BLOODHOUND AS ACCUSER.
SCENE' AFTER A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
New York, March While Mrs. Willard Catt and her two sisters were placing the piano and singing in their home in Pike County, Indiana, on Friday night, a bullet crashed through the window. Mrs. Catt sank to the floor in a dying condition, the bullet having entered her brain. The murderer escaped in the darkness. Search parties were organised yesterday, a. United States marshal named Sumpter taking a. bloodhound along. Suspicion rested on Willard Catt, the woman's divorced husband, but Mr. Catt, his father, and other relatives joined in the search. When the bloodhound was taken to the scene of the crime he started on a trail leading to the Catt's home. When this was reached, the animal turned and led the searchers until they overtook the party headed by Mr. Catt. The bloodhound "stopped and was about to leap on Mr. Catt when Mr. Sumpter held him back. The two parties started to continue the search, but the bloodhound refused to go further. It circled around Mr. Catt and again tried to jump at him. Mr. Catt was ultimately arrested and charged with the murder. " He refused to make any statement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12266, 9 May 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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