Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-24
Horrible Case Of HydfepHbbl a--More
Horrible IrealMeIItl

Fron the Louisville Journal. Algi 81.
We saw yesterday, at the Fist Stree
Station House, one OF the moet shocking
cases resulting from the bite ofa Nabid dos
that ever caused the sympathetic heart o
man 10 feel for anothers woe. The factl
Of the case are as follows
About three weeks ago a negro woman
named Martha Holland, who has for some
timepast been in the employ Of Mr.. Bra
sier, and worked as q field hand npon his
place in Christian county about nine miles
west OF HoplinsvilIe, in this state, was bit
ten in the calf of the leg BY dog.
The wound was small, and as no evil eff
fects we're entertained, nothing beyond the
ordinary treatment, beyond some simple
application, was resorted TO-. About one
week after the biting occurred, unmistaka-
bic symptoms were manifested of the
dreadful affiiction that has apparently
transformed the poor servant girl-who,
by the way, has always been q good and
faithful serYant-frOm rational being to a
most hopeless, senseless, raving maniac.
The first decided evidence of her condi-
ton, was given by the girl menacing aud
running after Mrs. Brasier, who was res
cued by her son, John Brasier, who caught
the girl and tied her but in doing so Mar
tina scratched him, from the effects of
which he has since gone mad, and is now
in the Asylum at Hopkinsville, being
treated. His condition is almost as bad
as that of the girl.
After this became known in the neigh
borhood a meeting was held by the peo-
pie, and they sentenced the girl to be shOtl
The execution of the sentence was delay
ed and finally revoked, and it was decided
to send the girl to the Lunatic Asylum at
Lexington, as that is the only institution in
the state where colored patients Of this
characterare received.
The dog that has caused an of this
trouble bit little cur at Hopkinsyille
some eight or ten days ago, and It Is said
that the victim died from the effects of the
bite, in fye minutes after the wound was
made.
= Every officer but one in Christian coun-
ty declined to take the girl in charge to de-
liver her to the keeper OF the asylum at
Lexington. This one is the well and ia
vorably known Deputy Sheriff james A..
Bobbitt, who deserves well for daring to
perform such perilous undertaking.
To prevent the possibility of further
harm to others, as the girl was constantly
trying to bite or scratch her custodians,
her toe and fnglr nails we're closely trim
med, and her teeth were knocked out 1t |
is impossible to keep clothes upon her, and |
she,was all day yesterday in her cell as ma
ked as the absence of clothing would per-
init her to be- One remarkable fact con-
nected with this case is that the patient !
refuses to taste food Of any kind, or to
drink water.
She is so obstinate in this particular that |
Deputy Sheriff Bobbitt informs us that it |
has been twelve days since she has taken
nourishment of any description, or swal-
lowed drop of water She has not had a
lucid interval since the attack, but has
slept some. .
Her conduct in the cell is boisterous,
and indicates no bodily pain She will
sing, call the names of acquaintances,
whistle, curse, jump, andwallow about on |
the floor like a monkey or grasshopper.-
If you speak to her she will answer you,
but not intelligently.
Several physicians of this city were to |
have visited her yesterday, but we believe
they did not. The doctors do not agree in
estimating the character of the attack DR..
A. A. Rowland, Of Christian county, pro-
nounoes 1t monomania, while others say
that it is clearly hydrophobia, to the latter
of which opinions we incline