Brockport Murder Dog Tria

In the summer of 1936,fourteen-year-old Maxwell Breeze was playing in the waters of the Erie Canal in Brockport when a dog jumped into the canal and climbed his backand the boy drowned. The owner of the dog was served notice to appear at a hearingat which time a trial was set to determine if the dog should be put down. The unusual case captivated the nation as newspapers from coast to coast covered the storyParamount Pictures dispatched The Eyes and Ears of the World to film the events and a media circus descended on the quiet village. During the trialmore than thirty witnesses were calledincluding a national expert brought in to evaluate the canine defendantwhich journalists referred to as the most talked-of dog on earth. Authors Bill Hullfish and Laurie Fortune Verbridge reveal the bizarre incidenttrial and spectacle that came to Brockport.