being looked
upon in the French capital as a thor
oughbreads Whether a dog had a pedi
gree or not, If It was English bred It
much be Thoroughbred and. according.
~, would command a fabulous price
There is scarcely any market now IN
Paris. however, The people there having
discovered that half Of the dogs sent
over from London and sold as thorough
breds" were next deer 70 monnels.
Dog thieves work n various ways. and
they have to be exceedingly careful when
on business bent. for it Is not every
canine that will allow q stranger to APP
proaeh ii. Many a good dog win take
a piece out Of any mans leg If he at
tempts to whistle 1t of, and 20 it is
desirable and necessary to make friends,
as II were.
There are many ways Of doing this
A dog thief seeing q dog IN q park, for
instance, which he thinks viii fetch q
good price. viii. il the animal Is being
I'D on leash. follow it and its master
or mistress home Later on the stealer
loafs round the house. and finds out
where the dogs kennel is and also It's
name One dark night he pays a visit
ia the dog. whispers It's name in a sweet
tone. and throws the animal a piece Of
juicy meat After the deg has had two
or three such pieces Of meat, Il may
allow the stealer to unite its chain from
its kennel Then the dog follows the
man. Nhyi Because the stealef has
about him peculiar scent which will in
ducs a dog to follow him for miles.
A year OF two ago a dog thief managed
to secure a place at a West End dairy
His business was to deliver milk at the
best houses in the early morning. and
be used to carry an empty can Of a
good size on his rounds. II q small dog
came 20 the door. it was snatched up
and put in the can. A bit Of prepared
liver on the bottom Of the can kept the
animal quiet until the milkman-thief
was in the next street, where q confed
crate was awaiting him in trap with
cage 10 hold dogs ingeniouslv hidden IN
der the seat / think this rogue secured
no fewer than forty dogs some yalu.
able. some not BIZ means Of this can
trick before he was captured and sen
fenced to a well merited term Of impris.
onment.
A dog stealer win not risk selling
the animals he steals as they are Tie
carefully alters their appearance. Here
is an example 81 dog taking A fine
bull terrier was stolen from i West End
square, and when the thief had got II
in the privacy Of his own home he set
to work 70 disguise It. Upon It's back
he produced big patches 81 liver color
BY burning lis back with eaustic A
mark or two on its cars and few on
Is paws completed the disguise.
IF stolen pug dog lacks the line
down the back that would make it valu- |
able, the dog faker places the animal /
In a wooden cage having piece Of wood |
AZ the top with a sit Of tie same dimen
sions as the line that is wanted on the
dogs hack Through this slit very /
powerful dye Is introduced. and made 1
fast with nitric acid The application /
Of the acid causes the dog agonies. but /
The faker does not stop to consider that.
From Tit Bits.