[ London Times ]
This newspaper, most correctly known simply as The Times, began publication in 1785 and continues to this day.
The October 11, 1804 edition of The Times carried the following account of a Newfoundland catching a thief:
On Monday night a gang of thieves broke into the house of J. ASTHALL, Esq. at Harehatch, and stole from thence a quantity of plate, etc.. They were seen to enter by a man who resides in a neighbouring cottage, who did not suspect a robbery, until half an hour afterwards, when he hear a Newfoundland dog barking, and on running to the sport, the dog had seized one of the villains, who was secured, with a quantity of the stolen property. The others escaped.
