Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1914 — Exonerated From Theft Charge by Dog's Tricks [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Exonerated From Theft Charge by Dog's Tricks

KANSAS CITY, MO. —Trickß which a bird dog remembered for three years and demonstrated in Justice Charles Clark’s courtroom the other day ) freed its master of a charge <of grand larceny. Wiley A. Card, formerly of

2700 Denver avenue, was charged with the theft of Roxie from the home of W. J. Glover, 414 West Forty-second street. Glover had owned the dog a little more than two years. Card said the dog belonged to him and had wandered from home three weeks before. When he passed the Glover home he said it Tecognized him and followed him away. . , . _ “It’s mine,” spoke Card from the witness stand, ‘ismfl 1 can make her do some tricks that will prove it.” “Oh, no, you can’t,” Glover said. “It doesn’t know any tricks.” “Rox,” spoke Card. The dog advanced to the open space In front of the defendant’s chair. “Stand apt” The dog arose to its hind legs, cocked its head

to one Bide and looked at the witness. Card took a small paper box from his pocket He tossed it into the air. Roxie retrieved It before it touched the floor. “Now, roll over and then go shut the door.” The dog promptly rolled over, and then pushed the courtroom door shat with Its nose and a fore foot ✓ “That’s enough,” Bald the justice, when the crowd’s demonstrations of pleasure could be controlled. “That dog surely knows you. The case is dismissed. It is the business of the civil court to decide the permanent ownership of the dog.”