Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-31
A LITTLE GIRL BITTEN
Senator Kyle's Daughter the Victim of q
Supposed Mad Dog.
An Exciting Cause.-The Animal Kill
ed-TOo Many Tramp Dogs Mt
Large Mt Present.

A mongrel dog, supposed to be mad, made
its appearance on Capitol Hill yesterday
afternoon and succeeded in biting the little
daughter Of Senator Kyle and several dogs
before its mad flight was brought to a sud
den end by a policeman's pistol. Senator
hyle's daughter was on the sidewalk with
number of playmates, not for from the
home of her parents, on I'd street near Mary
land avenue, when the Infatuated canine
came up the street at full tilt and fright
ened them The animal was foaming at the
mouth and swapping and snarling at trees,
fences and imaginary objects in it's path,
showing every outward evidence Of being
mad. The frightened children made an eff
fort to run faster than the dos and reach a
place OF safety before the animal could
reach them, but Senator kyles child was
unfortunate enough TO bring up the rear of
the crowd, and before she could reach her
home the animal overlook her. Stopping
only for instant the dog took the child $
hand between its teeth, and the little one,
In attempting to release her hand only sue
ceeded in making the wound more severe
than IL would perhaps otherwise have
been.
Not more than a minute elapsed between
the time the dog appeared and when he dis
appeared. This otfense of the dog did not
satisfy the animal, and he continued on his
Wild and exciting trip through East Wash
iEgton, biting several dogs and frightening
many persons. When Lincoln Park was
reached there was large party in pursuit
OF the animal. the latter seeking refuge in
the bushes, where he snapped at the twigs
and low branches OF the trees. Finally the
Wild animal seemed TO become aware of the
fact that his pursuers were bent on killing
him. for he soon left the park and gave his
pursuers merry chase across the COM
mons. Policemen from the ninth precinct
had Joined IN the pursuit, and although they
saw the dog several times. it was not until
4th and streets was reached that the dos
was corraled In a front yard and killed by
Policeman Ellsworth, who fired two shots
into the animals body.
While all this was going on the little
victim of the animal was suffering. She
had been picked up from where the dos
left her and carried into the house of hei
parents where the wounds on her hand
were cauterized. On account of the posi-
bility Of the child developing a case OF
hydrophobia Senator Kyle will probably
have the injured child sent to the Pasteur
Institute in New York.
Too Many Dogs.
1t is said by the police that the number
OF dogs on the street now Is unusually
large, and surprise is expressed that Pound
master Einstein does not capture more OF
them. The weather affects these animals
said a police official to a Star reporter This
morning. and he thought that stringent
measures to impound them should be taken
The pound service is badly crippled. 1t is
said, by the health office. which requires
service other than fmpounding and killing
dogs.
These men are required to burn and de-
stroy bedding and other articles taken
from rooms in which scarlet fever ami diph-
iberia patients have been treated, although
there is special appropriation for this pur-
pose. In addition to this. the men haul
ashes from the health Office and serve as
general utility men when they should be
out Kidding the city of tramp dogs. During
the time that the smallpox patient was
confined in the hospital these men had To
haul all the supplies between the health
office and the hospital.
During all last week only sixty dogs were
captured, and fifty-four of them were killed