Evening journal., 1894-12-22
MAD DOG IN NEW JERSEY
Fourteen Salem Citizens Bitten
by the Animal.
REIGN OF TERROR WAS PRODUCED

The Savage Dog Attacked All In His
Patll--scveral Of the Victims Went to
New York to BE Inoculated at the Pas
teur Institute.
SALEM NJ J., Dec 22-Just before
noon a mad dog ran through the streets OF
this city and carried suffering and terror
with him. Fourteen persons were bitten.
Four horses also felt tho effects OF his
fangs Ten Of his own kind were torn
and laoerated by him Later through the
prompt action Of a firm OF business men,
seven Of the injured persons left here for
New York 20 undergo trcatnent in the
Pasteur institute.
The dog seems TO have sprung from tho
enrth, for no one knows where he came
from. He was first seen tearing down tho
street, exhibiting all the marked signs Of
hydrophobia, froth was dripping from
his mouth He continued down the road
way for few hundred yards and then
| took TO the sidewalk. He ran close Co the
gutter and stopped to bite everything
which was near He first attacked n
/ hitching post, but gave 1t up and made
/ for a dog which rushed out to give ba<le
\ The latter stood his ground until the mad
/ animal wns close to him and then turned
and ran. Tho mad dog was too quick for
l him and bore him down. When the rabid
animal started on the other had his neck
| laid open. A horse was next attacked and
bitton a crowd gathered to follow and
/ give warming, but tho animal travelled too
rapidly, and men We're unable TO get out
Of his way. Horses dogs and men were at
| tackled in quick succession, and In the ami
mails short career he was constantly Bit
ing.
High school Principal Bitten.
Professor Storey, principal Of the High
school. was one Of the first attacked.
| Councilman Henry f. Stickler was also
] caught before he could seek safety. and
the animal sank his teeth into the council
mans leg. AS the dog ran men ran to
| get their guns, and at last George Dixon
managed to obtain ono. and coming close
to tho animal poured the contents Of both
barrels into his back. This endod the
dogs career.
Then a count Of the injured was made.
The list is as follows: Professor Storey
Of the High school, Councilman Henry H.
Stickler, r. S Carter, Jacob Schor DR.
j. g. Robinson, Charles Smith, James
Ayres of the canning firm Of Jones &
Ayrcs, Charles Bacon George Miller
Charles johnson, Lewis Neill, John Hart,
Norah Nichols and William Giles.
Tho story Of the affair soon spread
through the city, and the excitement was
intense. All kinds Of rumors were afloat.
| The number Of the injured was doubled
as the story went, and all kinds Of theo-
/ rics and reports were circulated Every
one seemed paralyzed. and the residents
seemed afraid TO venture out, fearing some
81 the animals bitten might have gone
mad at once. Craven Brothers. proprie-
tors Of the Salem glass works, were ths
first 10 recover from the fright and shock
and at once took steps 70 relieve the suffer
. ing They offered to pay the expenses o.
the bitten ones to the Pastour institute
and the offer was accepted by few.
some Victims Went to New York.
James Ayres, Charles Smith, eeorg'
/ | Miller. Lewis Neill Professor Storey, ia
3 cob Scher and John Hart left here fo
, ! New York All viii not accept the gen
erosity OF the glass firm, but the promp
: offer showed them the way. Some Of then
. accepted the money as a loan, while other
did not even require this Those who hav
gone Co New York are the ones most badl.
bitten. Tho others received but sligh
! wounds and have been treated by loca
! physicians.
shortly after the dog was killed spe
I cial meeting of the common council wa
. called for this evening to devise means I
dispose Of the dogs which had been bitten
] Long before the hour set for the meetin
i all the dogs which had been bitten an
many others had been killed The ma
Q / dog seemed to have started a craze agains
: dogs, and the slaughter went on all tn
afternoon. Many owners who knew thel
4 animals had not been bitten shot them
c avoid trouble.
Last summer there was pack Of vii
& dogs in the woods below Nineland, and |
& several instances where they have bite
animals the bitten one has gone mnS
u | One or two mon suffered a similar fat
y 1 During the summer the woodmen abog
Ninoland and BTidgoton organized an
/. spent week hunting these wild dog
They killed a number 1t WAS Thought Il
:, \ pack had been wiped out. The dog while
y ran through Salem may have been bite
h | by one Of these