The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-17
THEY WERE, EATTNa HIM UP.
Little johnny Keegan's Fearful Eneounte,
with Two Bulldogs.


Little Johnny Reagan. Fearful Eneounter
With Two Bulldogs.
New tenants took possession last spring Of q
big frame house in Fifty-iourth street, Bay.
onne. that had grown familiar to the people
who picnic in the vicinity. There is In the
garden one OF tho finest wells in Bayonne.
filed with clear cold water which the former
| oblRinR tenants made free TO all who cared TO
try it. even going SO far rs to leave acup handy
by. The new tenants comprised Mr.. j. Gill.
land. rigger Of smokestacks, doing business
In this city. his vito. a very youthful son. and
three bulldogs. There were also some game
chickens. MIR. Gilliland is Of a sporting turn.
and his wife knows thing or two about dogs.
The characterof tho pretty yellow house with
the brown blinds changed with the change OF
tenants People no longer went to the well.
The cup had disappeared. Strangers who had
heard OF the hosptable we'll and started into
tho garden regretted their ignorance OF the
new conditions very soon for the three dogs
would come rushing around the house SO
flercely that the retreat OF the stranger was
| likely TO be rapid In fact. not all were for
tunats enough to ESCAPE uninjured. The
neighbors say that number OF peddlers were
badly bitten. tits said one stranger wa bitten
Town Hall ana Mn Mr. GiianS was ,0 snnmoneS
| to explain why he allowed such savage animals
however were poor strangers who could not
Afford to return to Bayonne to pr ssst their
hs Ioss so wsss so
that No one would enter the place II 1t was
10 50 nIH from h sh. SIZE SGS s
ssnst!%.s hoy would yell H' fsDeassdi' Seior.
were called pan and Gyp. Tbs latter Is Is ~ -
| Gilliland has felt her teeth more than once.
The third dog. Boots. was imported expressly
Mi and % hsr FIJI
bull. His ttnncity was indicated when be was
y nos vs hnoneh the be- fence e within his his
y required iroEs to pry open his Jaws Among
& is Wit" Mrs. whS% 1ha the ksasan n paos
hss s..S a5ss III $s.ss Ss sssSs
and her eleve year old boy johnnie has been
hS ha5 Of 5s carry hs wss
nofs enss fHsw f ss aa
car in train on the Jersey Central Railroad
By the ,,disocated door of passing freight
counts OF ~ It Hco we're publishsd. Mr.. Gliand
took charge Of the boiy and he and his wife
Their young son remained in che charge OF
ss S. sn 9s r es he
washing. She sent Johnny to tho house fer h; It
alter tho mad gone. On MONDAY SH0 SOM MIN
again. but they were not home then. either.
On Tuesday mo,ninS feeling the i rssd OF the
johnny went into the garden as usual So
aS S'9s1 Mss 10 the the ayD
than ever }" pl but Soots ' Was the rst asssisst
H. ID. ss IL s. 9,
pisse P tSs sz a'' Of big S baternn JoSnn1
screamed with pain and terror and then Gyp
res w az let him ana
him Mr.. Abraham Cadm4s lives little way
Il. heard 6 boy
TheyFs sstnx me VIZ
1ste OF h hs II Il. he ssa es %hsnp s s
i Win e T H. dogs r vere aH
PTRe Gsna ssz'f q also
il the s5dsn
to 1.' 9 q1ss wilson nesBbor 81 stood IN .Se
To1d yenS t. the SoHs M Gadm 9.s
dogs. They Immediately ran away. "
The boy tumblsd IN heap, and Nh; C FAD
Of the eardsr. Once the dogs made ano, her
rush as II to seize their disappearing prey, and
AZ ny .n had to asss s 5 5ohnny at s
deliriouS. His body was covered with wounds |
from head to foot. and all his clothes. Including
bites was one under the right eye. SO severe |
that 1t Is probable he will lose the sight A |
SUN reporter saw him in his bed yes erday. He |
had evidently been a bright handsome boy. |
but he lay shverinG with terror There Is |
hardly clear spRce on his body. and II he re- |
ured Tor life.
Mrs ,Keeean said that Mr. and Mrs. Gillland
say. much to reporters, They had also prom
ised to nay the doctor's bill; Two policemen |
also called and asked Mrs; Keegan to make
ever. could not leave the boy who screams in
terror whenever she leaves the room.
Later the reporter saw Mrs Gilliand in her
garden She was whipping Gyp. The re-
porter remained on the safe side OF the fence.
Gyp and Boots came up and tried TO sniff at
parently good: natured woman. She talked
frankly enough about Johnny's exreriencs.
but intimated that he must have leased he
dogs. She admitted that Gyp would bite any:
body. but thought Boots was too good. natured
for anything. Nevertheless. she teld the story
led the attack on johnny. She said the dogs
had never bitten ANYBODY except johnny. but
the neighbors' talk shows that she Is greatly
mistaken. She said also that MIR; Gtlliland
had offered to kill the dogs II Mrs. Keegan de-
sired It. bnt Mrs. KeeRan said she didn't. She
MrCndmus said no had not gone out for some
time without carrying q pistol to defend him
self in case the dogs got loose. Others say they
prefer to walk on the opposite side OF the
street. Mrs. Gililand says tho new pups are
very sweet. The nsRhbors grosn when they
hear OF them.