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Show 'Black Fang,' Sheep Killer, Is No More "Black Fang," who had terrorized stockmen for the past year, raiding sheep herds day and night, is dead. The mystery dog, defying danger through hunger of her and her pup, raided the Dan Freece corral Sunday Sun-day morning about three-thirty and it was at this time that she encroached en-croached too closely. Freece, who had been troubled with the wild dog, was awakened by a commotion among his sheep. Securing his rifle, Freece sneaked quietly to his corral, and hiding in a crouch position in the shade of the fence was the "night killing dog." A blast from the rifle and the end had come "Black Fang" was no more. The puppy dog, which had accompanied its mother in quest of food, made a hasty retreat and was lost in the darkness. "Black Fang," a beautiful Russian Rus-sian police dog, made her escape from her owner in Salina about a year ago. The owner was with a carnival company and as the master was leaving the city, the big dog escaped. es-caped. The owner, whose name was never learned, telegraphed back and offered a reward for the capture of the animal, but no one was able to capture the beautiful, black creature. crea-ture. She sought the swamps and hills west of town, where she roamed roam-ed at night and slept by day. Hunger Hun-ger drove the dog to desperation and in lieu of the feeding by her master she raided the sheep herds, killing and maiming. Flockmasters complained, com-plained, and so desperated were the sheep owners that poison was broad-' cast and many dog pets innocent of any crime were brutally murdered. With the death of the pets the slaughter of sheep in the pastures west of town was not diminished. It was "Black Fang" who was guilty. Cunning and true to the spirit of the forests, "Black Fang" evaded all pursuers. On the approach of any human being, she would seek a ravine, ra-vine, a crevice in the rocks or a cave which she frequently sought as a hiding place. She defied any and everything and evaded her pursuers with a shrewdness that baffled the best hunters. At nighttime, when the earth was silent, this killer would come forth from her hiding place and raid small sheep herds, and no less that fifty sheep have fallen fal-len before her attacks. Announcement of the slaying of "Black Fang," the night prowler and killer, will be greeted by hundreds hun-dreds of flockmasters who have suffered suf-fered heavy loses. Salina Sun. o |
