Show MURDERER TRACED BY DOG animal follows man who killed girl to a ballroom and attacks him geneva the little e village v ot of al sta etten in the cant canton on of 0 st gall has offered a striking illustration ot of the value of dogs doga in criminal detection provided the animal be placed on the trail early in mhd affair alstaetter Alsta etten was celebrating a feast east day this week and according to custom the villagers ended the day of floral dances and games in the open with a banquet and ball at ab the principal local restaurant at about 6 5 on the day 0 of t the celebration a pretty swiss g girl t A mile aegina aged seven teen was found dead in a lonely road just outside the village the discovery was made by some peasants on their way to the restaurant the police were informed and made an investigation vesti gation of the spot they found clutched in the victims hand a small piece of cloth which had evidently been torn from the clothing of her assailant during the struggle the police were about to repair to the restaurant and look among the dancers for a man whose might show signs of being torn lorn when it was suggested that a dog might bo be used A wolfhound wolf hound bound was procured and made to tb smell of the torn cloth ne he started off ih on the trail leading the police through fields and by paths to the restaurant where the ball was going on ile he scrambled out and in among the dancers and finally pounced upon a man who was waa dancing and tried to attack him the tatter latter was arrested and his clothing examined A hole was found into which the piece of cloth exactly fitted confronted by this evidence the man made a confession ile he had killed regina because she had left him for another |