Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
DEFAMATION IN
LOCAL D0GD0M
Thirty-one CANNES Poisoned in
The Vicinity of First
Avenue.
RUSH CALLS SENT TO VETS.
Two Fatalities Occur-Matter Report
ed to Police But No Arrests
Are Likely TO Follow.

Using the principle of deduction as
Sherlock Holmes would say, 1t Is
quite evident, from the few facts
cleaned thus far, that some youngster
residing In the neighborhood of 5I4
First avenue was bitten by dog re-
Gently. This conclusion is reached by
the fact that, within the past "a
hours, probably so CANNES were
poisoned with strychnine. Thirty-one
well defined cases are positively known
of. Two OF them proved fatal ana
there are reasons to pelieVe otner
fatalities Will result.
The belief that some dog bit some
youngster or, possibly an adult. is
based on the condition of affairs In the
dog world along First and Second
avenues as they were discovered this
morning. Every dog for blocks around
that is. every dog that was not kept
in the house, got stomach full OIL
meat frescoed with strychnine, prov
ing that the person who did the poison
ing was no respecter of persons. or
rather dogs. and that he or she was
determined to get the right dog.
GENERAL ALARM TURNED IN.
Shortly after Veterinary Surgeon s.
LimPus reached his office this morn
ing he got call to hasten to the resi-
avenue to attend to pet dog. The
canine was suffering intensly from
poisoning. Another call came from tho
home of H. A joplin 662 First
avenue and still another from the
residence OF c. A. Johnson, 26e ]. street
At these places he found the same
condition of affairs-poisoned dogs.
Then calls began to come in thick and
fast and DR.. Limpus became suspicious
l. hnl do n
a practical joke. but as he answered
call after call he found 1t was no
Joke; that there was much suffering in
the neighborhood In all he attended
81 cases up to l o'clock this after
noon and he had prospects for many
more In sight.
1t made no difference whatever to
the poisoner what sort of dog got
the strychnine. They were all treat
ed alike. and the different tones of
canine howls that were emitted early
this morning caused the sleepy resi-
dents to think bedlam had been let
loose.
Some OF the dogs were of the breed
described as valuable. There wore
thoroushbreds. near thoroughbreds.
good dogs of various breeds and there
medium sized dogs, white. black.
brown and yellow dogs. but they were
all served with the same early morn
ing breakfast and there is now much
woo among the owners. likewise the
dogs.
POLICE REMAIN COOL.
Tho wholesale poisoning was report
ed to tho police through The News this
morning. but II Is not likely that any
special effort will be made to apprc-
hend the cruel person responsible for
bn mi oh hnt will
hard with him II the dog owners learn
his identity and. I'm that case. the po-
lice VIII have some interesting duties
10 perform.
When the matter was reported to the
police they said there are entirely too
many dogs i'm salt Lake city, that
the department OF dog catcher should
be stirred up. and that II would be
good thing If thousand OF two dogs
we're killed off. Chief of Detectives
Sheets shed no tears over the at
tempted slaughter. In fact he said he
would be willing to contribute for the
purchase of more poison or bullets II q
man could be found who would make
IT his business to eXterminate dogs 50,
il is not at all probable that the police
department Will do much gum shoe"
work In the present instance; not any
more than they did about eight months
ago when two or three dozen dogs were
poisoned or shot This occurred in the
northwestern part OF the city and citl-
zens awoke one morning to find the
streets Uttered with dead dogs
This afternoon word was received
from the Grant home to the effect
that the Grant dog was convalescent
and recovery seemed certain. and that
many other dogs in the neighborhood
showed signs OF Improvement by the
wagging of caudal appendages In the
meantime DR., Limpus is working over
time.