CONVICTS TOUCHED WHEN PRISON DOG DIES
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Tears streamed down the cheeks of the toughest convicts in Parish Prison, New Orleans, when “Big Red,’’ a mongrel dog, was solemnly buried in the prison courtyard. . The dog was born in the prisoner years ago and never went “outside. Big Red was the friend of all prisoners, particularly the condemned men. They fed it with ice cream, candy, cake, roast beef and steaks. The prisoners averred that the dog stayed with men condemned to death until the day they were to die. On that day, the dog went into sorrowful hidingChief gaoler Charles. McNamara echoed the sentiments of the prisoners when Big Red was buried by saying: “I guess he just took the place of the men’s wives, kids, sweethearts and parents."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22820, 15 December 1948, Page 12
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