The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-02
BOW WOW = WOW
A Mans Extraordinary
Authorizations.
August II. Apparatus Is Under the
Impression He Is a Dog and
Banks and Snarls.

most extraordinary case is causing the
doctors at the Receiving Hospital considerable
mental pc rturbatiOn. 1t is that OF man who
by his actions shows That he is laboring under
The impression that he belongs TO the canine
species.
The man is August Fl. Apparius. middle
aged German OF stout build aud ford COM
plexion. He resides al 1900 Howard street
and until recently owned the grocery and
Howard streets. He Is said to be in comfort
able circumstances.
When Sergeant Hotallng went on duty at z
O'Clock Yesterday morning al the Central police
station he noticed Apparatus standing in the
corridor. His wild look attracted the .ergeaDrs
attention and he asked him what he wanted.
His reply cow need the sergeant that lie was
''nutty" and ne led him outside and told him
TO 60 home aud go to bed. He went a@ay.
Two hours later Policeman Gaynor, while
passing along the corridor of the Central
station, heard, as he thought, tile loud barking
OF dog behind him. and, on wheeling round.
he was stag gered by seeing Appiarius jumping
around on al fours and utiering loud show.
wOws-w vows"
Gaynor reported the matter TO Sergeant
Hotaling, who instructed him and Policeman
OBrlen 10 take AppIaruS To the City Prison.
When they took hold of him he snarled and
parked and attempted to bite them. aud kept IL
up Till they got into the prison. They let go
their hold of him while Sergeant Liudheimer
asked the usual questions. To the first ques-
tlOn as 10 his nanr Apparatus pumped down
on All tours, jumped around and barked out
"DoH-~ow- wow" The sergeant got tile same
answer to each question, and concluded that
ne Receiving Hospital was tue proper place
| for the prisoner.
At the hospital he continued 10 bark and snarl
! anu tIleu 10 bite stewards TIewin and Dawson.
! III LOOK them and the two policemen all they
could DO 10 strap him down on a cot In one of
Inc cells Drs. Somers Berry and Taylor had
narrow escapes from being bitten while feeling
MS pulse ana heart beats, which were found 10
be aonOimaily high aud sToug. they do not
believe IL IS case of hydrophobia but a pecu-
excessive drinking.
Parallel cases are cited in medical hook .
where men while In deliIium tremens have i'm
agined themselves TO be dogs and one case ts
cited where man thought bimsslf a rooster
He bad lucid Intervals yesterday but he got
angry when any one spoke 10 him and In few
minutes would commence barking again
Every question nut 10 him was answered by a
''bow-wow resembling the bark of n
Newfoundland dog.
A friend of AppIarius called at the hospItaI
TO see him early yesterday afternoon, but Ap-
pr rus failed To recognize him aud answered
bis questions by barking al him. The friend
said that Apparatus bad recently sold out his
business and had plenty of money. He had
bee known 10 indulge In heavy drinking bouts
On Wednesday Apparatus was arrested in
the Mission on a charge OF drunkenness. When
he was locked in cell with other DRINKS he
told them that he was not drunk but had been
bitten by dog. and pointed TO a spot on his
back where he said tile teeth of the dog had
entered. But the doctors at the hospital DO
not believe 10 the by drophobla theory. as some
OF the prominent symptoms are wanting. The
L case will be closely watched