The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-26

dallas tTexas) Herald.l
The readers of the Herald will
doubtless remember the numerous
eases of parties bitten by mad dogs
during what is commonly known as
the "dog-day season" last year
Among those who were then so un.
fortunate as to he attacked by
those rabid CANNES was George
Arnold, a married man in the EN-
ploy of the Texas Central road, as
a section hand between Dallas and
Ennis. Arnold, who with his fam
lily occupied a section house be-
tween Dallas and Ennis, came to
this city last August to purchase
supplies. While here he was at
tackled OH North Lamar street, near
o meat market, by a dog run mad.
His case was not regarded as dan
gerOus, but in order to be safe, af-
ter the expiration of a day or so,
he was induced by his wife and
friends to submit to a ''mad stone
test for safety sake, which he did
with the most satisfactory results.
In October last Arnold and his
family removed to Hill county and
located O farm near the line of the
northwest extension of the Texas
Central road, commonly known as
the Waco branch, a few miles from
Whitney. Yesterday Joe SPOTS
ford, an old friend and associate of
Arnold, received q letter from the
latter's wife detailing the sad ter
animation OF her husbands life,
through recent and unexpected
attack of hydrophobia, traceable
to the bite received from the rabid
animal in this city last summer. He
had experienced no fears of alarm
or misapprehension since the appli-
cation OF the maidstone, until about
two days ago, when Arnold, while
attending to his ordinary farm du-
ties, began to experience singular
symptoms, which he Immediately
mistrnsted to indicate an attack of
the "rabies." He at once remem-
bered his misfortune in this city,
last August, and fully realized the |
horrible results which might follow.
Judging from all the surroundings
and developments he became firmly
convinced that he was soon to ex-
perience the dreadful and terrible
realities of a victim to hydr0pho-
bia. His horror and excrueiating
mental suffering at the Thought,
prompted him to write note to
his wife apprising her OF his terri
bic prem0nitions. This note he left
IN their sleeping room, dating it
February Is, 10 a. M, and saying
that would he the last she would
hear OF him; that he was determin-
ell to do no harm or violence to his
family or any one. On the finding
OF this note his absence was dis
covered, and a search for him was
instituted. Developments showed
d case OF the strangestim0ral, men
tai and physical determination ever
exhibited on the part of man. He
had taken a chain, paddock and
key, and gone to vacant log-hut
some two miles distant. One end
OF the chain he had fastened about
his waist, the other end of the chain
he had secured to q post, and bav-
ing attached and locked the pad
lock, he had thrown the key ont of
his reach. When found two days
following his absence from home,
and aftera thorough search through
the woods and surrounding c0nn-
try, his dead body presented q hor-
rible spectacle. His person was
bruised and mangled from the. eff
fects OF jumping, struggling and
biting himself. His face was swol-
len and PUPPY, his eyes bnlged ont,
and everything indicated that he
had died "a most violent death. Mrs.
Arnold appeals in her letter to the
friend of her husband, Mr.. Spots
ford, for assistance to enable her
self and children to return to her
relatives in Talladega, Alabama.