The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-08-02
Dying Like a Brute.
ATTEMPTED TO "CHAW Up"
A BULLDOG.

ATTEMPTED TO "CHAW UP"
A BULLDOG.
PORT JERvIs, July 20.-In 1863 Jno.
Connolly was member of the con-
struction gang of the Monticello and
Port Jervis Railroad. He was large
powerful man. and so BRITISH in his
instincts that hu hOasted Of his skill in
killing rats like a dog. and stood ready
at any to match himself to fight with
dogs. Word has been received here
of the death of This man in ST.. Clarks-
vile. Pa, after q terrible fight with a
bulldog in tha- place on the 9th inst
1t seems that Connolly, partially in
toxicated, entered IL saloon kept by
ono Way. While there he seized in
his teeth the ear of an old hound which
was sleeping on the floor, and raising
the dog clear off the floor, shook it a
while, and then let the animal drop by
biting the ear of. The Cog ran howl
ing and bleeding out of the room -
Connolly chewed up the ear, and spat
it out on the floor, with the remark,
~ can ehaw up any dog in this town
just like that"
Soon afterward he went into Bryan
Fogarty's saloon. Fogarty owned a
full FLOODED English bulldog. 1t was
inoffensive, and spent most of its time
in the barroom. When Connolly en-
tered the place it was doing under a
small table. Connolly got on his hands
and knees and crawled under the table
seized one of tho dogs ears in his
teeth, aud dragged the animal out ill.,
to the centre of the room. The dog
tried to get away, but Connolly held
tight, and rising to his feet shook the
dog until its weight tore the ear off
The bulldog, thoroughly aroused, made
a savage dash for-its assailant. Con-
molly dropped Oh his hands and knees
and knocked the dog away with his
Est. The dog rushed at him again,
and caught him by the forearm, LAGER.
ating it fsarfully before Connolly could
choke it loose. There were two men
in the place besides Fogarty, and they
made move to int r,ere. Fogarty
exclaimed, 'Let him alone! The man
is to blame, and l hope the dog will
kill him."
After several attempts to fasten him
self on Connolly, by which the latter
was badly torn, the cog at last caught
him 10 the left shoulder, and sunk it's
teeth to their full length, crunching
the bones aud securing a hold that
Connolly could not break. Connolly
in turn seized the dogs foreshoulder
i'll his mouth, and then for over a min
ute the two chewed one another, the
man besides striking the dog with his
fists. They rolled around nn the floor
and the blood that flowed from their
wounds mixed with the dust and COW
cred them with q reddish mud. Sick
at last Of this british and disgraceful
exhibition, the spectators tried to pull
the dog away. They twisted its legs
hammered it, poured hot water on it,
but to all to no purpose. 1t maintain
ed it's hold, its eyes glazing in savage
satisfaction. At length Fngarty drew
his pistol, and remarked that it was
shame to have to save the life of the
worst brute OF the two by taking that
of the least, he placed it against the
dogs side, and shot it through tho
heart. Even then they had to pry its
jaws loose.
Connolly, although nearly exhausted
and weak from loss Of blood, had not
uttered one cry of pain, nor given sign
of succambing. When the dog was ta-
ken away, he tried to rise to his foot,
but fell back almost unconscious. He
was given a glass of brandy, and a doc
tor was called. Connolly's right fore
arm was terribly lacerated, the bone
being exposed in some places. The
large muscle Of the same arm was half
bitten away, and hung by the skin.
His shoulder was pulpy mass of flesh
and bone. His wounds were dressed.
and he was taken to his quarters in the
barn of the tavern where he was hostler.
He was at times delirious, and on the
llth he was seized with commissions,
in one of which, he died.
"A coLoRED man, giving his name
as George, and saying his house was
in Utica, New York, has appeared in