The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-07-29
DYING LIKE A RRuTE.

In 1869 John Connolly was a menu
Der of construction gang Of the Month
cello aud Port Jprvis Railroad. lie
was large, powerful man, and so bru
fish IL his instincts that he boasted Of
his skill in killing rats like dog, and
stood ready at any time to match him
self to fight himself with dogs. Word
has been received here Of the death of
this man in st. ClairsviIle, Pa, after
terrible fight with bulldog in that
place on the 9Th inst. II seems that
Connolly, partially intoxicated, entered
a saloon kept by one 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 while. and then
let the animal drop by biting the ear
off. The dog ran bowling and bleeding
out of the room Connolly chewed up
the ear, and spat II out on the floor,
with the remark, 'I can chaw up any
dog in this town just like that"
Soon afterward he went into Bryan
Fogarty's saloon. Fugarty owned
full>blooded English bulldog. 1t was
inoffensive, and spent most of its time
in the barroOm. When Connolly enter
ed the place it was doing under small
table Connolly got on his hands and
knees and crawled lndrr the table,
seized one of the dogs ears in his teeth,
and dragged the animal out into the
centre of the room. The dog tried to
get away, bat Connolly held tight and
rising to bis feet shook the dog until its
weight tore the ear off The bulldog,
thoroughly aroused, made savage dash
for his assailaint. Connolly dropped
on his hands and knees and knocked
the dog away with his fist. The uog
rushed at him again and caught him by
the forearm, lacerating it fearfully be-
fore Connolly could choke it loose.
There were two men in the place be
sides Fogarty, and they made a move
to interfere. Fogarty exclaimed, LET
him alone The mans to blame, and
hope the dog will kill him."
After several attempts to fasten him
self on Connolly, by which the latter
was badly torn, the dog at last caught
him in the left shoulder, and sunk its
teeth to their full length, crunching the
bones and securing hold that Connol-
ly could not break. Connolly in turn
seized the dogs fOreshOulder in his
mouth, and then for over minute the
two chewed one another, the man be-
sides striking the dog with his fists.
They rolled around on the floor, and
the blood that flowed from their wounds
mixed with the dust and covered them
with a reddish mud. Sick at last Of this
british aud disgraceful exhibition, the
spectators tried to pull the dog away.
They twisted its legs, hammered it,
poured hot water on it, but all to nc
purpose. 1t maintained its hold, its
eyes glaring in savage satisfaction. Al
length Fogarty drew his pistol, and re-
marking that it was shame to have tC
save the life of the worst brute of the
two by taking that of the least, he placed
1t against the dogs side, and shot i
through the heart. Even then they had
to pry its jaws loose
Connolly, although nearly exhausted
and weak from loss of blood, had no
uttered one cry Of pain, nor given 6
sign Of succumbing. When the dol
was taken away, he tried to rise to hi
feet, but fell back almost unconscious
He was given glass of brandy, and I
doctor was called, Copnolly's righ
forearm was terribly lacerated, TIN
bope being exposed in some places. Th
large muscle of the same arm was hal
bitten away, and hung by the skin. Hi
shoulder was PUPPY mass of flesh AM
bore. His wounds were dressed an,
he was taken to his quarters in the bari
OF the tavern where he was hostler. ii
was at times deliriOus, and on the lit
he was seized with commissions, in on
Of which he died.