Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1911 — DOG ROBS MANY HEN ROOSTS [ARTICLE]

DOG ROBS MANY HEN ROOSTS

Animal Had Been Agent of Band of Thieves in Stealing Chickens, Turkeys and Other Poultry. ■■ <• Hempstead, L. I.—One of the boldest thieves ever encountered by the police of Valley Stream,JU L, was* captured after a consultation among officers, was tldd to a stake outside the station and shot dead. He was a log known as “Black Fox.”, According to reports the animal had been the agent of a band of thieves In stealing several thousand ehlckens, ducks and turkeys. . ; 7 Policeman Ryan saw the dog go to one chicken yard eight times and each time leave with a fat chicken in its mouth. Tracing the dog’s footprints through the mud to a elump of woods, Ryan found two large gunnysacks flllsd with 40 chickens. The owner of the dog had disappeared.