The evening world., 1894-07-21
BATTLE WITH A DOG.
Young Fare Attacked by 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 moraing at the foot OF Fiftieth
street, Emanuel Fare, sixteen years old.
of 2l7 East Fortyflfth street, was at
tackled in the water by a vicious dog.
which bit him nine times and nearly sue
Ceeded in drowning him.
The water was red with the boys
blood. and al the while the owner of the
cog stood on the bank, intoxicated,
laughing at the fierce struggle In the
water. Finally a crowd, attracted by the
boys cries, rushed to the spot and sue
ceeded in tearing the dog away.
The spot is a 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 7.S0 o'clock with several
other boys.
About ten minutes after the boy went
into the water, Charles Hanascheger. of
lO+ Second avenue, came along with a
huge st. Bernard. The dog was shaved
to resemble lion, and in size and ugli-
Hanascheger left the dog on the string
piece and walked to the structure above.
Fare turned somersault into the
water. The dog saw him, and with a
howl jumped after him. Hanascheger
watched the dog swim to the boy with
much delight
AS soon as the dog reached Fare he
sank his teeth into the back OF the lad 8
neck. Fare had not seen him coming,
and for 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
him again, For second time, Fare
long while. and when he came to the
surface was very much exhausted. He
was then too weak to resist the attack
or the brute and tried to make his way
to the shore.
The dog, 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 dog $
eyes and blind him.
The brute. now maddened. swan
| 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 OH the bank made no
dog sat on the bulkhead laughing at the
Weak from loss of blood, and thor
oughly played out. he caught the dog
by the mouth with the one hand and
usirg the other swan ashore.
The dog chewed his hand and
scratched his left arm frightfully. Final
ly Fare managed to reach the string
piece. As ne climbed up the crowd ran
away. They thought the dog was mad,
and left the poor. exhausted lad TO con-
tinue 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 Il coal-heaver, known in
"'Husky Bum" came along with an
axe He tried to strike the dos. but the
crowd, which had returned pulled him
away. They feared he would hit the
boy.
4 man named Thomas I.uby grabbed
the dog as 1t stood over the hoy. The
teeth of the animal We're deep in Fare S
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.
Tie boy was carried to the East Fifty
first street station. and DIR. Mcclure, of
GIL 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.