The Washington herald., 1915-08-08
CASEY, THE COP
He Talks About Gratitude.

! replied the officer. One day a year ago
! | was in reserve at the station house
In come servant girl in widest alan m
and exclaimed that there was a mad dog
! smoke. The sergeant ordered me to go
I and put an end to the dog and the cN.
! citement l was in such hurry to get
away that I left my pistol p,hind'
1t was a dog that belonged to the
! woman that lust passed. He was no
! poodle thing. but great ot5 Nswfound-
land. He had gone mad il the house
/ and driven out all the servants, while
/ the woman herself was in her room and
! screaming out of a front widow. The
! dog had taken to the street and in
/ running a block and back he had bitten
three persons. He had then entered the
house again. and it was there I found
/ him when l lad pushed my way through
u crowd of haf Il n I"s1ad irsGric.'
The dog. was on tie front stairs, froth-
/ ing and glazing. a S / entered the hall
and l tell you he was savage picture.
I He at once made A leap for my throat.
I and had he struck me with his weight
he vralu have knocked me down like a
ten-pin However. I lodged as he spran::
and gave him such clip VITA the club
beside the head that he went down. a2,l
lay - still that | thought I rad killed
aim at d single blow.
Some of the crowd at the door thought
50. too. and set up a cheering While some
inGtr.dUal rang for the polio" reserve.
The latter arrived just as the woman
LOT ior the momen, mat the dog was
mad. or else her temper hlinced her.
" Have you killed my dog. she scream
ed at me-
BY SCOT luck I have ma'am.' re-
Piled
And then she called me a brute A
beast and a dozen other hard names, and
she rlade threats of what her husband
~ u'd ~ in my case. Five or FiN other
officers came piling into the hall and
she gave the whole gang of them tongue
la<hinE. She was still at il when the
dog recovered his wits and his less. She
srrineInE after her when l delivered
"A blow with all my strength. and crack
I'd his skull and stretched INN dead. We
dragged him out and threw him into the
wagon and drove away
Well was that the end. l asked. as
Casey came to a stop
Not quite" was the repl,-. She post
ed off to headQUarters and had a story
E., tell tie '.,:IrniSe!nnsr. According T..
h"T w. sion the dog was not mad. but
lad eaten something which had d.
acie~d with him. I NAV tell you. how
ever. that tn animals brain was eX-
amired and / w.: FOUND dat the brit
Aas suffering with case Of true hrdro-
phohla. His tn victims took the Pas
teur trea TN ut 1T once, and came through
al right
'.IoI will hardly believe it" contin,
ued Casey but that woman claimed
that I drove the dog mad If he really
was MAJ Sne also S3IN IntI was Wy
imruden; throughout the who'll affair
and she heard several OF the crowd re-
prove me for my language. I have CIV
en- You all I said 10 her on the occa-
later on. was the fact that on the hall
floor WAS r new rug that had cost some
thing over $40. From my first blow the
dos had bled pretty freely from the ear.
This had stained the rug and IS she
asserted had ruined ii forever. She also
ras sensitive and indignant at such
mon gathering in front of nor home.
she made our great deal to the Com
r.l.sS.o ner. and he promised an immediate
investigation. In making that investlCa-
ion. he found that was doing my duty
in the 'ase. and doing II b.avely. too. If
Gu will excuse my mo6estv in saving
-. 4 dozen diff, rent people told him
That I took my life in my hands in go
ing into the hous" AS | did without any
other weanon but my club, but the
woman and her husband continued to
press tho case. and their influence was
such that the Commissioner realized that
ne must DO something. He. therefore.
sent for ne. and had me relate the
story from my own standr oint. When l
had finished. he said
Case. I don't want to see YOU lose 1.
your job.
Nor I either. sir said.
And ! don't want 10 lose mine.
+ think YOU deserve a medal. Casey.
tUt you a:s going TO get something IL
GlaCe ~ II.
Thanks. SIR
Oh YOU needn't thank me because | !
am going to fine YOU twenty DAYS pay !
md YOU can consider Yourself officially ,
rel rimanded
4 will. sir.
Understand. Northumberland that ,
now and then goat has to be found ,
20 smooth over dtfti"ultX Don't talk
} silent goat Do you catch on Casey
Il do. Mr.. Commissioner.
And nv call ended with his reaching
his hand in his pocket and making good
nv fine The brewer and mis- wife were
"A little voXed to learn that l was not to
set the full bounce and broken neck
besides. but they let things pass.
But it seems that the wife is on your
trail vet" | said.
Yes as YOU heard her say. but I
shall he on the lookout and If any of
her dogs run mad shall take care to
he mile away At the time