Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-07
4 POLTCEMAN'S COURAGE
stopping Mad.DoR's Career Dcapite the
Animals Bite.

fNcw York Timo..I
The sidewalks 81 broadway I'm the east
| cTn district OF Brooklyn were crowded
| 1hursday afternoon with shoppers and
| pedestrians. most 81 them ladies and clil-
| dren. ii WAS very hot. and not a breath OF
air was stirring about 3 O'Clock, when there
was q sudden, startled cry:
"Mad-dog! mad-dcg! Get off the side
walks. Mad-dog "
There was panic-stiickcu stampede into
! the street and stores. Mothers seized their
| children aud ran screaming into the nearest
doors. or rushed up ;hc most convenient
steps. Men spTanc into moving wagons OF
ran fer the sreoi-cars, and the sidewalk
was left clear for white SpitZ dog. which,
with its hair muddy and tangled. eyes
glaring. and mouth frothing, ran toward
the ferry, swapping right and left at
everything il passed. but never ceasing its
Iun. Police officer James Short stood at
the corner Of Eightn street, and heard the
cries Of warning from the men and the
screams Of tue women. He turned about
Just rs the dog was upon him. aud 50 closa
WIS The brute That he had no time 10 draw
his club from his b,lt, but struck IL with
his bare fists. The dog closed its teeth
upon his knuckles and made twOugly cuts,
and, snarling and swapping, attempted TO
continue It's run.
But Short had no intention OF letting the
dog get into the throrg Of women and
children again, and lac picked It up and
dashed il TO the sidewalk, while q little
crowd collected at respectful distance,
though no one offered 10 assist him. The
dog al once sprang up. but the officer
got out his club and struck and kicked
1t until 1t bOtcd into a grOcery-store.
TIE proprietor saw the animal com.
ing and jumped upon the counter. while
two clerks climbed upon the shelves in
the rear with the agility OF monkeys. The
dog dove in between a mOlasses-barrcl aud
pile OF sOaV-bOXcs and lay close again at
the wall. painting and snnppinc. The po-
lice officer closed the doors Of the store,
aud, leaving the cCntemanly proprie.
tor dcspairinglv balancing himself upon
the top Of the chee>C-boX on the
counter ana the Two clerks cling
ing in hOrrOT-sricken silence 10 the
heayily-loaded shelves, he ran into neigh
boring hardwarc-store and borrowed q re-
yolver. Then he came back aud shot the
dog. The brute ran yeping from IL cor
ner. and. springing through a window, ran
up TO Ninth street, causing great c0nStcrna-
ton among the crowds who were waiting
in the streets 10 see the policeman kill il.
The officer followed close behind il, and
at south Fifth street its strength gave OFT.
and it fell. Theu Short shot It again, and
satisfied himself that il was dead.
Officer ShoN had paid no attention 10 his
bitten hand during the fight, and he found
that II was bleeding badly. lie went TO
the drugstore on the corner OF Eighth
street aud Broadway, and applied ammo
MIA TO The wounds, aud then had them
cauteIized, aud number Of men who had
witnessed his courageous action cOmpli-
mcnted him on his bravery. lie does not
fear hydrophobis, and yesterday he played
ball with his wounded hand. The courage
Gus officer is only twenty-five years OF age.
lie is a son Of American parents, and was
born in Brooklyn. He has been connected
with the police department OF that city for
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