ANIMALS AS DETECTIVES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 23 July 1901, Page 3

ANIMALS AS DETECTIVES.

Scotland Yard (says a Home paper) will probably soon be inclined to select a. few of its detectives from among animals and birds. The barking of a, dog at the psychological moment the other day caused 9 burglar at Shepherd'* Bush to run straight into the arms of a. policeman, and tlie incident recalls a case last year in which the quack of a. duck was instrumental in securing an arrest. That case, too, strangely enough, occurred at Shepherd's Bush. The thief passed a policeman with the duck in his pocket, and just then the bird cried "Quack, quack"!'' as though to attract the attention of the guardian of the law, who took the man tinder his wing, and lodged him safely for that night and several other nights. * Two Finchley boys some time ago stole two ducklings that had been adopted by a very sensible hen, which followed the boys into a shop, and created a great disturbance until the lads had been searched and the stolen ducklings were recovered. An escaped convict was rearrested last November through a pigeon, which attracted the attention of a policeman to where the man was lying.