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Show A cataract made the dog's right eye blind. Its emaciated condition show-cd show-cd that it was homeless and friendless. friend-less. There was no name on the collar col-lar plate. FOUND MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE Manner of Dog's Death Has Led Many to Believe It Was Sought With Deliberation. The question as to whether animals commit suicide was settled to the satisfaction sat-isfaction of a number of visitors at the Central park menagerie when a yellow-haired bulidog jumped into the open air hippopotamus tank, relates the New York Sun. The tank is divided di-vided into tv, o compartments, one of which is occupied by Miss Murphy and the other by her son. Caliph II. A large crowd of visitors lined the outer railing when the dog trotted into the inclosure and headed for that part of the tank where Caliph was splashing about. He went down the sloping stone platform to the water and plunged in. Caliph snorted and thrashed about. The dog went under and did not come up again. After a time the hippo was seen tossing the body about in the water. Keeper George Sichert drew off the water and took out the dead animal and said the motive foi suijide was apparent. |