The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-08
NEWARk's BE1sr AGAIN
Another Man Attscked-Hundreds OF Armed
Men and Boys Searching for IL.

The mysterious animal that attacked
mon. women, children. and poultry In the
Tenth Ward OF Newark. and caused general
alarm in that city In the past week. appeared
again yesterday afternoon. and severely bit Mr..
Francis Young. who keeps a grocery at 1875 Pa
ciflc street. Mr.. Young was fixing chicken
coop In the yard at the rear OF his store. and
suddenly small gray animal about the size OF
a kitten. sprang up and hit him In the wrist. in
1icting two deep and painful wounds. He was
attended by DR.. d. Winans Smith. who said that
the wounds resembled those received by Louis
Bicklingmeyer last week. when he was bitten
by the strange beast. The story OF Mr.. Youngs
adventure spread like wildnre. and the neigh
bors locked to his store In large numbers to
have II verified.
When Mr. Young. who is highly respected
exhibited his wounded wrist and described the
attack made upon him. the people became In
tensely excited. and at 6 O'Clock fully 1.200 men
and boys assembled with revolvers and guns
and secured the yards vacant lots. and out
houses in search OF the malignant animal, Mr..
Coyle o. Chestnut street and boy named Cor
nelius Tinney. living on New York avenue,
averred that they had seen small gray animal
dart into the sewer at the corner OF Chestnut
and Jefferson streets at O'Clock. and the thronR
hastened 10 that locality and fired many shots
into the sewer arch crossing under the street A
small dog was sent into the arch, and he came
breast
reporter for THE SUN called ut DR.. d. winans
never who wss btsS IN tbe Ice LNs "s wst Vas
IN In the he private ONE having he wound dressed
Mr.. Young. who. they said. was a reliable man.
pr; Smith said: confess that am puzzled.
even os suass what It s e hone S viii be ctSe ether
Killed or captured. for the people are badly
NJ "a picL,,,or,a-.- ..ta. .r H.. .. oe,
Chestnut street. and have hunted and trapped
on the swamp meadow for twenty-eight years
SnS Don ssw from an s1% SeSDa ss n %
that cannot describe Il we'll I bied a. great
deal. and the wound pains me yet" The
wounds on his legs arean inch long and one
quarter OF an inch deep.
oSa M + mfps: Ss aSu1s & ncS de so mag
mep and women were examining the woqpds
and about the siss Of a young kitten run out Of
my chicken coop early this morning. / stopped
q hole under the coop with dirt. and at o'clock
front OF the hole. At that minute something
n w At me. bit me on the wrist and was on like
have been ferret. lot Of men ne; are S', down on
the meadows hunting for It now"
The reporter went to tho corner OF Jefferson
houses. and saw knots OF men and boys ecat-
tered over the vacant lots in the direction OF the
and psrties Of ten and twenty stood at either
end OF the sewer arches. whore the sewer passes
under the streets. and fred shots into the arches
animals were shot Mt by the excited men. and
the boys carried large stones In both hands.
dns Es S es an
seen dinly in the darkness enveloplng the
meadows. Once in a while. there would ba a
reporter left the scene at OK o'clock, but the
hunting parties were still at work.