Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1912 — Clever Dogs Trained by Smugglers. [ARTICLE]

Clever Dogs Trained by Smugglers.

The manner in which dogs ate trained by smugglers to assist in their operations on the Italian frontier is certainly ingenious. The canine pupil is submitted to various torments on Swiss territory, and after being repeatedly shot at by one of the gang, attired In the uniform of an Italian customs official, it is driven across the frontier into Italy. Here it meets with the greatest kindness at the hands of the smugglers, so that it soon learns to know on which side are its friends and on which its enemies. The dog is then taken back to Switzerland, where it is laden with sugar, tobacco and other articles of contraband, and is then allowed to escape back to Its friends in Italy.