Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-12
Horrible Death Of Eight YearS-Old Lee
Lowe Of Near Laurel.
BITTEN ON THE THIRD OF JULY
Signs of the Malady Began to
Appear Last Week.
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DIED AFTER DAYS OF TERRIBLE AGONY

Bis Death Struggles Fearful to witness-A
Strange Dog Bit the Boy and Then Disap-
pearsd--Fears That 1t May Have Caused
Farther Mischief--Murderous Assaults by
Negroes-Shootiug ARRAY Over a Horse
Trade.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening.
Laurel, Sept 5.-After several days
of terrible agony, little Lee Lowe, son
of William Lowe, died of hydrophobia
early yesterday morning.
Lee was only years old. On the
morning of July Sd he was playing with
several other boys near his home, when
a strange dog came along, which the
boys stopped and played with for some
time. Suddenly the dog grew morose
and acted queerly, and when young
Lowe approached bit him in the leg.
The boys at once ran to the house,
where the dog followed and was at
tackled by Mr.. loves dog, which was
also bitten by it. It's actions were so
strange that Mr.. Lowe became alarmed
and shut his dog up in an old building
and brought his little son to Laurel
to doctor. The wound was dressed
and a prescription for preventive of
hydrophobia given and they returned
home.
The wound healed quickly and the
boy showed no signs Of the dreadful
malady until last week. 1t was then
that Mr.. loves dog began to have
queer actions and was again locked up
and in few hours died in spasms
which gave every indication Of the
rabies.
After the dogs death the boy began
TO show bad symptoms and on Satur-
day last terrible paroxyisms set in,
which bore all the symptoms of hydro
pihobia. These continued with greater
violence and frequency until death
came to the relief Of the victim.
The agony and gnashings of the un-
fortunate lad were terrible to behold
and he was so violent that the utmost
efforts OF two nurses were required to
keep him from conveying his malady
to Others who came near him.
There is almost a panic of dread in
this community, as it is not known
where the strange dog that started all
this trouble came from or where il
went afterwards. There are vague
rumors that several dogs about the
neighborhood were bitten by him.
BLOODY FIGHTS AT cAMPMEETrNe.
The colored campmeeting at Old
Ford's has been the scene of three
murderous atfrays among the negroes.
Bill Brewington, whose dusky in
amorata took a promenade with an.
other man, sought vengeance by as
saulting his sweetheart with a black
jack and is now in the county Jail for
his conduct.
Joe Miller and Ed Selby had cary
ing match with razors which resulted
in a bad slashing for Selby aud will
probably make Joe less demonstratiye
for many months to come.
Yesterday Ike Cannon got into diff
Guilty by accusing Sam Winder of oper
ating a lug tavern" at the camp.
Winder shot at Canon, but missed him
and Ike closed on hia. with a razor.
intilcting long ragged wound in his
neck and throat, laying bare his
windpipe and narrowly missing his
iugular The wound is not fatal.
Whitesville comes to the front with
another shooting match this week. 1t
is not probable that ii will be fatal
for they are hard to kill over there.
Farlow, who was shot some time ago
had wounds which would have been
fatal to most men, but is recovering
rapidly. The latest difficulty was
said to be over horse trade, and one
man shot another Those who saw the
ARRAY are very reticent and the par
tlculars could not be obtained.