[2507] in Humor
HUMOR: It's a dog-shoot-man world
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Fri Oct 16 17:55:27 1998
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:53:28 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 03:30:52 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>From: "Jonathan E. D. Richmond" <<jonathan_richmond@harvard.edu>
>To: "Jonathan's-Fanclub":;;;@harvard.edu;
>Subject: This one's even better!
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>
>Former US marine shot dead by his
> pet poodle
>
> FROM JAMES BONE
> IN NEW YORK
> A FLUFFY French poodle named Benji was locked in a
> cage yesterday after shooting dead its loving owner with a
> .45-calibre pistol.
>
> An unusual variant on "man bites dog", the case was
> quickly solved by police officers who went to the
> Milwaukee home of John Hwilka, a former US marine.
>
> Mr Hwilka, 37, bought the pistol after a spate of
> burglaries in the neighbourhood and was teaching his
> mother how to use it. As he began demonstrating the use
> of the safety catch, the dog, which had been sitting near
> by wagging its tail, sprang into his lap. The 30lb animal
> triggered a shot that tore through its master's heart. "The
> family poodle jumped on his chest and hit the gun, causing
> the gun to fire," Police Lieutenant Anna Ruzinski said.
>
> With blood spurting from the wound, Mr Hwilka grabbed
> the telephone and made a desperate effort to summon
> help before collapsing on the floor. His mother called an
> ambulance and tried to stanch the bleeding with towels.
>
> The family said it had no intention of having the poodle put
> down.
>
> The shooting was the second time this month that a
> dog-lover has been killed by his pet. Police officers in the
> California town of Orinda said last week that a Rhodesian
> ridgeback had accidentally run over its master by putting
> his parked car into gear as he walked in front of it.
>
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