The Coolidge examiner., 1935-04-26

PROSTATE mans pulse. Then he
stood up and shrugged.
He's quite dead, Markham" he
said without the slightest emotion
The dogs faugs severed the Jugu
lar vein and the carotid artery
Nrede died almost al once tro-
the prufuse hemDrrhaxr aud. pos
sibly. an air embollsm No
use rushing him TO a doctor"
And what 90 you want me 10
do}' walled the frightened Eur.ght
Vance answered him.
ECO hose and take a sun drink
and Try 10 forget the episode. (,
'ye need you. wen call on YOU.
Eur.sht made an attempt % an
s"er. but failing. be turned aud
waddied away into the gathering
mist.
Let's be going. Markham sug
Eested Vance 'Wrede's appearance
doesn't charm me. and the sergeant
will look after things" lie turned
10 Heath. by the by. Sergeant.
vel De az the Coe home Join as
there after the ambulance comes.
Heath nodded without looking up
lie stu stood. revolver IN hand
gazing down at the dead body OF
Wrede, IKE n man hypDotlzed
Who'd have thought dog could
DO u =" he munbled.
Personally I feel rather grateful
20 the poberman." Vance said In
low voice. as be walked away 70.
ward his parked car.
II vas only two blocks 10 the Coc
residence and nothing vas said eu
route; but when we were seated ln
the library. Markham broke the 81.
lence By trying TO put into words
bis bafTled state OF mind
There's something queer about
all this. vance-your interest IN
that pobermnn Plnscher. and then
10 have him attack Wrede In that
brutal fashion. And / can't see
that we're getting anywhere
There's Just one tragedy after an.
other, without any light on the case
! suppose you see some connection
between the Scottish terrier and
the Doberman. Would you mind
telling me what was In your mind
when you looked up EnrightT"
There was nothing cryptic about
II. my dear Markham Vance vas
moving about the room almlessly.
looking az the various vases ami
objets dart. When the sergeant
told me that Wrede owned a dog. !
vas particularly Interested. for he
wasn't the type of man that could
love any animal lie was an en-
forced egois;. with a somewhat ylo-
lent lnferiority complex his ego
ism. IN fact. had been automaticai-
ly built up % cover his complete
lack of confidence ln himself. lie
bad a shrewd. unscrupulous brain
which be was unable 10 use ia ans
practical way. Aud be wns con
stantly ln need Of substitutes for his
sense % lnferIority II Is not uucom
mon for persons of bis nature 10 <,
IN for dumb animals They 10 GO, De-
50 because az hny instructive liking
for the animals. but because. having
failed to impress themselves upon
their equals. they can bully and tor
meni an animal. and thus give
themselves feeling of herolsm
and superiority. The animal Is
merely an outlet Tor their lack %
self.conndence and. nt the same
time. the animal gratlnes their pro
found instinct for domination. The
moment heard that wrede had
owned dog. | wanted 10 see the
dog. FOR I was sure he had mis-.
treated IT, And when | saw the
Doberman's frightened and tlmid
demeanor. ! knew that he had suf-
fered horribly az Wredes hands.
Markham. thar Doberman showed
all the signs OF having been beaten
and abused-and that fitted perfect
ly with my estimate of wrede's
character"
But" objected Markham. "the
Doberman certainly showed no tim.
ldlty at the sight OF wrede lie
was aggressive and vlclous-ugh ?"
lie had regalned his confidence
in himself" Vance explained. En-
Fights kindness and benevolent
treatment after the dogs terrible
experience at wrede's hands. was
what. In the end. revived the Do
berman's courage sufficiently TO kill
Wrede."
lie sat down and lighted another
cigarette.
Almost any man may be a mur.
derer. but only a certain type OF
man can injure a dog the way that
Scottie was injured here the other
night BY striking that little bitch
over the head. the murderer left his
signature on the crime Now
do you understand why | was SO
interested In Wrede's Doberman
Pinscher7"
Markham leaned forward.
"Do you mean TO say that
Wrede-!"
Vance held up his hand.
"Just a moment. | want TO talk
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