Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1889 — A Canino Throf. [ARTICLE]

A Canino Throf.

A “dog thief' b on* of the latest of Parisian queer things and curiosities. Last week a big Newfoundland dog went, into a large shop or store near the ljas* tile, and aftefr haring “prospected around” for some time selected a bundle of shooting-jackets, seized them between his teeth and made off with them. The hue and cry was raised, and the spectacle presented by the hunt was of the most animated character. Half the staff of the store, accompanied by a hundred or so small boys and several policemen, pursued the canine purloiner until he was brought to bay. The bundle was duly recovered and the dog was marched off to the police station, preparatory to his removal to and probably permanent fixture in the “pound.” As several tradesmen had complained that the dog had already been round their way for predatory purposes, the conclusion was arrived at that the animal must have been trained to thievery by some of the “Fagins” of the Faubourg St. Antoine.