Is This a Christian Cemetery?

In the original short story, if i remember correctly, wilbur breaks into the museum to try and steal the book, and guard dogs kill him. But even then it was in self defense. Towards the end its it still, they manage to walk this line where it's not like he kills the cop in cold blood. He grabs the spear and then the cop shes in anelike pulls it up in time to impaleoscurity. We need wilbur to be there at the ally. We don't need him to be a done in by a german shepherd. And it adds to his additional twist. Yes, it's a nice ending to a a fight scene that yet