The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-22
An OLD Mans Terrible DEATH Bitten by n
Mad Dog Three NJ onths Ago.


koKtH VRRNON, Ind. Nov. lj lS77.--On the
th ~ jun, William MllsOn. a..cl 81 years.
beard Rs r,ous conniI on among some poultry
from the house. De hurried tn the gat" iend ng
~ this hainyard, and discovered "A large black
dog OF tho size 0. the ordinary bull hr"cd
harlng TO poces a small pit dog which belong;
ed on tho premises. Wilson wae frightened. and
did not attempt 70 drive Of The savagc hrntr
The IN, ldOg eriAed his right hand and thrust
his fangs through tho middle finger. tearing on
mo nail, coiornd boy ut work on the ph'"
was wounlod lie had Just crossed the, road
and was enttring thc yard where NJ r. Wlis n
.ood wnp ihq dos Gauot slSh, ot mn an
w into email troo hari by and ont Of re@ III Of
no dog. Pol!cd in second vi,t!m. the brute
struck out into the road toward Vernon. snap
ping at sticke and weeds and everything IN lls
reach, and ali the while irothing at the mouth.
After biting two oiher persons the animal was
shot.
In September last three months after the
event nnr,aiad above. MIR. Wilson was s"il,d
WITH violent epaen. II WIS provoked BY an
attempt W drink water. IL lasted but lew
minutes and then Disappeared, At every
alango Of the moon he wound complain OF pnins
IN tho hcnd. He friends. however regarded
Ihc moon porlods as more the result Of whims
lhan anything oise, ard paid hut little attention
" thin On tho 9th oil this month--a week ago
wounded. nr, WILSON arose a. usual in the
morning. and ATTEMPTED 70 tnke drink OF
lvioient spasin, which lasted several minutes
during the Hpisn the Old man would tear HIS
DhlI ana mako u l""hllhF sHNuu, IKE i'lt buT
Ing o, u dG.s. On bang Restored To conscious
aess no con- planned OIL severe pains in ms rigt
Arm and said they extended up into his shout
Ter, and thence W the back oil his head. Thc
pans grew more violent during the succeed
ing night he had several ilts. cuch one II iule
nor,' violent than the preceding. on Wednes-
lay hu was uch better. and Thursday he grew
rapidly wOrec.
Not until Friday morning was any physician
summoned. Drs. j.. W. Todd and son were
called IN. They found tuut the slight 1t gance
Al water would thiow the NIdlm INTO violent
sHlsiu. The bli.nt-S, motion Oi the air, caused
By ihc wAN4ng 81 a Ian or the ruis.ng 81 ~" b'u
clciHinA. or rNun tn qulck moving ul tho hand.
would uN ~ time drive tho poor sufferer into :.
mad frenzy. lie could swallow nothing. and
DID not iol three DAYS h,fOrn ne di"d. His mouth
was lnrchcA aud dry, ana hir tongue black anu
fwOlDn. LIS ln-rr, Wurh hhi hlcn wound I'll,
thou, II n al 81 again, hWrllci ana turned pur-
pie. III suriu WIS also hw"lInG Tho tendency
70 chOAr WAS AL ine tIuur maniiroted In hls lu-
cid .prllh ur 'uuid not Lllk ithoul uil iihE q
sound y'ry similar Ia tho barking OF - dUg and
FOud onll with great a. III uliN mako hIln-
sell uulor7tuVI In the sphsns ile con
ftaity uNrrd sharp, quirk, a isiEr"'ahl,
Sounds. reminding al VINO heard nm
Di n dog. On Frnlny. saturday, anu Sundnl
his wOrsl hpl suns occurred ~ eo'lork ANA a. IL
DURING the nights Oi FRIDAY AMI saturday lhHN
were almost constant. IN sufferer rApcrrhrc,
Larly rrhptc. ii r eyre seemed ready e
burst from the rsock IL, ana Elhr'Sl llkch VOL
lY,r. iiiS his,u wUu!d pe Thrown Nlnrnly bhek
ms hands al the while IN mot ION, grhhpin. an,
ming everything tuat CHANGED to De IN rrh'h
Nrrh TIM he r .Hfd holl ul ms mar an
whiskerh an tore our lW'kH In another sllsil
81 hu aud hni~ed ms own Ing ana Then
Hhh hlh wOun,i'd fin GERS. pulled out three %
Tour oil ms roman N teeth Toward tho 'ioS
Of SUNDAY afternoon hr began 10 SHOW signs q
woakvnlhE nhd ~ the evening about O'Clock
went into hnOtnrr sphsn, VIII ii liStod uDOu
hlty niAut o. and which ended in death.