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Show t The Bobber' Dog Wa Tagged. Chief of Police Speers received a letter from the chief of police at Kokomo, Ind., stating that a daring burglary had recently re-cently been committed in that town. The robbers who did the work, the letter stated, had a dog with them, and there was also a dog'on the premises of the man whose house was burglarized. The two dogs got to fighting, and the robbers dog was killed and its owners left its carcase in the yard where it felL Around the dead animal's neck was a collar; and fastened to it was a Kansas City dog tag that showed that it had been issued in 1889. Chief Speers turned the letter and the number of the dog tag over to the city clerk, who by looking over the records for 1889 found the name of the man to whom the tag had been issued. His residence was given as East Seventeenth street. When tho city clerk looked in the directory to see if the man still resided on East Seventeenth street he found opposite the name in brackets the words, "Removed to Kokomo, Ind." The authorities au-thorities at Kokomo have been notified. Kansas City Times. |