The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-29
VICTIM OF HYpRoPHoB1A.
A Barking and Snarling Man Holds a
Crowd at Bay.
From the Now York Herald.

Crowd at Bay.
From the New York Herald.
Barking, frothing at the mouth and
swapping like ferocious dog at every one
that came within his reach, young man
kept back crowd for an hour on the
northern end of the Third avenue bridge
across the Harlem at about s o'clock last
night.
He was slim in build, not at all formid-
able in his appearance mere boy, in
fact, of but 10 years-but the paroXysms
of the dreaded disease, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
there was no installing the signs-made
him terrible to the surging mass of way
farers that at that hour cross the bridge
No one dared to come very near the
maddened boy. Those that were the
nearest shrank terror stricken from him
when he turned glaring toward them and
made savage attempts to fly at them.
The bridge became blocked, the crowd
making the roadway impossible even for
cars and trucks. Three policemen strug-
gled with the man before he could be
forced into an ambulance and taken away
to the hospital.
The young man was John G. Brassing-
ton, who is employed as an agent by "a
safe company in Harlem and who lives
with his fathers family at Mount Vernon,
n. Y.
Brassington, when he awol1e Yesterday
morning, complained be did not feel as
well as usual A queer feeling, that he
could not describe, seemed to take pos
session of him, and he complained to his
parents. They advised him to remain at
home, but he was very anxious to attend
to business and left for the Office after a
light breakfast.
FELT BETTER THEN.
He felt much better when he reached
the office, but few hours later again
noticed the same indescribabie sensation
he had had before. He went to Mott
Haven in the afternoon ION. a matter of
business. sefa.o -ft
1t was as he was recrossing Harlem
bridge on his way back at 6 o'clock that
his malady Overcame him. He was on
the north end of the bridge, walking
along slowly, when he suddenly staggered
q moment, then frothed at the mouth and
parked exactly like dog.
BrassingtOn stood in the center of the
passage and held the way. A few persons
rushed by him, but he snapped at them
fiercely. People 1ocked about and watched
the actions of the young man. The crowd
moved into the roadway of the bridge,
and even teamsters held their horses and
blocked the way. For fifteen minutes
Brassington was left alone, while the
gaping crowd stood purposeless.
ONE POLICEMAN ovERPowERED.
Policeman Rothman pushed his way
through the jam and tried to lead the
young man away, but he found that task
by far too much for him.
Although Brassington isof slight build,
his strength had become mighty. The
policeman could not manage him at all,
and had to call for help
Policeman Ellis of the Morrisania po-
lice station came to his assistance, but
even the two policemen needed more help.
They struggled for while with Bras
sington, while the crowd had grown
greater and swayed back and forth about
them.
Ellis called an ambulance from Harlem
hospital and got Policeman Thompson
from the Mott Haven railroad station TO
come to his aid The united strength Of
the three big policemen was scarcely q
match for the slender young man, who
continued to bark and snap during all his
struggles. When the ambulance. at
tended by Ambulance Surgeon Open
heimer, arrived, the three policemen had
to force young Brassington into it.
So violent were the young mans strug-
giles that they could not get him com
fortably into the straps. Policemen Ellis
and Rothman jumped into the ambulance
and held the patient down as best they
could.
At the hospital came another struggle
The policemen and ambulance driver as
sisted by two attendants, succeed, how
ever, in removing the patient.
They laid him on cot and strapped
him down. His arms and legs were Sc
curely bound so that he could do no harm.
TREATMENT OF THE CASE.
Heavy doses of opiates have been ad-
ministered to quiet him. This treatment
was successful, so much so that the pa
tient had moments Of consciousness, but
they were of very short duration, and he
would Immediately resume his barking
and swapping and frothing at the mouth
During one of his conscious periods he
told the doctors that he had been bitten
by dog year ago and that ten days
ago he was scratched on the back Of the
hand by his pet cat while playing. The
blood came, but he thought nothing Of It,
and wiped the blood away with his hand
kerchief. He felt no further trouble IN
til yesterday.
The physicians at Harlem hospital say
the case has every appearance OF hydro
phobia and think he viii not recover.
A peculiar incident in connection with
the case is related. Three dogs belonging
TO the hospital apparently attracted by
tine patients barks, trotted in one after
the other from the hospital grounds into
the hall and began barking and scratch
ing at the door leading into the room
where young BrassinRtOn is confined.
The three hrutcs then set up barking
and yelping that was truly hideous.
Every one IN the institution was very
busy 40 the time, but as soon as possible
the dogs were driven away by the attend
ants. There seemed 10 be peculiar at
traction for the dogs in the barking Of
door outside and beneath the window. oe-
casionally yelping until they were driven
away with the lash.
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