The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 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 mornng at the foot OF Iifticth
street, EmanucI Fare sixteen years old,
Of 2H East Forty-lfth street, WAS at
tackled in the water hy IA vicious dog,
which bit him nine times and nearly sue
ceelcd in drowning him.
The water was red with the boys
t'oCd. aud all 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 u favorite one for swim
ming. The bulkhead, once used az a
dump, 10 but little above the surface OF
the water. Young Fare went down to
swim about $50 o'clock with several
other boys.
About ten minutes after the boy went
into the water Charles Hanascheger, of
1913 Second avenue, game along with a
huge ST Bernard. The dog was shaved
to resemble a lion, and in size and ugli-
ness nigh. e ,of. be taken for one
piece and walked to the structure above.
Fare turned somersault into the
water The dog saw, him, and with a
watched the dog swim to the boy with
much delight.
AS soon az the dog reached Fare he
neck. Fare had not seen him coming
and for moment did not know what
had hold OF him.
He twisted MS shoulder and the, dog
dived and escaped the brute's jaws.
The crowd seemed paralyzed and made
no effort to save the boy. In fact. they
thought that he was drowned. But Fare
had down fO the dog When
he rose to the surface the dog went at
him again. For second time, Fare
went under water, He remained down
surface was very much exhausted. He
was then too weak to resist the attack
OF the brute and tried to make his way
The dog soon reached him and. snap
the boys jaw: A furious struggle en-
tried red to P" 1ek f1H III nn hT in aem he dog 1
The brute. now maddened. swan
around him and bit him repeatedly. He
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
effort to save him. The owner of the
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
scratched his left arm frightfully. Final
Iy Fare managed 20 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,
tinue his battle alone. The dog jumped
on his back and knocked him down. re
then fastened his teeth in the lad
back.
At this point a coal-heaver. known in
the district 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 Luby grabbed
the dog as it stood over the boy. The
teeth OF the animal were 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.
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-boS in his
cellar When a policeman went to shoot
the dog he could not get into the iCc-hoX
In the mean time HanasChegor dsap-
APPEARED. lie will he arrested.