The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-22
WEEHAWKEN SCARED.
A. Mad" Dog Courses Through the
T0wn-A Woman Bitten
North Bergen FerocitY
Notes.

A mad dog made a panic in Wee
hawken this morning just as the school
children were on their way to school. and
only the bravery of Policeman Cottrell
prevented u series of horrors. One woman
was bitten before the dog was shot.
Mr.. Miller lives ON the High Road,
Weehawken, at the old toll gate. TO the
last three years a large brown spaniel has
been a pet in the family. The dog was
very valuable and quite docile. and Mr..
Miller had many times refused very large
sums OF money for his dog.
During the past week the brute has act.
ed strangely, refusing food m moping In
odd corners of the ward. The Millers tried
to physic the dog, but the animal, which
had been so gentle, snapped at any one
who approached too near, and so he was
left alone.
Early this morning when the MiIIers
awoke. the sick beast was chasing madly
around the yard. Foam 1ecked mis- head
and his teeth, which showed through his
turned up lips, were tightly set together.
Mrs. Miller went into the yard, although
her husband begged her not to-, and call
ed the dog. When she approached, the
animal sDrang at her, and, before she
could gain the house, fastened his teeth
in her hand. She fell to the ground in a
faint.
Tine husband beat the dog off and
dragged his wife into the house. He
seized an old revolver aud reentering the
yard fired five shot at the frenzIed animal
.itting 1t but once. Theu it jumped over
the picket fence and ran snarling
d Wi'Iow the High Road toward
dog was in its path md it leaped upon the
yellow one and buried it's foam-covered
fangs in its neck; then Swerving aside it
kept OIL its mad course down the High
Road. By this lime all the people on the
street were aware of the danger. Quickly
calling to the troops Of children on the
smallest OF the little ones into the stores
all the doors were closed as the rabid ami
NAL shot swiftly by.
Policeman Cottreil saw the dog and
when all the men Sought safety In flight
he planted himself directly in its path,
and as it neared him, waited till he could
see bioodShot eyes and put a ~3S-calibre
bullet in its side. The dog stopped,
rolled over, and died Immediately. Mrs.
Miller will probably be sent to the Pas
teur institute and all unmuZzled dogs in
Weehawken are doomed.
Woman's Inhumanity to a Small Boy.
A strange case of feminine brutality
was brought to the attention of Recorder
Reinhardt, of West Hoboken, yesterday,
Nine-yenr-old Willie Helmhaltz, of North
Bergen, was playing In Durham avenue
yesterday. and In his sport m~ischievously
ran after some chickens which were
scratching in the street.
The chickens fled. clucking loudly, and
attracted the attention Of Mrs. Mohr-
back. who looking through a window Of
her house saw the boy In pursuit of her
fowls. She called to him to stop, but
when he continued she ran out Of the
house and whipped him soundly about
the head. Then she seized his ears and
jerked at them with such wonton feroc-
ity, and so long tnat she tore one OF them
so severely that it bled freely.
The little boy screamed with pain and
grew red in the face. The enraged
woman paid no attention to his cries, but
Juggling him off by his LAGER
ated ear TO a chicken coop In her yard,
where she left him sobbing his little eyes
out. "
When she released him an hour later
wounds on his ears were still bleeding
he ran home to his mother, to whom he
his misfortunes between sobs. She
was very angry and when her husband
home she informed him of the
He Immediately started out with the
boy and visited Recorder Reinhardt, who
issued a warrant for Mrs. Mohrbeck's ar
rest.
John Engel has been elected Town
CLERK of Gutenberg Council.
The organization meeting of the West
Hobokeu Council will be held May 2. aE
The Union Hill Council did not meet
last evening because of the absence of a
Charles Pfler was arrested in West
last night for refusing to move
on when told to leave a street corner by n
policeman.
The West Hoboken Committee of the
Whole will meet tonight.