Show DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOG THAT BIT CHILDREN NEW YORK July 24 There There Is sorrow In the house of fire engine company No 39 39 at No East Sixty seventh street Bess the firemen's Dalmatian coach dog has been sentenced to death She bit eight persons Sunday so Fire Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- Lantry has ordered her execution Bess Is a mate to Oakey the dog presented presented pre pre- to the engine company by Reginald Vanderbilt Until her five puppies came a afew afew few days ago Bess was all gentleness the friend of every youngster in the neighbor neighbor- hood Whenever children found Bess wandering wan wan- dering the streets away from the firehouse firehouse fire fire- house they petted her and took her back That is how they came to be bitten Sun Sun- day Some of the parents of the bitten children children chil chil- dren fear hydrophobia so Commissioner Lantry has ordered that she be watched for a few days to determine if she has hydrophobia after which she Is to be put putto putto to death |