The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-29
mad DOG" WAS THE CRY
A Vicious Cur Raises a
Great RumpuS on Hobo
ken'S Streets.
THREE MEN AND A BOY BITTEN.
A Horse and a Dog Also Attacked
Was the Brute Rabid?

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A vicious and rabid dog of the the mon
grel order, created intense excitement in
Hoboken this morning. 1t left the marks
of its teeth on three men, boy, horse
and dog. Rumor has it that it buried
| its teeth into numerous dogs, but that
rumor has not been verified by reports to
the police
The brute was a shaggy coated black
and yellow dog, about the size of half
grown Newfoundland. It dashed down
| the path between the stalls in the North
Hudson County Railway Company's
stable on Ferry street. The stable hands
gave the alarm, "mad dogr'
| Frederick Bruhn, a hostler, who has
been in the service of the COMPANY many
| years, did not hear the warning cry in
| time. He was in the brute's way. 1t
sprang at him and fastened its teeth in
his left arm just above the elbow
There it hung tenaciously. In tearing
it away Bruhn caught it by the mouth
| The teeth closed on his hand, and before
be could release its hold his hand was
badly lacerated.
| The dog dashed out and turned into
| Washington street. 1t was followed by
| Superintendent Goelz and several of the
| stopped at the corner of Newark and
| Washington streets to make an impress
sion with it's teeth on a small red dog
owned by an Italian fruiterer named
| Garzetti.
The twelve-year-old son of the fruit
dealer was in charge, and he attempted
to drive the mad cur away. 1t turned on
him, and jumping, fastened it's teeth in
his right forearm. While the biting
\ canine was at the stand, Superintendent
| Goelz ran into the police station.
Policeman Doorley was on house duty,
but was standing at the corner. He was
called in and directed to despatch the
| brute.
| POLICEMAN DooRLEY TO THE RESCUE.
| Several minutes elapsed before he
equipped himself for the fight His pis-
tol and club were in his locker. The
dangerous animal fingered on Newark
| street for two or three minutes where
there was q bull dog. of the female per-
suasion, belonging TO David Hubbell
1t did not attack Hubbells dog, but
started through Court Alley, and was
gone before Policeman Doorley arrived.
1t turned into First street and didlnot stop
| running until it had reached the dock of
the Hamburg Steamship Company.
1t ran into the office of the Custom
House officers, Seven were at work in
the room writing. The brute passed six
of them, and running at Christian Basso,
Q clerk who was sitting at his desk at the
end of the room, jumped, at him, and
would have reached his throat had he not
extended his left arm.
The teeth of the brute lodged in the
forearm. Basso shook it off and it ran
| ont of tha door and dO1ur tba 1oo6
CoRNERED ON THE DOCK.
The truck of William Loudon. of No.
AL Washington street, New York, was
being loaded. A team of costly bay
draught horses were harnessed to the
| truck.
The dog bit one of the horses. Peter
Jappa, fireman on the steamship Gellert,
was descending the gang plank. He was
him and planted its teeth in his left arm
He succeeded in freeing himself and
| the dog, as if tired, trotted to the string
! piece, where it lay down. Policeman
Weeks (who had procured a revolver of
| 48 calibre), Stevedore and several long
shoremen armed with clubs stealthily ap-
| preached the fatigued dog, and the police
man fired two shots, one of which took
| effect.
The brute turned to attack him. He
| fired third shot. 1t did not strike a
vital spot, and the brute bounded in the
| air. The policeman jumped and escaped
it. 1t snapped at him as it grazed his arm.
Before it could renew its attack it was
stunned by a blow from the stevedore's
club
In moment the longshoremen went at
it, and it was soon despatched. They beat
it almost to jelly. but fearful that it
might revive, they threw it overheard.
THEY FEAR HYDRoPHoBIA.
The victims were greatly alarmed. They
were convinced the brute was suffering
from the rabies. Hostler Bruhn and the
boy GarZotti were taken to the police
station, where DIR. Ponder and City Ply
sician Simon cauterized the wounds.
Jappa and Basso hurried to st. Mary's
Hospital and received medical aid. The
horse was promptly led to the Veterinary
Hospital, New York, and the Italians red
dog will probably be sent to the happy
hunting grounds before the close of the
day.
The police are waiting for the return of
the owner to obtain his consent, ,as his dog
is muzzled. The authorities aver that a
dog affected with the rabies never stops
running until it drops dead. If the au-
thorities are correct, the brute which
caused so much pain and excitement was
not mad
Its stop on Newark street and settling
down for nap on the dock indicated that
it was simply vicious cur.
There were numerous reports that the
brute had made a tour in the Meadow
district and had bitten several dogs.
The rumorS are not credited by the
police officials, as the policemen on duty
in that section had made no Sllch renort