The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-11
LONG CHASE OF A MAD DOG.
TWo PERSONS AND MANY DOGS AND
OTHER ANIMALS BITTEN

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Three or Then spent h Cheppiag Holes
In = Rsrv Ficer-The Dcs Came 0st ~
Last anA was KiileA-Ethsl Titswsvth
asa Ernest van EasaG who Were III.
tes, 70 Ne BrouEht to New York.
Last summer Jamos Marley. q blacksmith.
living In Fourth street. Plainaeld. was arrest
ed and fined for allowing two dogs belonging
to him to 20 about unmuzzled. Yesterday
morning . large white bulldog. supposed to
belong to Marley. and which had been allowed
to run about withouta muzzle. went mad bit
two persons and several dogs and other AMI
mails and kept the town alarmed for nearly
six hours before 1t was finally killed.
The dog WAS first noticed near the Bryant
school. in East Sixth street, about ! A. NJ. by
Anumber OF schoolboys. It was then running
UP and down the street with It's tongue hang
ing out. snarling and yelping at Intervals.
Suddenly 1t started for group OF boys who
were fortunately near fence. which they
speedily put between them and tho dog. One
boy. u little slower than the others. had his
trouser leg torn by the teeth Of the animal.
but the skin was not injured. The boys then
stoned the dog until it ran rapidly down
Eost Sixth street. They shouted Mad dog!
except Miss Betsy csyeT 81 East ss: Thrd
who came around q corner just In time to
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reach the skin. She threw the dog Of and t
disappeared. running toward West Sixth
BY this time the news that a rabid, dog was
abroad had spread rapidly through the town
Police Grant and Special Policeman James
Ba6bit, the latter armed with a, double
attacked q goat which was being driven
the Pit hS sH S off, ae
It stopped moment In Eighth street to
tear the throat III mnngrol dog. and then run
The savage animal. which, now had q good
avenue. doub sd on its TRACK and ran into the
FL . fSsea %Ps
SIineing to his throat and the cook, Mary
i}naaishIne It's hold on W ST. BeTpsrds
she satd stterwssd IL speaking Of tand
By this time the people who were chasing
n ss p The house and reSox Yer was red lat at
the dog. but the shot missed; Tho st Bernard
was examined carefully. and It was found that
for the skin was not scratched.
It was now about two hours that the mad
human being had hee2 injured. About $50
aauEhter 81 George Titsworth. who lives on
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heard the dog running up behind them:
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Home %Ssn Ethel Va Van u" BusfirE told Sr' her
she re reached home. and she viii Be sent to the
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was out waking With his 0 nonser dog dog
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dSE ipmpssd and caught the yOHnsa Ns .Saas
Gtep Piece Of flesh being out
advice Van Zandt will put himself under the
care Of Dr.. Gibier to-day.
reyoiyers and clubs. hesides Ofiicer Babbitt
with MS ~ sh st we're now In pITsnt OF the
crowd Of 800 people collected about the
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The hole was made bigger. and the crowd
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when Oficer Babbitt shot It full OF lead from
both barrels OF the shotgun. A number Of re-
which was carried In triumph to the house Of
Mr. TitsToIIkh. H.. This 3. was at o'clock. The
Mr. Ellsworth viii send he ed dogs body to
DR.. Gibier to-day to determine whether the dog
had hydrophobia. Ethel Ellsworth and Ernest
iul and DO not seem alarmed about their con-
diton The phyytfbisisns ssy that the prompt
stroyed the poison. II there was any.
An Investigation will be made to- to SEQ
II any other animals besides those now known
OF were bitten by the bulldog. There Ia some