Millard County Chronicle | 1915-12-23 | Page 7 | Buys Dog to Recover Ring

BUYS DOG TO RECOVER RING Man Kills Animal and Finds His $200 Gem In Stomach, as He Had Suspected. While William A. Thompson was trying to drive a pup away from him the animal closed on his fingers and pulled oh and swallowed a ?2u0 diamond dia-mond ring. Mr. Thompson was not certain what had become of the ring, but when he failed to find it he suspected sus-pected the dog. He bought the animal, ani-mal, nominally a ten-cent pup,- from II. R. Kugers, the negro owner, for $10 after much parley, took the dog home, killed him and found the diamond dia-mond ring in his stomach. He was luckier than a man In a neighboring town who owned a valuable valu-able vase, a family heirloom. 'His dog poked his head into the neck of the vase and it stuck. The owner cut off the dog's head to save the vase and then had to break the vase to get out the dog's head to bury it Beckley I W. Va.) Dispatch to New York World.