Ex-Officer Arrested Over Vicious Siberian Bloodhound Attack
A former Tacoma policeman faces legal action after his imported guard dog escaped and severely bit a woman.
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J. A. Mitchell, until recently a police officer on the Tacoma force, was arrested yesterday charged with keeping a vicious dog. The dog, which was recently brought from the Covington, Ky., penitentiary, is a Siberian bloodhound, and recently broke loose from his fastenings, severely biting a woman in the arm. The case will be tried in police court as soon as the complaining witness is able to appear.
“The dog, which was recently brought from the Covington, Ky., penitentiary, is a Siberian bloodhound.”
Public safety concerns regarding loose or dangerous pets remain a common municipal issue, though the specific detail of a dog imported from a penitentiary highlights a different era of informal, eccentric animal ownership in the city.
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