The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
ANNISTON CANINE
 NPL|F|ES, EULOCY. IF SENATOR VEST.
Staying Of BuCkaIeW Reveals Remarkable Case Of Ani-
 mars Loyalty
ANNIsTON BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD ! Anniston, Ala, July :

ANNISTON, Ala, July 7.-Bucka- lew Wright, whose dead body was found in an ore test hole Tuesday morning with an ugly hole through the head from right to left, may have had some bad traits and his family and friends admit that such was the case without meaning to hurt his record now that he is dead or at tempt to hide a known fact. But the grief which has followed his tragic death is just as keen to the faithful wife and the five little chill dren whom he left. And the grief felt by the family Is no keener than that shown and felt by Fred, the black shepherd dog, who was with his master when he was shot to death by Arthur Anderson, and who Is known to have watched by the side of his master through a heavy wind and rain storm which came up about g o'clock, a few hours after Wright was killed on the top of a hill sev eral hundred yards from his home.
 Frightened at the intensity of the storm and made uneasy by the hus- bands absence from home on Mon- day night Mrs. Wright and the chill dreu spent a sleepless night in their home in the rear of Edgemont ceme- tery, little dreaming that the hus- band and father lay face down, cold in death, and target for the fierce fall of rain.
 Dog Arouses Family.
 About 10 o'clock Mrs. Wright was attracted to the front door of her home by the bowling, barking and scratching of the shepherd dog which was a constant companion of her husband when he was away from his work, and when she opened the door to admit the animal into her room the dog laid down on the floor and laid his head across his folded front feet, much in the same position that Wright's body was found the next morning. After laying quietly for few minutes the shepherd dog arose and made known his wis!i to leave the house and was not seen until the following morning.
 When Mrs. Wright's children and those of the neighborhood started the dog about half way between the house and the place where the body was found and the antics of the dog led the children to a discovery of the body of Mir. Wright lying on his fcae with his right arm cutstretched and the left under his head.
 After the body of the master was placed on a litter, the shepherd dog fingered near the spot and appeared to be hunting for the scent from the feet of his master, running around l1 a circle and seemingly being unable to understand what had happened after the body had been carried away.
 Revisits Murder Spot
 Since the murder, and for which Arthur Anderson Is confined In the county jail, the shepherd dog has divided his time between the home Af h b{c acfo fa nd nh 1dvny oYl1 the spot on the hill where the body laid for about 15 hours after the shot that ended his life had been fired
 During the lifetime of MT. Wright the shepherd dog exhibited no signs but since his death he has resisted every effort made to tie him and re- move him to another place where the family is staying temporarily.
 Back and forth between the empty house and the emptier ore test hole constantly and and occasionally his nose goes to the ground apparently In search of the trail he had followed so many times, and it Is pitiful to hear the howls of the dog in the midhours of night as he waits in vain for the coming of the master ne has served so long and well.
 Scores of people, idle on the Fourth of July, visited the scene of the murder of the moulder on Wednesday.
 The honored euloyy of Senator Vest on the faithfuhless of the dog seems to be amplified In the case of the black shepherd which has re- deemed the record of other canines in a degree of faithfulness toward the dead master on the edge of the government reservation at Camp Me- Clellan's old remount station near this city.