The Washington times., 1922-12-23
TRAIL | ! DRUG.
SELLERS
HERE
One Canins Detective Here viii
Find II In Pockets Intel
ligsncs Surprises.

u i d
ligsncs Surprises.
BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.
Sleuths charged with the sup
preston Of the dope evil have just
added to their ranks a new re-
cruit--the dogs sensitive nose.
Dope peddlers and those specializ-
Ing in the illegal possession and
transportation Of narcotics now
have new and battling factor of
detection to combat. Heretofore
they have felt safety lay in being
able to spot the narcotic agent be-
fore or as soon as he spotted them.
Hereafter they must include in
their category Of suspects. the
most dangerous, because naturally
endowed, detector that could be
but ON their trail.
Dog Specially Trained.
Fritz Won Oslebshausen, a four
teen-month-old Doberman pincher.
owned by Mrs. Carl Dreer, of San
Francisco, who is spending the WIN
ter In Washington. IL the first local
recruit to the ranks Of those engaged
In the suppression of the drug evil
In the city. He Is being given spe-
cial training course In trailing"
which insures his becoming dope
dOtecting dog specialist" whose fu.
ture services In apprehending dope
peddlers. addicts. and narcotic
caches viii give decided impetus to
the suppression OF the drug evil in
the city.
For years the Doberman pincher
has figured conspicuously In the
ranks of police dogs. Many police
all.round dog for police work ever
bred. This is because the Doberman
pincher Is an air-trailing dog. He IL
not dependent on the scent of foot
steps In locating his game. 1t was
the ability OF the Doberman pincher
to trail persons aid lost objects by
the scent picked up in the air that
suggested the possibility of training
the Doberman 10 detect any given
article carried by a person in the
pockets Of his clothing.
Trails Drug to Pocket.
A long series Of experiments were
made In determining the ability Of
Fritz to locate objects carried at q
given height from the ground. With
- httle training he developed the re-
squired ability. Today 1t Ia impos-
sible to fool him as to the height at
which the article he Ia trailing was
carried. Other experiments proved
that he possessed the ability of de-
tecting the person carrying II and
the pocket or portion of the cloth
ing in which 1t was being carried.
1t made no difference what dis
tance the person has Travelled: on
encountering him Fritz never fails to
stop him. He Is now being trained
to detect persons among whom por.
tions Of the object being sought has
been distributed. His ability to do
this Is the crucial test establishing
his value In detecting narcotics in
the possession Of persons he en-
eounters on the street.
VIII Learn the Scent.
Once his highly organized olfac-
tory nerves have been trained toi
recognise the scent of narcotics and
his schooling will have been COM
pleted. That should be accomplished,
Il is said. with a few weeks inten.
sive training.
The value of the dope trailing
dog specialist lies in his ability to
detect persons having narcotics in
their possession. He may not be able
to produce the proof of sale, but
once he has picked up the dope seller
he will trail him back to where he
sscretes his stock Of narcotics. The
eventual unearthingsof the cache 10
Inevitable. Even when confederates
Of the drug peddler are warned that
the dog is on the trail and attempt
TO save the unsold stock of narcotics
by removal. their efforts will prove
fruitless. The dogs nose will follow
them wherever they 60 as uner-
ringiy AZ the needle points to the
North Pole. Narcotic agents will
merely have to follow the dog. Seiz-
ure Of the narcotics and the arrest
n those seeking toihide them must
result.
Resembles. Black and Tan.
Unliks In appearance other dogs
used for crime detection by the po-
Nee. the Doberman pincher IL in a
class by himself. He resembles a
black and tan, but 10 many sizes
larger than tho diminutive dog of
that species. He comes by his ap.
pearance honestly. however, for he
IL an out breed Of the Manchester
black and tan. crossed with the
mastiff and wolf. His head Is shaped
somewhat like that Of the English
bulldog. though not 90 massive about
the .jaws. With his heavy coat Of
black short hair. his sharply trimmed
ears and stub tail, he offers no hand
holds by which he can be caught
and thrown when he undertakes to-
stop and hold his victim. Instinc.
lively he II not afraid Of either tho
Seport or the flash Of q revolver, and
seemingly 10 impervious to pain
caused by blows received while hold
ing person he is determined to
stop.
Fritz comes from registered
stock. Among his ancestors, q
grandfather, is Carlo Won Oslebs-
hausen. conceded to be the best
trained police dog ever imported to