The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-29

A TERRIBLE BATTLE-A PEDDLER NEARLY
EATEN UP BY DoGs.-The Detroit Free Press
Of Thursday last says: Yesterday morning d
peddler of dry goods and notions named
Norton Freeman, living in Hamtramek
arrived by the cars from Clinton county
being wretched sight to look upon. a
week ago Yesterday, while driving his wa
gon through the country few miles north
of Ovid, Clinton county, he stopped and got
down to drink at a creek crossing the high.
way. AS he rose up from the creek bewas
bitten in the ley by Il large dog, which had
come softly up behind him, and Freeman
saw two other good.Sized dogs near the
wagon. He sprang for his vehicle, when
the three dogs made ut him together, and
his shouts and their yells started the horse
Oft on trot. The peddler was bitten seven
or eight times before lie found anything
with which he could defend himself, and
then he got hold Of a stick about five feet
long which could be easily handled. The
dogs rctreated as he picked up the stick, but
when Freeman sought to gain the road they
all sprang for him. He says that he struck
10 XII. and knocked each brute down In
turn, but Us fast as knocked down they
would spring up and attack him again.
Within live minutes after the battle opened
the peddler's hands were red with blood,
aud blood was running down into his
boots, but by fortunate blow he's so disabled
one of the smaller dogs that the brute had to
draw out of the fight. There was rest
again of four or five minutes, and Freeman
walked slowly back into fence-corner ana
exchanged his club for Il better one. With
out movement on his part, the two dogs
attacked him again, one biting ut his legs,
and the other leaping for his throat. The
latter unima caught his teeth i'll the ped.
uler's shoulder, and tore away oil that side
of the mans coat. and made wound III
the flesh which will be weeks 10 heal
ing. Freeman was dragged down, ana
both of the dogs were on him at once,
though he maraged to shake them OH
and regain his feet. A blow from his club
dashed out the larger dogs eye, aud the
brute ran round andround in circle, howl
ing so fcartuly that the other dog ran away
Watching his chance, Freeman hit the Grip.
pied dog blow which killed it, and then he
crawled down to the creek and tainted away.
Some men came along in a wagon and dis
covered him, and be was taken to farm
house and cared for. On his left leg there
are nine wounds from the teeth of the dogs
on the right eleven; on the right arm five:
on the left arm three; on the back three:
on the shoulder two; on the face two;
OIL the right foot two; on the
right hand five; on the left two,
and one on the back OF the head, making
in all forty-fve distinct, and separate bites
some are mere "nips," drawing little blood
and making the flesh black aud blue, while
others looked as if the dog had " chanked y
the flesh. The dogs were seen by the farm
ers, and they could not identity the brutes
ms being owned anywhere within five miles
of the spot where they attacked Freeman.
He offered no provocation for the attack
having even no hint of their presence De
fore being bitten. The deepest wounds
were cauterized, and Freeman anticipates no
greater misfortune than the loss OF months
time, a-..