The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-22

Child KILLED BY A CAT.-The SINGULAR
death of q baby left alone for only four min
utes is thus detailed by a Pitt>burc dispatch
Of Friday last.
shortly before o'clock this morning ffe infant
cnl!g ~ An-on tcl1tea. No lUJ Fourteenth street
south side was found dead fu bed. a h'l. ear v--z
.EE gll m ~ 1te1-L Al was said az once thar its
all the old women In the vicinity qa-rea.i "a ms
.t. cuilelllsi.u. IT. ihouas. the family physician.
Va u5.tHeu ol Jle death ol che child but hc said
he could do nothing for Co. qnE r.5rt.sf t3...,- -.
se4u LOT lne Soroner and have fbe case iurr=tia.-
ted A reporter called az the house vv1l.-l f-- --
met AZ the door by both the fither sr5 --.-r.--
ana conoucted 70 an upper room, where on srg1Ii
oed IN one corner lay the remains Of the child -a-+
ly dressed. The entire lower portion ar -1a f..-
and part OF the meek we're greatly Giscol0ref me
protruding % the edge Of the lips and the T5-Is
were niled with mucus. The nrst imprcssiou yvas
that the child had died from q spasn1 producing
congestion or thecnpillares OF hl6odvrsse1s a fIe
skin Ihe mother, a rather g01r-I01kf-r v1u-s
woman, told the following story:
" hen got up this morning, at a qr71rter-rast
O'Clock. the baby was we'll II auuai-a.7 ,,-,--7-p
ally lively, growing and playing win ire hands
ICY 20 and went down STAIRS 20 get nv r-fah1rd-s
nTeakiast- As went down stairs / saw ne 615
MnS5lle. eF sAe got q chance. and kicked her ont
at the door. After breakfast was over m, t-1.,i
m ie u y Ll.rs sot his hat and started ont Co wore
! came came up right away and found The cat sittfu- r-
the baby's stomach with its nose down FL -hs.i ne
IAce gr1lhed the cat and threw % down stale
spots on its face and thoughtft looked 7lalr 49,
Irghtened me, and laid 81 down In TIE .rff ana
y w #Hr
o1t oI me yard yet. He came IN and said ne rflff
va dead = screamed and the ueihhors cam ~r1r-
nlHs IN 70 see what was the matter. Dr. Thomas
Wa sent ior, but be said be couldn't do anything
iAe i1lheT said this same cat bad been e1mfnr
INTO the uouse Tor some time, aud he had thrown
u 0ut OF the window, kicked ft down stairs whfp-
Ied lI aLG lone everything he could think OF 10
make III stay away, but 10 wouldn't. He was arm
y convinced that II was the canse Of the chiId-s
deatL. lie thought Il was not more than two min
utes from the time he had left the house until hfs
we caIied MIN, and the cat could not have been
on the child breast more than three OF f1rr min
otes. <As soon as he told the owners OF the cat
Mh0t had been done they killed It DR. Thomas
was spoken to IN regard to the matter 10 sos
the enid was born September l. and was to an ap-
gearances perfectly healthy when he saw N last
saturday. He says there are no well. authentiea-
yea cases Of cats killing children in this way They
are iond Ot them, aud often sit with their noses
near the mouths Of the children prohab DIV atfrs-r
el py INC smell Of milk in their breath. Il would
Oe impossible Tor cat 20 stop the childfs trolth
ana as Tor sucking 10 away, Il was absurd % He
Ad not seen the child since 10 died hut the svnu-
toms Indicated death from cOnvulsions or strrl-l-
lGt1on.