Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-31
WILLIE COLLINS
 IS STAR DOG CATCHER
(FrOm Wednesdays Daily.)

Prescott IS possessed of an of
 fieial in the police department. who ] has adopted novel form of proceed ure in the performance of his duties
 Instead of rOping his prisoners and dragging them to the bastile; or in
 the event of their proving unman-
 ageable, calling on the passers-by to aid him in subduing any refractory ! prisoner, he. makes the acquaintance
 of the malefactOr and after turning
 upon him the full light of his 25O-
 candle power smile, marches off to-
 ward the lookup, and, strange as it
 may seem, there is not ease on rec ord where the prisoner has failed to
 follow willingly.
 Last week this unusual official
 made thirty-five arrests, and in
 every ease but one wrongdoer was
 convicted. That one pleaded elem
 eney and is alive today to tell the tale. Death was the sentence imposed upon the rest of the unfortunates, and the entire canine population of Prescott is still in mourning for the loss of some of the most prominent members of local "dogdom."
 No necessity to tell you that the official referred to is ''WilIie" Col lins, the local g-polieeman. Not that Willie is a dog by any means, merely a dog policeman. Everyone knows that Willie has been a good citizen ever since he arrived in Pres eott, said arrival having been his initial appearance on earth.
 Collins says that the proper way to catch a dog is to exert a certain amount of psychological influence OF him, and then at the crucial moment. look scared, let out a yell and start for the cooler as fast as you can. One of the essential features of this mode of arrest lies in the fact that yOu must be able to beat the dog otherwise-wen. otherwise it would be a sad tale. "Anyone," he says, "ean rope dog and drag him in. but those metho's are beneath me. I can make MT. Dog arrest himself. '''
 Last week, he eorralled thirty-five. vagrant eanines and after waiting the time required by law, shot them. He saved a big, wise looking shep- herd till the last, and then, feeling that he dared not turn him adrift against every word of the law, which says that they must be licensed or killed, he called him out into the yard in order to tie him to the post; and then shoot him. The poor, home less waif came to his call, and stood with hanging head before his exeeu- tiOner. Collins hesitated a moment. and grasped him by the collar to tie him. With almost human intelli- genee the poor dog gazed into Col lins' face and then with that look of appeal that is only seen in the faces of our silent friends-quietly lifted his paw to shake hands-perhaps to look into a human eountenanee for the last time in his life. Collins stepped back, astounded, but the dog remained standing still as death, as if waiting for his exeeutioner to get back his nerve and shoot him, as he mad seen him shoot down his previous companions The ex- oressiOn on his sad face did not ,hange, and he stood there silently. waiting his doom.
 'This dog don f die if I have to leep him myself'' So, if anyone wants a big shepherd dog, who is wise enough to plead for his own fife so pathetieally that he succeeds n melting the heart of the dog cop. Ie need only apply to Collins, tell i'm that the dog will have a good Ome, and he will he presented with
 beautiful dog of more than usual agaeity. If you have dog run ing around without collar bearing is license number and he fails to how up at meal time. better call up Willie Collins at the City Hall, and ind out if your pet is registered at he city hotel for vagrant dogs.
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