The evening world., 1894-07-21
BATTLE With. A DOG.
Young Fare Attacked by a Fierce
St. Bernard While Swimming.
Horribly Bitten Before He Could
Reach the Shore.
Owner of the Brute Laughed and
the Crowd Looked On.

While swimming In the East River
this morning at the foot of Fittieth
street Emanuel Fare, sixteen years old,
of PIT East FORTHWITH street, was at.
tackled in the water by vicious dog,
which bit him nine times and nearly sue
ceeded in drowning him.
The water was red with the boyf
blood. and all the while the owner OF II
Cog stood on the bank, intoxicat ted,
laughing at the fierce struggle In the
water. Finally crowd, attracted by the
boys cries, rushed to the spot and sue
ceeded in tearing the dog away.
The spot is u favorite one for swim
ming. The bulkhead, once used as a
dump. is but little above the surface of
the water. Young Fare went down to
| swim about $50 o'clock with several
9th err boys.
About ten minutes after the boy went
into the water. Charles Hanascheger, Of
Job Second avenue. came along with a
huge st. BERNARD. The dog was shaved
to resemble lion and in size and ugli-
ness might easily be taken for one.
Hanascheger left the dog on the string
piece and walked to the structure above.
Fare turned somersault into the
howl jumped after him. Hanascheger
watched the dog swim to the boy with
much delight.
., As As, soon as the dog reached Fare he
neck. Fare had not seen him coming
ana Tor moment did not know what
had hold of him.
He twisted his shoulder and the dog
let go and snapped at his face. Fare
Owed and escaped the brute's jaws
The crowd seemed paralyzed and made
thought that he was drowned. But Fare
had gone down to escape the dog When
he rose to the surface the dog went at
n Wsn, a ;sndar nor second time Fare
long while. and when ne came to the
surface was very much exhausted. He
was then too weak to resist the attack
OF the brute and tried to make his way
The Hog soon reached him and. snap
ping at his face, fastened his teeth In
sued. Fare fought like demon. He
tried to stick his fingers In the dogs
eyes and blind him.
around him and bit him repeatedly. He
caught Fare three times in the face
three times on the head, twice on the
back and once on the right hip. The
boys body was one mass of scratches
and bruises.
The lad could hold out no longer.
still The crowd on the bank made no
dog sat on the bulkhead laughing at the
wild fight In the water.
Weak from loss of blood, and thor
oughly played out. he caught the dog
by the mouth with the one hand and
using the other swan ashore.
The dog chewed his hand and
cratched his left arm frightfully. Final
ly Fare managed to reach the string
piece. As he climbed up the crowd ran
away. They thought the dog was mad.
and left the poor. exhausted lad TO CON
tnue his battle alone. The dog jumped
on his back and knocked him down. He
then fastened his teeth in the lads
back.
At this point a coal HEAVIER, known in
the distric: by no other name but the
Husky Bum" came along with an
axe. He tried to strike the dog, but the
crowd, which had returned. pulled him
away. They feared he would hit the
boy.
A man named Thomas I.uby grabbed
the dog as II stood over the boy. The
teeth of the animal were deep In Fares
back Then some more of the bystand-
ers, emboldened by Luby's act, caught
hold Of the dog. Luby forced the brute's
teeth apart and Fare was taken away.
The boy was carried to the East Fifty
first street station, and DR.. Mcclure. of
63l Lexington avenue. was summoned.
The wounds were cauteriZed and he was
sent home.
Hanascheger ran away with his dog
and locked him up in an ice-box In his
cellar. When a policeman went to shoot
the dog he could not get into the Ice box. |
In the mean time Hanascheger disap- |
appeared. He will be arrested.