Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-13
death from Rabies.

Ia !dY room over 1906 Dickinson street.
l'h'ladaIphia, a group vas gathered Tu,aisy
morning by tbs bedside Of, d b!uc.oyed, carly
hoadad toy 10 tho death sgsrlas OF hydrepho
bls lie died sasppng q! his mother when she
tried 10 ki:s him. i'hrco uol;h aSo F::is little
fve year Gil: Louie Iaci;cL an cri7 otiG, while
pls5og oro evening ab0u: dusk! Nas bitten.
Ho lad lis aries acr0.s tic shoulders Of two
other itltA bays, and thoifS Ter1 similarly
thrown around han. iley VITO walking three
sJ;c.ss. wen obey 81 q in2uluCa 81 j. iT!.E.,
aggressive cog, III The SpuZ breed, c1ulag 20
HaTu tECG.
When iho aoimaj Gaa Ii tew t":. sway ainao;,
larger dog, belonging 10 the :hhnrt!C G:i and
sad to bs half Newfoundland 10 breed, ZAP
across tho 'lIc!t sud uris,i3u up Egslus. lie
smaller beast. The Sriiz. not ap9srtnsg III
anger, but a. il IN mischief. hut sill exc:,i u;
tho ether dog. snapped gtGuud Two rr three
times sed then Jumping up. With his furei5ai
n the air, Dir Louie Il HeiioI on the forehead.
he little fellow i father was standing Ia his
doorway, AID saw il al Falling him to luo
home, the father followed the dog, which was
Identified by several persons az belonging 10 sxe
Alderman Jesse s. Bonss. Tho wound
seemed but a scralch and. alter proper treat
ment healed rspiolj. No particular ATTENTION,
therefore, Was paid to it, aud the child suffered
30 iIconvenence His mother. q thrifty Ger
man womsp Ind olvtr even so much as heard
CT bydrophobl,. Three months passed hy ard
the lisle fellow played and ran about as usual,
and the bite nod dog wero alike forgotten.
What followed Is most g1aphicaliy told III The
mothers la3eusga. Last Wednesday," she
said, "LJula did 90, 80 out so usual 10 the
morning. The day w,ut ou, AID | ssid: Why
doo' tyOu go out and play? never sew you
80. But nc ciuog ahou; my aproo snd said:
Me dunC want t. leave you mamma' lie hsd
not catnn any breakfast and at tuuer cusxed
him to take littIo SOUP bat he out lil haGd
up to his thros, and said, 'Ale can swallow moth
Ing, mamma. lilo pui his bands up Gid
wsoted mo 10 take away the mil lilo ate
nothing hll thst day At s o'clock, whila ia
bad. he screamed Ia such way as | never
hard before. When went MP he was s!rech
log hlmsslt out and drawing dowo hls m;u,h
ADD had his teeth Gloss together. lie WAS slso
coughing strangely. Ii. m.ds mo fske HIN IN
my bsd. aud be did not slsep wick oil night.
HIS father fels him and said ho had violent
fever. DO Thnrsdsy morning his eyes began
to water and | sent Ter DR.. Smith, my old
family phpsloisn. who said it WAS no: s,srct
fever. as l supposed. but be did pot know
WuSt WAS luat nlteTuOO0 no V0mlteQ 4nd
Jumped up and csught the bedclothcs 10 his
teeth. and L then noticed that When tbcso iiu,
were on hm thu place whore the dog bit him |
turncd blue. lilo would not cat anything, bu.
| used to bog hun to tako little water, a5a he !
did 1t for nue., bu: il cen. him into spasns. | !
then sent i0r Dr.. Curtin. AS soon as he locked
at my boy he said it uas hgdrophobis.
On Saturday night last they left four pei.,s !
and tod mo TO give him two and not to pir. lin,
the Others If no went asleep. He no sooner ;on4 |
them thsn no became very wild. The wt,.n |
foam lowed from his mouth. He grlttcI HI. |
teeth upon the blankets. b bit his tongue closf
through. Then he bit bis fingers. making thrm
bleed, until we had to hold him by tho hands
Stlil, be was conscious and WAS trying himself 10
stop Il. This morning he grew Very weak snu
loaned and trembed and would no: let lis bring
w.tsr near him. and at half pas: ton Le died.
Tho deg that inflicted the fatal bite is dead,
DE Was Killed. as soon az tho case Was known 10
be hydro2hobia. but for some reason he had been
granted immunity of life too long, Five children,
hrF. LWelfel says have bsen bitten By the samo
beat since it biz her boy and two had been BIZ
Ten before. Whether this number is correct or
not, the nelghbors oil agree thss tho dog bit |
other children both before and af.er this FRS.
fatal victim.