New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-27
HE ACTS LIKE A MAD DOG.
4 BOY SEIZED WITH A TERRIBLE FIT OF
RABIES
HE WAS BITTEN TEN DAYS AGo-A SUDDEN ANi
r,NcoNTfoI.LABLE OUTBREAK THREE MEN

r-;coXTbJ1IABI.E OUTBREAK THREE MEN
NEEDED TO HOLD HIM.
1o.o,h Norman. sixteen years old was removed
IN an ambulance from his home 40. y West S"N-
.,,a.n,h-s, lasr night a raving madman. lie *
h,tted every symptom that constitutes hdroph'D'"
His lbs were covered with foam. ana win Doo'
shot eyes he snapped and barked Al every one ""'
came near him. From the time ~ was a''"'he''' ~
c.2o o'clock until ne was removed In the ambulance
:, took the united efforts OF three men to prevent
him from killing himself.
II appears that the lad has FOR some months p'eh
employed by Denis Trojan. n stevedore' On Ae COZ"
wharf d; West Twentysecond-st.. but lately me poS
has not been doing much. owing 70 the Iack 81 "o'h
Wn.n Idle Norman frequently went to the Nhy'ah'
boarding. stables at No. iH West Seventeenth-sL y
strange dog wandered in from the streets some
weeks ago and became favoritc among the s'aD'e
men who christencd it Paddy the Rat
Ten days ago young Norman went TO the stables
and started rompng with the dog "heh IN" am
NAL suddenly became infuriated and snapped Al
his right hanG. The wound was not bdd one
the tip of the third finger only being sheh'y
lacerated Norman did not take much nouce ol
IT until a couple of days ago. when 1t became pan"
full and began TO tester. Last night the ID" r.
turned home from work and ate "A nearly S"PPo'.
shortly after o'clock. however, ne complained OF
feeling hot and started to walk in the iioht room
~ , NC -, hts hro,ber George Sud
denly he fell shaking Ike a leai 10 lhe gI0a''n, rom a.
His brOthe~ George ana Joseph H. iN"H''
his assistance. but could not get near MN. ne
snapped and barked exactly Ike a dos "hehe!e'
sh@v annroachcd him HIS whole frame was re
nea tedly convulsed with spasms and the two men
did not dare go near him until ne atteinRosn ,li 10
bite off the top Of both his thumbs when they leii
upon him bodily and held him down. lhcy h'Pt
him In this position for over an hour "heh ne
seemed 10 b, somewhat calmer. ,.- III.
The two men than led him 10 his bed After lying
down for a few minutes he rolled OF with another
attack Of convusiOns, but much scVcFcr thdh pf-
tore He struggled with the men for few minutes
and finally succeeded in getting away rom theih
and making a rush for the open WINDOW, from
which hc nearly succeeded in throwing hlinsei. h,
was again forced to the floor by the TWO men am
Tho noise Of the struggle at the open "lh"""
brought Policeman Brooks. who at once sohl ior
an amhuance. But before It's arrival the boy pe-
came more violent. and II was all the pCllccinah
end The Two other men could do TO Keep MN from
iniurlng himself 49, ,,,, .,..a and
IL tectcd hypodermicaly quantity or IL iph!he'
hit while Norman was being placed In the annDn.
isnce and before the drug could nave any eHrct
,,rnr his system. he again was attacked win IN"
r,hies and fell from the gyasp OF the men to the
sp5nwalk He wa finally placed in the ambulance
and removed to the Insane Pavilion; His mother.
Mrs Nora W Norman. who IL "l'ow says that
she thinks that her sons companions nav. no'e 4
great deal toward making him crazy by teIHns MIN
hydrophobia stories.