A DOG TAIL: A BROWNSVILLE BOY AND HIS DOG ARE TAKEN TO THE POLICE FOR QUESTIONING

By Rene Torres

The call was made to the Brownsville Police Station early Monday morning in 1940.

The voice on the other side of the phone identified herself as Mrs. W.F. McDonald reporting that in her presence was a little boy with a gun and a vicious dog.

Not knowing what to expect, Brownsville police Officer Clyde Owens, jumped into his squad car and made his way to the scene; Grant Street, in the Victoria Heights neighborhood.

The little boy and the dog in question was Monko and his Pup the Mutt. 

The pair had wandered beyond their familiar neighborhood; lost, but inseparable.

The pup behaved like a well trained bodyguard and the boy, who carried a toy six-shooter, which looked like the real thing, making it difficult for anyone to approach them.

As cars whistled by on 17 th Street, Mrs. McDonald ran to help them, but the boy’s bodyguard jumped at her protecting his owner. 

But, being the smart mutt his was, after realizing she was trying to help, however, he calmed down, but stayed close.

“Where do you live?” Mrs. McDonald asked. 

He pointed North, then West, then East, then South. Obviously, the boy and bodyguard were lost. 

She decided then to take them home and call the police. 

“A little boy, about four years old looks like he’s been lost and has his dog with him,” explained Mrs. McDonald.

Minutes after the call was made, Clyde Owens drove out to the scene of the crime and put the boy and his faithful mutt in the squad car and made their way to police headquarters.

Using the 5 th Amendment, neither would respond to questioning from the police.

Six-Gun Monko and Pup the Mutt were being held “incommunicado” at the Brownsville Police Station.

No matter how much the cops questioned him, he just wouldn’t talk and forget about approaching him. Every time somebody did, his bodyguard would growl, reared up threateningly, and scared the intruder away.

This was a difficult case to solve, as police continued throughout the morning to find out who he was and where he lived, but with no results.

After hours of interrogation, the smartest of detectives could only determine that the boy was well dressed in a knee length, light blue playsuit and wearing guaraches and looked to be about 4 years old. His trusty pet dog was decided to be a combination of a lot of good breeds.

The “third-degree” questioning of the boy went something like this:

“What’s your name?”

“Um,m-mh-h-h”

“What your mama’s name?” “

“Mama”

“What does your mama call you?”

“Monko,”

“What’s your dog’s name?”

“Pup”

Pup moved close to protect Monko every time someone tried to question the boy.

The “Bodyguard” sticks to his job regardless of the circumstances.

It is not known whether the case was solved, but one thing for sure, the dog was the boy’s best friend, walking in tandem regardless of the situation.

Somebody wrote once, “A dog can express more with his tail in seconds than his owner can express with his tongue in hours.”