, 1889-03-26
BARkED LIKE A DOG.
A Hydrophobia Victim Rampant at
Granite Canyon.
1t Took Twelve Strong Men to
Master Him.


Godfrey Thurber, a young Milwaukee
s wede en- route to Anaconda, Mont, was
stricken with h~ydrophobia at Granite
Canyon, eighteen miles west OF Chey'
enne, late Yesterday afternoon. The I'M
fortunate man is now in Jail at Laramie
City and will probably die.
According to eye witnesses the man
created a panic on 1.-THE train, which was
the heavy second section of the regular
passenger train.
The Journey to the summit induced the
frightful fit. At Colorado Junction Con.
ductor Malloy noticed the man was be-
coming nervous, but had no thought of
the terrible malady which would make
the slight built foreigner a powerful ma
MAC.
When the train halted at Granite Can
yon the man became fearfully violent. He
snapped at everyone, barked, growled,
whined and INDUCED In the doleful howl
of the canine. His teeth ground into a
seat back and throwing himself against
the side of a car he shook the structure.
Someone suggested a cold bath and the
maniac was deluged with water. This
woke the sleeping devil. the destructive
instincts of the maddened dog became
dominant and the exhibition OF violence
was grand but revolving and attended by
an element of danger which made the
bravest tremble with fear.
With foam dripping from the red lips
and cleaning teeth of wide open mouth,
eyes u~nnaturally bright and seeming to
protrude from head, clothes disordered,
hair dlshevelled and fingers twitching,
Thurber made an assault upon the other
occupants OF the car, barking loudly as he
leaped over seats, u%nmindful of bruises
received in his mad fight.
Headed by trainmen the male travellers
essayed to subdue the fran tic man-dog.
The task was Herculean, the struggle terri
fc. He seemed endowed with ten-fold
the strength OF a giant maniac. The ex-
ercise of great care to escape the poison
Gus fangs of the lunatic prolonged the
battle for supremacy. Athletic men be-
came exhausted, but the mortal dog
seemed to gain strength. At n stage
all stepped back for a moments rest. The
maniac eyed them sayagely for only an
instant and then renewed the fight.
Twelve of the strongest men met the enc
my midway, and by a fortunate unity Of
action forced him to the floor. A travel
er of powerful physique grasped the pros
trate man by his ears, and held him with
vIce-like grip while hands and limbs were
bound with ropes. Thurber had become
passive and seemed a spiritless prisoner,
only gazing at the men who were tying
him.
Now a fresh trouble arose. Some one
started a report that a woman had been
bitten, and several passengers insisted
that Thurber be killed, and one man
more excited than his fellows-drew a
revolver for the purpose of ending the
existence of the victim of hydrophobia.
Quiet was finally restored and the rumor
about the bitten woman disproven. At
Laramie Thurber was given into the Gus.
tody of the Albany county officials in
compliance with the instructions Of Super
intendent Barr.
%EPILEPTIc FITS.
The city entertained a victim of epilep-
tic fits Sunday in the person of John Sui
livan, an Irish lad en- route west. 1t was
said that it was a case Of mo whisky, no
fit" but Sullivan, who is an intelligent
young fellow, denied this to a LEADER