Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-22
MAD DOG IN NEW JERSEY
Fourteen Salem Citizens Bitten
by the Animal
REIGN OF TERROR WAS PRODUCED.

The Savage Dog Attacked All In His
Fath-severai Of the Victims Went to
New York TO he Inoeulafed NJ the Pas
teur Institute
SALEM. ~ J., Dec- s5-Just before
noon n mad dog ran through the strcSts Of
this city and carried suffering and terror
with him Fourteen persons were bitten
Four horses also felt the effects Of his
fangS4 Ten Of his own kind were torn
and laoerated by him Later. through the
prompt action OF a firm Of business men.
seven Of the injured persons left here for
New York TO undergo Treatment In the
Pasteur institute
The dog seems tn have sprung from the
earth. for NJ ono knows wlsEEe he came
from. He Was first sen tearing down the
stpct, exhibiting all the marked signs Of
hydrophObia FTuth was dripping from
his mouth. He continued down the road
way for n few hundred yards and then
took to the sidewalk He nan close to the
gutter and stopped TO bite everything
which was near. He first attacked q
hitching post. but gave IL up and made
for q dog which rushed out 20 give hattie
The latter stood his ground until the mad
animal vas close TO him and then turned
and ran The mad dog wns too quick for
him and boTc him down When the rab!d
animal started on. the other had his neck
laid open \ horse was next attacked and
bitten 4 crowd gathered to follow and
give warning. but the animal Travelled too
rapidly. and men were unable TO get out
Of his way. Horses, dogs and men were at
tackled in quick succession, and in the ami
mails short career he was constantly bit
, ing.
High school Principal BIttrn-
Professor Storey. principal Of the High
school was one of the first attacked
Councilman Henry +. Stickler was also
oaught before he could seek safety. and
the animal sank his teeth into the council
mans leg As the dog ran men nan to
get their guns and at last George Dixon
managed to obtain one. and coming close
to the animal pOurcd the contents OF both
barrels into his hack This ended the
dogs career.
Then n count OF the injured was made
The list IS as follows: Professor Stony
of the High school. Councilman Henry r
Sucklcr. Z : Carter. Jacob Schcr. DR.
J. c Robinson. Charles Smith. James
Ayrcs of the canning firm OF Jones Il
| Ayp7S Charles Bacon. George Miller.
Charles johnson. Lewis Ncill- John Hart.
Norah Nichols and William Giles
The sO-y Of the affair soon spDsad
through the city, and the excitement was
intense All kinds of rumors were afluat-
The number Of the injured was doubled
as the story went, and ali kinds Of then-
rics and reports were circulated Every
one seemed paralyzcd and the residents
seemed afraid to venture out. fearing some
| of the animals bitten might have gone
mad ut once Craven Brothers. prOprie-
tors of the Salem glass works. were the
first to rsrover from the fright and shock
| and ut once took steps to relieve the suffer
| ing They Offered to pay the expenses O.
the bitten ones to the Pastcur institute,
and the offer was accepted by n few
Some Victims Went tn New York
James Ayrcs. Charles Smith. Georgs
Miller. Lewis Ncill. Professor Storey. IA
cob sSChcr and John Hart left here fol
| New York All will NOT Accept the gen
crOsity Of the glass firm. but the prOnp'
| offer showed them the way. Some of then
accepted the money A. n loan. while other
did not even rcquirc this Thusc who hav,
gone to New York are the Ones most badl!
bitten The others received bus Sigh
wounds and have been treated by lOca
physicians
Shortly after the dog was killed q spc
cial meeting of the common council wa
called for this evening to devise means &
dispose of the dogs which had been bitten
Long before the hour set for the meeting
all the dogs which had been bitten anS
many others had been killed The mas
dog seemed to have started n craze agains
dogs. and the slaughter went on all III
afternoon Many owners who knew thei
animals had not been bitten shot them I.
avoid trouble
Last summer there was pack Of wills
dogs in the woods below Vineland. and IL
several instances where they have bittel
animals the bitten one has gone mad
One or two men suffered similar fate
During the summer the woOdmen abOu
Vineland and Bridgeton organized anG
spent n week hunting these wild dogs
They killed n number. Ii was thought tn,
pack had been wiped out The dog which
ran through Salem may have been bitter
by one Of these