A THIEF CAPTURED BY A DOG.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3062, 7 December 1878, Page 4

A THIEF CAPTURED BY A DOG.

An officer connected with one of the .police establishments of Glasgow has a dog that rejoices in the patriotic appellation of " Wallace," and from the conduct of this animal it would appear that dogs, like men, recognise the responsibility, of sustaining the reputation with wßich they are associated, either by name or position. Wallace seems to have attained a profound acquaintance with the habits and duties of the " force," and evidently con'? aiders-himself as closely identified with their interests, and bound to assistthem in emergencies. Two or three nights ago, while Wallace was sauntering' about through the streets, carefully avoiding all intercourse with "curs" of inferior quality, his attention was attracted by the shrill, piercing sound of a polliceman's whistle. Off he flew like lightning to, the locality whence the sound proceeded, and discovered a constable in hot pursuit after afugitive thief. The dog immediately joined the pursuit, and, put-distancing his friend of the baton, speedily overtook the runaway, whom he pinned up against a wall, and defied him to leave the spot until the arrival of the representative* pf the law.—Glasgow Star.