Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-04-22
DOG COLLECTOR
SHIRK|NG DUTY
City Officials Claim He Hires
Others to Do His Work
Refuse Pay.
WILL LOSE ABOUT SIS
Charge that Assistants Stole
Chickens. Another Is Push
ed Through Store Window.
WILL LOSE ABOUT SIS

Dog Warden Albert Leonard and
two assistants who have been the
l.use OF much vorFlmcnt to the act
Ing Mayor, other city officials and
a number Of residents. are now in
the meshes OF the law on several
charges. The disposition of these
is expected to cause an end to the
difficulties. Leonard has been call
ed to task by Acting Mayor Garrett
son for hiring assistants to do all
the dog catching and thereby shirB-
ing responsibilities. Daniel Komek,
the youngest assistant dog catcher
is in a cell In default of $500 bail
to await the action Of the grand
jury on a charge of having been i'm
plicated with Anton Mursh, anoth-
er assistant dog catcher, In stealing
chickens and a quantity Of setting
eggs from Fred w. Busse, Of 602
Neville street, A warrant is out for
Mursh on this count and the police
want him in connection with fight,
which occurred on State street Sat
urday afternoon, IN which Selig
Hersh claimed Mursh hit his five
year-old son.
Object to Paying Assistants.
City officials object to Leonard
engaging assistants to catch dogs.
1t has come to their attention that
he has done little or no work for
the city of late, that he engaged as
sistants to do the work and that he
paid them twenty-five cents for each
dog they caught, killed and buried,
for which he received S1.25 a dog
from the city. Acting Mayor Gar
retson conferred with some of the
aldermen last week and it was de-
cided to refuse payment to Leonard
for dogs caught by anyone else. In
dications are that the city has gain
ed about $25 by this order, for there
are about score of dogs in the
pound which Leonard's assistants
caught, according to the acting
mayor, and therefore Leonard can
not be paid for them.
The intention of the city was to
have responsible man do the work
of impounding dogs, killing and
burying them. He was to be held
responsible for the work and 1t is
for this reason that officials object
to paying Leonard for the work of
others. Numerous alleged unlawful
acts have been perpetuated by dog
catchers and for these Leonard has
refused to take any responsibility.
Alleged Theft of Chickens.
Anton Mursh and Daniel Komek,
the two assistants to Leonard, stole
bantam rooster, two bantam hens,
five large hens, setting of bantam
eggs and a setting of large eggs
from Fred w. Busse, of 500 Neville
street, Saturday night, according to
the police. When Busse complained
of the ~-, theft Mounted Patrolman
Hartmann began an investigation
Komek, at first denied any knowl-
edge of the theft, but confessed to
Hartmann after the officer found six
of the chickens cut up and in q pot
ready for cooking, in shed adjoin-
ing the city pound. He implicated
Mursh, who was not at hand at the
time.
Pushed Through Window.
Mursh wanted to complain against
Selig Hersh, a grocer, of 3S8 State
street, for pushing him through the
window of Joseph Kramer's cloth
ing store, Saturday afternoon, but
when he learned of Komeks cap
ture, he disappeared. Hersh and
Mursh caused considerable excite
ment by fighting on State street be-
tween Commerce and Center streets.
The grocer said Mursh hit his son
and proceeded to pummel the as
sistant dog catcher. A crowd soon
gathered and In the excitement,
Mursh told Patrolman Tonnesen,
Hersh pushed him through Kramer's
window, incurring loss of $25.