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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 65, 17 March 1911, Page 2

A remarkable incident was wH> nessed in one of the New. York thoroughfares one , night last week (states a cable message in the Sydney Sun). A lady, Mrs Bragdon,< was walking along the street, when she was suddenly" and rather ferociously assailed by a large dog. It was noticed that tha brute centred its attention on Mrs Bragdon's right hand, and it soon became evident that a purse which she was carrying was the object of its attack. The animal finally gained possession of the purse, ana then made off. The police thought they saw in the occurrence something more than was apparent to the superficial observer, and they accordingly .set about investigation. As a result -of their inquiries they made the .startling discovery that there was a jrang of thieves in New York that actually trained dogs in the trick of purse-snatching, and that Mrs Bragdon's loss was not the first of the kind that had occurred.