Special Agent Glenn Young and Pal In HIckory Tracking Draft Deserter, Catch Moonshiner, March 24, 1920

From the Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday evening, March 24, 1920. They were looking for a draft dodger named Linney Walters or Waiters or Waters. I don’t know which last name is correct.

S. Glenn Young and His Big Police Dog Here. . . With Hickory Officers They Chase Alleged Draft Deserter Near Henry River. . . Famous Dog Also Catches Tiger on Way to Hickory. . . Young Arrests 822 Deserters

S. Glenn Young, special agent of the department of justice, and his famous Belgian police dog, Pal, operated with Chief Lentz and Night Officer Pope early this morning in the wilds of Catawba and Burke counties in an effort to uncover draft deserters. They missed their men, thanks to Carl Lail, whose entry into the city of Hickory with seven gallons of liquor, delayed the officers and made them run behind schedule more than an hour.

When the officers neared the home of Linney Walters (Waiters?), one of the men wanted for dodging the draft, the man heard their machine and made a brake for the woods. That was about 400 yards from his home and the time was 7:30. Mr. Young fired at him and believes one bullet took effect. Waters escaped.

The officers then returned to the city, where Pal quietly waited on his master answering every beck and call. He is half Russian wolf, part collie and has other breeds in his make-up. He has as much real sense as a human being, and will chase and capture a man or animal, and can be depended upon to guard a dozen men and protect his master.

“I can draw a circle and put a bunch of men in it, and none of them will get out,” said Mr. Young, discussing Pal. ‘Or I can leave Pal in a room with half a dozen men and they will be there when I return. They are harmless with this fellow watching them.”

Mr. Young dropped his handkerchief behind the reporter and strode across the street from the fire station, Pal at his heels. Suddenly the dog trotted back and picked up the handkerchief, carried it to his master and deposited it on his chest. The dog did not see the handkerchief drop. Mr. Young said this dog uses his brains. Pal will go to the desk in a hotel, pick up a door key and carry it up stairs. He will enter a bath tub, turn on the water and enjoy himself. He likes to bathe. Pal is a brown gray fellow, half as slim as a greyhound, with the looks of a wolf, the courage of a lion and the sense of a man. Mr. Young has refused $4,500 for him. Pal is 28 months old.

Pal has accompanied his master on a thousand raids. He was wounded in the war and treated in the hospital at Camp Jackson. He has been present at the arrest of 822 deserters in the past two years and has done his part. If he sees the person wanted, that is enough. He did not get a look at Linney Waters this morning.

Mr. Young, it will be recalled, captured the Crawley gang in the mountains of North Carolina-Tennessee, has worked on deserters and blockaders in Kentucky and Tennessee and only six weeks ago engaged in a battle with a gang of outlaws, one of whom was laid to rest. He is regarded as the most fearless special agent of the department of justice by those who know him. He doesn’t say anything about bravery, but he has a reputation that he has sustained over a period of years.

Mr. Young is operating out from Asheboro, where he is located with District Attorney Hammer. He and Pal left today for headquarters.

“If I had that dog,” observed Deputy Sheriff Kennedy, as he walked around him, “I would locate all the stills in Catawba county. That pal dog would do it for me. Some dog.”