Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1911 — DUDE DOG IS BURGLAR ALARM [ARTICLE]

DUDE DOG IS BURGLAR ALARM

Leads His Owner to Shop Where Clothes Had Been Stolen—Thinks Pretty Much Like Man. St. Louin —Just because a dog wears tailored clothes and goes around with a pipe In his mouth does not signify that he is only a dude dog and good for nothing. Sam, a bull terrier owned by Herman Williams, a tailor at 3563 Lindell avenue, was considered in that neighborhood a frivolous fellow who thought only of hu clothes and his pipe and who had no serious alm in life except to advertise his master's business. He had earned this reputation by years of loafing'on the streets, always dressed in coat, waistcoat and trousers made by Williams, with the advertisement of the tailor shop on his back. But from now on Sam will be looked up to as a dog who not only wears clothing like a man, but who thinks pretty much like a man, too. Williams has been In the habit of taking Barn's clothes off each night and leaving him to guard the tailor shop. Williams lives at 3709 A Olive street. At 8 o'clock the other morning Williams and his wife were awakened by the barking of s dog In their back

yard. Williams went down to the kitchen to see what was the matter. He heard the dog scratching at the back door and whimpering. He opened the door and was surprised to see that it was his own dog. When Sam saw him’he ran to tbe back gate, turned around and barked, ran back a few steps and then ran to the gate again. “Something wrong down to the store,” said Williams to his vrife. He got into his clothing and went with the dog. At the shop ho found tbe front door open. Thieves who had entered by prying open a back window with a jimmy had stolen two suits of clothing, and in their stead had been left two shabby overcoats.