Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
At Meeting of Owners Pledges
Are Made to Subscribe
Funds.
SEVENTH PRECINCT MEN
TAKING PART IN SEARCH
Private Detective to Be Hired to
Trail Man Whose Desorip.
ton Il Obtained.

The services Of a private detective
backed up by the organized efforts OF
the police Of Washington and the resi-.
dents Of Chevy Chase, will be utilized In
an effort to bring about the arrest Of the
person responsible for the wholesale poi
soning Of dogs which has been going on
in that suburb for the past three months.
This plan was decided on at a meeting
| of citizens of that community held last
night in the public library
| Every person present last night pledged
| himself to subscribe to fund to carry
on this work Some promises of as much
| as $50 and 800 were received from resi-
dents of Chevy Chase, if the money were
required. Capt Henry Schneider of the
seventh precinct. which embraces that
part of Chevy Chase which lies in the
District of Columbia, said that Maj. Syl-
vester had authorized him to offer a re-
ward Of $50 for the arrest and conviction
| of whoever was responsible for the
| wholesale poisoning. and had further
authorized him to spare no expense In
| his efforts to fix the blame on the man
| responsible.
Description of Poisoner.
| opiIiOu was pIdGliCdiIy uHuiVlOeu lfldt
one man is killing the pet dogs He was
described by Capt. Schneider and a num-
Der of men whose dogs had died OF
strychnine poisoning. and the details OF
his appearance were agreed upon by
every one who described him. He is said
to be rather red-faced man. five feet
eight or nine inches tall, rather stout, be-
tween forty and forty-fve years old and
weighing in the neighborhood Of 200
pounds The police OF the city, are in
possession OF other facts regarding this
man, but refuse to divulge them at this
time.
Lieut. ]. L. Giles of the police de-
partment In charge of the Tenleytown
station of the seventh precinct, the
nearest station house to the scene of
the many poisonings, told of finding a
bull pup few days ago. and OF having
an autopsy performed on the dog. He
had apparently died of strangulation, it
was found, the lungs being congested.
Some traces of strychnine were discov-
cred, however, and 1t was pointed out
that the action of this drug is to con-
tract the involuntary muscles with which
cause his death from what appears to
be strangling.
Direct charge Of the campaign to dis
cover the man who is leaving pieces of
on lawns and in the streets was placed
in the hands Of a committee. composed
of Joseph w. Craig. chairman; Dr.
James A. Emery of the bureau of an
partment. A. J. Cummins, John 8. Maui
ry and DIR. Thomas X. Conrad. Mr..
Craig acted as chairman of the meet
ing last night. c. E. Dawson serving as
secretary.
Owners Relate Experiences.
number Of persons related their ex-
nnrancec Of fhar ba;p
whose dogs had been killed In one or
two instances the man whose description
was given had been seen very early in
the morning. Those who saw him be-
iieved he was delivering milk until the
peculiar fact developed that wherever
he was seen dog died within a few
hours. All the dogs showed the same
strychnine poisoning.
Pharmacy Inspector r. A. Sanders was
present last night, and will aid in the
hunt for the suspect. He has been de-
voting some of his time for the past three
months to discovering where the drug
is purchased, and by a system of elimi-
nation has brought his end of the inves-
tigation down to very few sources of
supply.
The principal danger of which the
Chevy Chase residents are apprehensive
is that some child will find piece of the
poisoned sausage and be killed by eating
IL. The committee in charge of the af-
fair will probably print a circular within
few days setting forth the symptoms
Of various poisons, and the first aid
and antidotes to be used when these
signs appear. This is for the protection
of the children, well as an attempt to
save any dogs which may be poisoned in
the future.
Adjourn Subject to Call.
After discussion of the problem by
number Of those present, the meeting was
adjourned subject to call by the commit
tee. Those who spoke were d. l.. Selke.
W. T. S. Curtis, former mayor Of Chevy
Chase; DR.. James A. Emery. A. ]. Cum
minis. Lieut.. Giles, Capt. Schneider. c. E.
Dawson, Charles H. Bates and J. w
Craig. 1t was decided to ask the District
authorities to make an immediate report
of any licensed dogs found dead and to
notify the owners Immediately.
Nearly 900 have signified their attention
to help in the effort to find the man
responsible for killing the dogs. and
their Willingness to subscribe literally
toward the expense of accomplishing
this object. Those present last night In
cluded w. T. Murphy. w. 7. s. Curtis.
Charles II. Bates. DR.. Thomas X. Conrad,
Anderson, E. r. Lowndes. E. D. Ryer-
son. Z. Hume Talbert. D. l.. Selke, B. w.
sommers. r.. E. L. Yellott. NJ E. Cum
minis, A. J. Cummins, Capt Henry
Schneider. Lieut. j. L. Giles. Inspector
r. A. Sanders. Clarence A. Dawson. DR..
James A. Emery. Joseph w. Craig, 8. ].
Henry, c. r. p Rogers. H. H. Kerr and