Nick Carter Stories No. 147, July 3, 1915: On Death's Trail; or, Nick Carter's Strangest CaseCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 147, July 3, 1915: On Death's Trail; or, Nick Carter's Strangest Case
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
In a previous issue we briefly described a dog named Woodrow Wilson that
was said to be able to utter sounds which distinctly resemble words. The
dog is a bull terrier and was named Woodrow Wilson because on the day of
President Wilson’s inauguration he wandered into the home of Miss Rose
Bonn, of Scottsdale, Pa., his present owner.
He does such feats in “talking” that he is the wonder of the town. He
answers questions promptly and correctly. For instance, when he is asked
“Whom do you love?” he promptly replies, “My mamma.”
Woodrow Wilson may be a remarkable dog, but there have been other
talking dogs brought to the attention of the public during the last
decade, says a writer who has made note of them. There was Cutey! Did
you ever hear of her? Well, her owner was positive she could speak, and
many of his friends were willing to corroborate his enthusiastic
statements.
Cutey’s ability as a talking dog was brought to the attention of the
public in a peculiar way. A small boy was playing with a ball in East
Fourteenth Street, New York, one afternoon when a fox terrier strolled
along and stopped to watch the boy. Greatly to the boy’s astonishment
the dog suddenly said: “I want my rights.”
It did not take long for the boy to spread the news about the talking
dog, and finally it reached the newspapers. A reporter was sent to see
the owner of the dog, Fred Jackson, of 241 East Fourteenth Street.
Although the reporter was skeptical when he entered Cutey’s home, he
emerged convinced that if the dog did not speak, she made a pretty good
attempt.
It took Cutey’s owner three months to teach her how to say “I want my
rights.” He got the idea from observing the dog trying to repeat things
that were said to her. It was also asserted by neighbors that Cutey was
able to say “I will not” and “Good night, everybody.”
A dog named Rolf attracted much attention in Berlin because of his power
to utter sounds which could be distinguished as words. This dog not only
could speak, but he could spell. In fact, he attracted so much attention
that Professor Claparede, of the department of experimental psychology
of the University of Geneva examined the dog and pronounced him a
wonder.
The professor, in order to avoid collusion between the dog and his
mistress, brought a set of pictures along with him which the dog had
never seen. One of the pictures showed four mice nibbling at cheese.
Without any hesitation the dog spelled out words which convinced
Professor Claparede that Rolf knew what the picture was.
Not long ago the police of Philadelphia made what they considered an
important capture in the form of a dog who was in league with a band of
thieves. While this animal did some petty thieving on his own account,
he was valuable to the thieves because of his ability to “talk” to them
whenever he saw policemen approaching. His “talk” consisted of short
barks, which the thieves understood perfectly.
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