The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-02
RESIDENTS AROUSED
OVER Dog POISONING
Northwest Section Citizens
Also Complain Of Depre-
dationS on Property. -

Valuable dogs are again being poison
ed by the wholesale in the vicinity Of
Tenth and I streets northwest.
Within the last few days more than ?
dozen dogs have been killed Ia this sec
tion Of the city
Besides poisoning dogs, there have
been depredations Of private property in
the same neighborhood recently amount
ing 10 hundreds Of dollars. Nine tele-
phone wires have been cut during the
night and windows broken I'm many
houses. The neighbors, however, do not
believe that the dog polsouer is the
game one who commits the depredatlons.
The telephone wires, 80 is believed, were
cut by a gang Of small boys.
Last spring about thirty dogs were
poisoned I'm this part Of the city within
g period Of two weeks. one of the dogs
was valued at 800
Arsenic Used.
In almost every case the poison has
been recognized as arsenic The most
recent death Of dog by poison was
yesterday. when a Great Dane belong
ing TO Miss Mary b. Yeatman, Of OPS
New York avenue, dropped dead In
front Of the house. The dog was seen
snort time heLoIe EnaWiuE q Duue Hl
the street the dog was valued at
s. 600 Miss Neatman had recently re-
fused 500 for him. The dog was
champion" having won eighteen prizes
At all of the big shows in the country
Mrs. 4. z. Dorsey. who lives at 1905
] street. had dog poisoned last
saturday. The following day Great
Dane belonging 10 Frank Stumph, OF
951 I street died from arsenic poison
ing.
ed by Dan Hatton, proprietor OF an
oyster house at Ninth and ] streets,
died Of arsenic poisoning. Another
victim of the poison W. Dixie,
bulldog belonging 20 Mrs Jennie Muir
ray, of $50 Tenth street. The dog
followed his mistress to a grocery
store, and on the way picked up
piece Of the poisoned meat The dog
died IN park on the way back home.
Reward offered.
1t would seem thai this poison is
being distributed in the streets parks
and alleys during the night" said Mrs
Murray today, ct viii give SIS reward
for the arrest and conviction Of the per-
son who is doing il. and if the others
who lest their pets in this manner would
contribute there would be a reward that
would make il worth while TO sec that
the guilty ones were brought to justice. d"
Leo OecekOFen, proprietor OF the Ey-
elyn Hotel Thirteenth street and New
York avenue. who lost a valuable dog
by arsenic poisoning last April. fears
that an attempt is being made to Kill
another Of his pets. He keeps the an
finals constantly locked up.
The matter has been reported 10 the
police and detectives are working on
the case. Some Of the dog owners have
made up a fund 20 employ private de
tecUyes.
No Law For 0ffense.
At present there is no law in the Dis
uict which specifically covers this Of
Tense. but Major sylvester has recon-
mended 10 the Commissioners the en-
actment of such n regulation.
A canvass Of the neighborhood by a
reporter for The Times this morning
developed that eight dogs have been
poisoned within the last thirty-siX hours.
"a large dog, whose owner is not known,
was seen 20 pick up a bone this morning
at Tenth and i streets. The dog, after
gnawing he bone q few minutes, ran
down Tenth street TO Pennsylvania ave-
nue., where he dropped dead.