DOG’S FIDELITY

Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1933, Page 6

DOG’S FIDELITY

CAUSES HIS MASTER’S ARREST,

SYDNEY, November 11

How a dog’s fidelity brought about his master’s arrest lies behind a smart piece of work by a young detective.

For weeks detectives have been searching for a man wanted in another State in connection with a matter involving several thousads of pounds. They only knew that he lived in a street near the Randwick post office. They noticed, however, that during the last few days a fox terrier, known to belong to the wanted man, had disappeared from the streets in which it had wandered. ’ !r

A few-nights ago a young detective, while, walking home, saw the dog inside the front garden of a house, frantically endeavouring, to leap over the shut gate.' This 'was'nearly two miles from the area in'which the suspect was ‘bbirig' sduglitr "

Tli© detective reasoned that the. animal, which, had Keep the almost constant. companion of its master, had been left by'tlie' latter with af friend to divert ' attentionfrom his -where- '' ■ v •;

It was heaily : '- ; midriightV and the cottage was in darkness. The detectlv'e. opened the gate, and the fox terrier, delighted,' dashed into the street.. • -, v ...

The detectiv© ' followed the dog, which took no notice of him, hut led the way. through the streets of Randwick, It quietly halted outside a house, cleared the gate, and ran along a sidei passage. The .detective telephoned other police and they knocked at the door, which was opened by the man they bad sought for weeks. He was arrested.