Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-06
WHOLESALE HYoRopHoBlA.
A Dozen Persons Bitten by a Mad Dog In
Chicago.

The Chicago Times of the Dist ult.
gives the following thrilling account
of mad dog excitement in that city
the day before:
One of the beasts manifesting all
the dreadful symptoms of hydropho-
bia appeared on yesterday at about
half-past o'clock on Star street, on
the North side. He was a large, fine
looking dog of the hunting Species
and his eye blazed with the delirium
he was suffering, and clots Of poison
Gus froth dropped from his open jaws.
He was first observed by Mr.. Wander
burgh, of No. % Star street, who was
standing on the sidewalk in front of
his residence. AS the furious animal
neared him he undertook to avoid his
attack by retiring within doors, but
the dog sprang at him with the great
est fierceness, flying at his face and
fastening his poisonous fangs in his
upper lip. The unfortunate man was
pulled to the ground and the rabid
monster left innoculating wounds in
his right arm and left hand before he
continued his course.
Mr.. Vanderburgh raised the cry of
"mad dog" "mad dog" as soon as he
could sufficiently recover himself, and
the whole neighborhood at the words
was thrown into the utmost excite
ment. Women and children, of whom
there were many on the street, sought
their houses and shut their doors to
keep out the cause of their alarm.
Men who were bold enough pursued
him, but the fear of the dreadful dis
ease which he would produce caused
most of them to fly to places of safety.
The rabid brute continued up Star
street, followed by a few determined
men who attacked him with stones
and clubs, and the cry of "mad dog"
"mad sdog,u was repeatedly raised to
forewarn the people in the course of
his flight. 1,5a 4.l..y-
The sticks and stones had little or
no effect upon the animal, as the peo-
Pile in pursuit were too apprehensive
of their safety to come within close
range. In the meantime some one
was thoughtful enough to go to the
North-avenue police station for
policeman to dispatch him with re-
volver, as none of the crowd possessed
any firearms. Officer Mamerow re-
turned with the messenger to the
scene and joined in the warfare against
the maddened dog. sIt-e
The brute meanwhile had attacked
and bitten several persons on Star
street, who were unable to elude him.
He exhibited all of the while the
greatest foreclosures; not swapping
at peoples legs as he hurried by, but
springing upon their backs and at
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ten in the face, arms and shoulders.
From Star street the dog turned into
Sedgwick, biting q woman named
Kemp in the shoulder, and a boy
named Lindis, living at No. 646 Sedg-
wick street, in the upper part of the
right arm. .a# .....=#.8
Officer Mamerow fired shot after
shot at the rabid brute without effect.
Several more streets were traversed,
in all of which the most intense ex-
element and alarm ensued as soon as
the public understood what all the
hue and cry was, and several addi-
tiOnal victims were added to those al
ready poisoned.
1t appeared that the dog was likely
to make his escape, and spread the
dreadful disease infiicting him through
a large neigborhood in spite of all that
could be done. The officer accordingly
sent back to the station for assistance,
and officers Weber and Lee Joined
their efforts with his. Thus reinforced
the crowd bowling in manner that
would do credit to the abodes of the
damned, continued in their pursuit
with great vigor.
At length the dog was chased into
the prairie south of North avenue and
west of Clyb0urne avenue, where he
was wounded in the side.s But he was
not brought to bay. He turned out
of the prairie aid ran down Hindro |
street. Here he decreased his gait,
and showed signs of exhaustion from
the wound. He continued on this
street until he reached the house of J.
Motifs at No. 10, the door of which
CHANGED to be open, and he entered
and secreted himself under the bed,
where he was killed at about half-past |
nine o. clock, the chase and excitement
having lasted for two hours. The fol-
lowing is a list of the people who are
known to have been bitten: A. Nam
derburgh, No. % Star street, in upper
lip, right arm and left hand; Marga-
retta Motara, Is years old, No. 80 Star
street, in arm; Sherman Mauder, AZ
years old, No. % Star street, in the
leg; Matthias Grosen, 10 years old, No.
2S Star street, in the leg; Margaret
Kemp, No. 567 Sedgwick street, in the
shoulder; Bertha Lindis, IA years old,
No. 646 Sedgwick street, in the arm;
Bertha Fealker, IA years old, No. "a
Langdon street, in the hip; Charles
Peters, Is years old, No. 6 Fremont
street, in right arm, and four others
whose names could not be ascertained.
Besides the people whom the dog at
tackled, there were many of his own
race whom he seized upon. Every dog
that fell in his way in the course of
his flight was more or less severely
bitten. About forty are supposed to
have been inoculated with the virulent
poison.