The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Extract of a private Letter from a Gentleman at Dijon to his Friend in London, dated August 5. 1764.

"Since my Arrival here, there has been a Man broke on the Wheel, with no other Proof to condemn him than that of a Water Spaniel about the Size of yours; the Circumstances attending being so very singular and striking, I beg leave to communicate them to you. --A Farmer, who had been to receive a Sum of Money, was waylaid, robbed, and murdered by two Villains: The Farmer's Dog returned with all Speed to the Gentleman's House who had paid the Money, and expressed such amazing Anxiety for the Gentleman to follow him, pulling him several Times by the Sleeve and Skirt of his Coat, that at length the Gentleman submitted --. The Dog led him to the Field, a little from the Road side, where the Body lay; from thence the Gentleman went to a public House in order to alarm the Country: The Moment he entered, (as the two Villains were drinking) the Dog seized the Murderer by the Throat, and the other made his Escape. This Man lay in Prison three Months, during which Time they visited him once a week with the Dog; and tho' they made him change his Clothes with other Prisoners, and always stood in the Midst of a Crowd, yet would the Dog find him out, and always fly at him. On the Day of Trial, when the Prisoner was at the Bar, the Dog was let loose into the Court House, and in the Midst of some Hundreds he always found him out, (though dressed entirely in new Clothes) and would have tore him to pieces had he been allowed; in consequence of which he was condemned, and at the Place of Execution confessed the Fact -- surely so dutiful, so disinterestedly faithful an Animal, Should not be so barbarously treated as I have often seen them, particularly in London."