Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — DISCOVERS OWN DOG IS THIEF [ARTICLE]

DISCOVERS OWN DOG IS THIEF

Walter J. Chapman, Jerseyville Prosecutor Finds Himself in a Dilemma. Jerseyville, Ill.—State’s Attorney J. Chapman has a difficult prosecution upon his hands. For several weeks neighbors have been missing articles delivered by grocers and left upon rear porches, and milk bottles have been emptied of their contents. Investigation disclosed that Ruler, a finely bred pointer owned by the (date’s attorney, had learned to open milk bottles with one paw.