The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-02

Horrible Death 81 . Child Mt Kansas CITY
Two Othcr PernOnH Nitten.

Horrible Death Off Child Mt Kansas city
Two other Persons Bitten.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 25.-The prettv
cottage home of Ernest L. 1hym. esls
Cherry street, is q sad one TODAY. In the
parlor Of that home lies all that is mortal
Of Willie Thym. q beautiful golden-haired
child Of four years, the pride OF the par
ents' hearts and the pet of the ent re
neighborhoOd, an unusually bright ltt.e
fellow. He died yesterday morning about
three O'Clock. after t~wenty-fOIr hours OF
the most terrible agony imaginable,
caused by the bite of . dog. resulting IL
h~ydrophobia in its most horrible form.
Mr.. Thym. the father OF Willie, is a
member OF the firm Of Erath, Thym & Co,
proprietors Of tho Pawnee stone wards,
sO3a Grand avenue. The case is rather n.
peculiar one. as the parents were not
aware the little boy had been bitten until
it showed itself in hydrophobia. Now it
is all explained. and . scratch that they
supposed be Aad received from running
into q baby carriage was the bite of a mad
dog. An alarming feature of the affair is
that two other persons were bitten by the
same dog, eae seriously, and the result, of
these bites ID causing them and their
friends great anxiety.
On the evening Of june % a water
spsniel pup belonging to William Hacker.
2!11 Cherry street. began to show synp-
toms of madness. II was tied up but be-
came o great deal worse. The mex. after
noon it succeeded in breaking its chain.
With glaring eyes and frothing mouth it
began to run up and down the street and
through the premises in the vicinity. Mrs.
Thym was wheeling her baby carriage up
and down the sidewalk and Willie was
romping around rear her. The rabid
animal came tearing out OF its
masters yard and up the street toward
them. Willie spied il first and ran toward
his mother for safety. The animal ran at
them and jumped upon Willie. without,
as his mother supposed. biting him She
noticed a small scratch above the eve,
which barely brought the blood, but sup
posed he struck the buggy with his head.
The mad dog ran on up the street, biting
several dogs in it's flight. It soon after
returned to Mr.. Hackers yard AMI
started after two Of the children. One OF
them took refuge in a tree. The other
one was not so lucky, receiving u
slight bite in the hand. The animal then
ran out on the street again. In running
around a lamppost the chain which was
dangling to it got fastened. Pau Beck
shammer, q StOnecutter residing at 2s5t
cherry street, and another man went to
ne dog to unfasten it for the purpose of
killing it Mr.. Bockshammer got within
reach of the mad beast and il, grabbed
him by the knuckle of the front finger on
the left hand. giving him a very bad bite.
It b!ed prOfusely. They succeeded in kill
ing it by dropping q stone on its head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thym thought no more of
up readily, net even leaving a scar. Mon-
day evening the little fellow was taken
i'll and yesterday morning death ended his
On the night he was bitten
Mr.. Bockshammer had a maidstone APP
piled to his wound which adhered until it
turned green and watery. No symptoms
of the dreadful malady ave appeared in
his case nor that Of Mr.. Hackers child,
bitten at the same time.