The New York herald., 1874-07-03
DANGEROUS DOGS.
Ten Insane Ours Disposed OF by the Police
Three Persons Bitten The Slow Progress
Of tho Official Slaughter

New York citizens continue to be apprehensive
In regard to hydrophobia Nor is there any reason
why their alarmed interest In this painful subject
should subside. The days police record details
the killing OF ten rabid animals and the inniction
OF oites upon three persons IN the city. several
Similar cases are reported from Brooklyn, where
tne nat OF death to all unmuzzled ours
at tne hands OF the police has gone
iorth' While our people know from their
ooservaton as well as from the police reports,
tnat the streets infested by thousands OF dogs
VINO nave no protection or no regular supply OF
1000 or drink. VINO are liable at any moment to
disease and whose habits make them O threat TO
all whom they meet, they will not readily recover
rom tne natural shock resulting from the death
OF well known persons by that saddest OF all nnc-
tions. hydrophobia Evidently this subject Will
agrate the popular mind till there Is perceptibe
q marked decrease in the dog popula. .ion OF the
city.
DOG KILLING AT THE POUND.
No dogs were deprived OF their lives az the
Pound yesterday by the deadly gases OF the mu-
nicipal death chamber. To-day the detected ours
VINO nave been for Ihe prescribed period chained
to the noor under Captain Marriott's supervision
will be thrown into that fatal tank The common
and not too pure air OF the Pound ha wing been
exhausted by the two large air pumps the miser-
able wretches OF worthless whelps will be treated
to few whifs Of absolutely bad air. imported from
Philadelphia and they will all lie on the door
$50 SoIs; would Dc wen for the city II the ex-
to t sss o SEQ % oaT
day. We can spare them. Some OF the streets
our children and our women. Ii men allow them
selves .,.as., to be bitten ,n they may usually
exease GG from eas e mss 9s
OF excessive heat, or for failing to deiend
themselves. While we have no police regulation
making II the duty or the city watchmen to Kill AL
justidable if the citizen when attacked by dog
should incapacitate tre beast from committing
further injury, by vigorous and judicious blow
with bludgeon AS long as mad dogs are every
day biting the deienceless and being Killed by the
police IL Is only measure OF proper precauton
for every man to arm himself with stick heavy
enough to inspire wholesome fear In the mind OF
sane dog, or TO check the dangerous career OF one
under the dominion OF rabies
The Pound being cleared to-day by the applica-
Monday, when alter the proper and patriotic cele-
bration OF Independence Day, Captain Marriott
VIII resume the slaughter anS be ready to dispose
relief or our streets from threatening pest and
TEN DOGS KILLED YESTERDAY.
Oficer Desmare, OF the Eighteenth precinct,
killed mad dog yesterday at No. 247 East twenty
A mad dog was killed yesterday in front of No.
24s Front street. by an officer OF the Fourth pre-
Onicer Petre, of the Twenty third precinct, shot
mad dog yesterday at Willis avenue aud l42d
street.
Killed mad dog yesterday at No. 4s9 Seventh ave-
nue..
day Oficer Dunn, OF the Eighteenth precinct, shot
mad dog on the corner oil sixteenth street and
Oficer sheridan, of the Twenty-nfth precinct,
shot mad dog yesterday opposite 14I Narick
street.
dog at No. New Church street,
Oficer McMellan, OF the mounted squad, killed
mad dog yesterday at No. 1oS East Seventy eighth
street.
Henry Shaler, OF No. 500 East Thirteenth street,
residence. fhe dog was killed by Oiicer Lewis.
Mr.. Scott OF Washington street. was bitten by
Killed by Onicer sullivan, OF the sixth precinct
DEATH WARRANT FOR A DOG.
Patrick Hannah applied to Judge Wandell yes
terday Tor death warrant Tor cog owned by MIR.
Mclaughlin, OF No. 174 Hester staeet. The graund
on which the application was granted was that
Hannah, who is an old man, was bitten by the dog
''@' A''sH smTEs IN BROOKLYN.
George Martin, ten years OF age. residing at No.
Sos Bedford avenue, had his right hand bitten Sc
verely by bloodhound yesterday. The dog was
Mrs. sas ksn NO. Bergen street
while going through Wyckor street was bitten in
OF aR Win oy
both about SIX years OF age, were bitten by dog
belonging to baker IN the street. 1t was not
The Body OF Entwistle Removed from
Bellcvue-Conflicting Opinions of the
isfa ctton Over the Hasty
Examin alton Of the Body.
Shortly after the holding Of the inquest on
Wednesday the body of Roderick Entwstle was
given to his friends and removed by them to his
former boarding house, No. II Bedford street,
where it will remain till the funeral takes place,
oso ID If frta, a.,
have visited the remains, for the most part men,
bers OF the Printers Union to which deceased be-
longed. Many were anxious to look at the body
from motives OF mere idle curiosltv but they were
given to understand pretty plainly that the pres.
ence OF none but friends was desired. son OF the
deceased, aged about twenty-five years, who had
been many years away from New York, arrived
| yesterday, and his mother, daughter and other
| relatives are also with him and VIII remain till
| after the funeral. He will be buried in ood
Cemetery
The interest excited by his death and the pecu.
liar circumstances attending IL, is still very
strong and the conflicting opinions OF the doctors
as to the cause tend to increase It to an unusual
| Knox, who attended him previous to his being
sent to Bellevue Hospital and many other physi-
that hydrophcba was the cause OF death, while
DR.. Hammond. DR.. Arnold, who made the micro
scopic examination OF the parts affected DR..
Knox, OF Bellevue Hospital, and many Others are
! equally convinced that'he was not affected with
that disease at all. Those opposed to the theory
of the latter gentlemen point out that they
really assign no real cause Tor the death
and that before making a positive asser.
tiOn thet 1t Is not hydrophobia they should
be prepared to offer an opinion as to what specific
disease was the cause OF death. These latter say
that II the experiments which Dr. Arnold proposes
to make on dogs should result in communicating
hydrophobla to these animals it should be taken
as conclusive proof OF Its existence In Entwstles
system; but that, on the contrary, II the dogs
should continue unafected, 1t would not prove
that Entwistie did not die Of IT, inasmuch as the
fluids Injected may not be the parts arected. This
will not appear so strange when it is remembered
that the appearance presented by the medua
obOngata and by the larynx and other parts ex-
amned has nothing In It that can be said to be
positively distinct nom that CAUSED by other dis
eases OF a convulsive nature. There Is evide tly
much 10 be said on both sides of the question and
II Is not likely that much light will be thrown on
the subject by the discussion.
great deal OF dissatisfaction is expressed at
the manner In when the investigation was hurried