New-York tribune., 1874-07-03
LATEST CITY NEWS.

A dog created intense excitement In Sixty
seventh-st. last night, and general onslaught was
at once made upon him. While he was being dr'eh
down the street between Lexington and IhrdaVes' lie
snapped at a girl named Louisa Yiene and inflicted a
bad wound After biting the GIRL the dog turned into
Lsxngton-ave, followed by an immense crowd
armed with clubs and stones. There was
very little doubt but that the dog was
mad HIS tongue hung from his mouth, and
the water ran from in stream. His eyes glaren and
he did not 10 notice any one as he ran ot
few moments the dog would lit his head ana snap at
nothing his laws cracking together Ohcer cornish Oh
the Fffyninth-st. pOicr, headed on the raDu auaI'
and at length succeeded in killing him with his revolver
The glrls wound was carefully ceahed ana "asnou ou'
with solution Of carbOli0 acid.
Hugh Coffin of No. 4Oi East Fourteenth-st was max
ing great deal OF noise Ia front OF his mousse aoout
O'Clock this morning. and had attracted crowd by his
hoisterous behavior. Officer Healey Of the Twenty
second st Police dispersed the crowd aud cOaXeu CONN
10 90 into his house. When they got upon the STAIRS
and thev rolled together into the gutter.
The officers clohiug we're patIy t'rt, iEo ont ,nt
up and then Coffin hit the officer twice IN tue lace
Officer Heay had fOrbone to use his club because the
prisoner was under the influence OF liquor but when he
received the blows he used his club vigorously ana soon
brought Coffin TO the pollce-station. waero ho was
locked up. lie had two severe scalp wounds
Jacob Wcis a cigar maker OF No 9i Second-st, when
poing TO work Yesterday morning hanging upon
nail the vest OF Berthof Bass his employer ln 1t were
a silver watch and heavy gold chain. Weis took them
and going at once to a loan Office pawned them About
noon BASS missed them, aud as WlS was thr oni hla
S mad aces, TO the closet where the vest mad been
hanging lie was accused Of the THEFT AZ hrst ne ue
thc charge but officer Robinson TOOK hlh 10 tHo -.
s PoIIee-statilu and there the pawn tlcAeIs 'oi '0
watch aud chain were found. .
Richard Murphy, a hnsher ut No 400 West FOrtleth-
st. was handling pistol last evening, when II sud
denly exploded blowing his hand of. When he reached
Bellevue Hospital he was UNCONSCIOUS
John Graves employed in the stamping department OF
the iron works at No East Nneteenths was taken
TO Bellevue Hospital yesterday afternoon with Doth
hands so terribly lacerated that double anputatlon
viii be performed He was WORKING ont coal snoFel
under "A heavy steam hammer. The hammer came down
when Graves was changing MS WoIh' anu ITO "ho'o
weight of several tons crushed upon MS hands.
John Conway, a aborer OF No. 525 West Twenty
seventhst while hostins stone yesterday after
noon was crushed against the wall. His arm was
broken and he received internal injuries that VIII
probably prove fatal
Mrs Cogswell OF No. 15i East Thriy-second-st was
driving down Flfth-ave. last evening" and when oppO
site Fifty-drst-s she was thrown violently upon the
nayemcnt Her skull was fractured and her arm
broken.
James Harris OF No. 312 Motts entered the tenement
house No l52 Elizabeth-st, last night, ana demanded
payment Of some money owed him by Edward Fisher
The debt was denied by Fisher aud quarrel arose be
tween him and Harris. A friend named lheo-
dore Brown thcreupon snaiGhrd up "a AeIU h
sene lamp, ana struck Harris - on the
hca with II. infctIng severe wound hirtls tncn
sprang toward Brown, and hah oVeIpo"ereu nin ~io
FISHER tired two psto shots One OF the ohlIets missed
Its aim and the other srdck the left side OF harrls
head and glanced of. merely innlcung Hght scalp
wound. Fisher was sted but Brown escaped