The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-23
THE STORY OF A DOG.
What n ''ValMable English Bulldog
DiA for q Cincinnati Man
cincinnati Gazette. March eOl

cincinnati Gazette. March e0l
A heart.rending calamity has overtaken
the family Of Mr.. Daniel Boote, book
keeper at the corner Of Third and Wal
| nut streets, whose residence is on Gil
bert avenue, two doors above Sycamore
| street. Walnut Hills About l O'CLOCK
yesterday afternoon he was summoned
from his place Of business by telegram
from Walnut Hills Station to the officers
at Harmon street, but did not know the
nature of the summons until within q
square of his house.
MIR. BoOte has for some months past
had what he considered valuable Eng.
lish bulldog. IN which he took consider.
able pride. The dog was not considered
safe to run at large, and. therefore, was
kept chained in the yard back of his
house. He was sometimes cross to mem.
bers OF the family, but had never at.
tempted to bite any OF them, and some.
times was very good-natured. MIR.
Boote's little daughter, only five years OF
age, was In the habit of feeding this dog,
which yesterday proved himself
to be one OF the mos,
savage OF monsters. After dinner
was over the little girl took
the remnants of the meal, as usual, to
feed the brute. She had just got within
the limits OF the dogs chain when he
flew at her. and, Selling her by the
throat, pressed her to the earth, and
commenced tearing her tender flesh In
the most terrible manner. The poor
little child could not even scream while
the ferocious beast was tearing her
throat, her cheeks, her. nose, her scalp,
and breast. The flesh was literally
torn down to the bone on the entire lett
side Of HERITAGE, and mangled most
horribly.
All this the agoniZed mother saw from
the kitchen window. She ran into the
yard screaming any God! Ny child ~
and was fast advancing on the dog, when
he released his hold of the mangled child
and few at the mother, but she tortu-
nately evaded him. Police Officer John
Thomas, whose residence adjoins that OF
Mr.. Boote, was providentially at home
eating his dinner, and when he heard
Mrs. Boote's screams ran out into the
yard. Looking over the fence he took
in the situation at once, and in an instant
was In his neighbours yard, with his pis-
tol drawn and cooked. III prayed to
God" said Officer Thomas to our
reporter, "that | might not hit the
child when fired, for the dogs mouth
was on her throat, and l feared
might miss my aim. The dog
was literally eating the little girls flesh"
His prayer was answered. The bullet
struck fair Ia the ierocious animals fore
head, and he 70 leased his hold long
enough for Mr.. Thomas to seize the child
and hsad her to her mother. But In his
dying thross. the dog returned to the at
tack, and caught Mrs. Boote blythe hand,
which was terribly lacerated by his
sharp teeth. Officer Thomas then pre-
pared to fire again, but the brute released
Mrs. Boote's hand and sprang::::at him.
The force Of the dogs onslaught. which
was directed 1t Mr.. Thomas throat, but
fortunately fell short, was enough to
knock the of1cer against the grspe-arber,
md before the attack could be renewed,
the dog fell dead from his wounds.