The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
RAN mAD A. HE couRTED.
HydrOBhobia Attacks Fred DrexeI at
His svvecthearrs side.


From the Philadelphia Record.
Reading. Pa. Jan. l--AIost remarlSa-
bic and unaccountable symptoms of ny
drophobia violently attacked ls-year-old
Frederick Drexel, a well-known stalwart
and handsome young farmer near this city,
while he was visiting his sweetheart, Miss
Carolina Demming, at Daniel A Krick's
farm house near GOughlersNille. on sat
uiNay evening. Although he is still alive
and rational at times. il seems impossible
Lor MN 70 recover from the violent rabies
or which DIT. Leonard Hain of Sinking
Spring, says he is unQuestionably a VIC
TIM. The story OF his terrible and unique
graphically told hy Miss Demming his
sweetheart. as follows;
AIR DreNel was sitting on the lounge
taking 70 me and was in the best OF
spirits. He was well all evening. Sud-
denly 1 saw him become very pale. He
tainted like and fell TO one side Of the
lounge and began making an unusual
noise, something ike the bah of a sheep.
/ got scared and L hurried and called Mr..
ana Mrs. hrlck, at whose house ] reside.
1ney quickly came, and we all three had
an we could do 10 hold him. He kicked
ana struggled with all his might, and kept
on shouting. He couldn't say anythinc
Then ne glared at us as If in spasms He
tried 20 talk, but couldn't. The men fin
any got him TO bed, but they had an aw-
Iul lilne Keeping him there, though three
on them strapped and held him down all
Saturday night and all day Sunday" Here
MISS Demming weDt and could tell no
Nearly all day yesterday young Drexel
was very violent. shrieking. swapping,
barking like dog, Kissing and splitting
he wanted nothing but milk. and was
given a little in the afternoon. Shortly
aIterWdrd he told the men they could
trust 10 take him down stairs.
Don't be afraid, now. IN do my best"
he said.
A short time afterward the sufferer ex-
claimed; Now take me back. Strap me
frfu- on ~.
my ringer tips il begins"
They had hardly got him back to bed
ana hound down when he was thrown into
q violent sp8Sm and the three men hal
an they could do to again bind and hold
MN down, while he raved and barked
and Kissed.
To-day Drexel's agony has been hor-
rlple. lie was suffering with one of the
worst of his spasms when his brothers,
Nllliam and George from Reading, en-
tered his room. He was strapped on a
low bed, four straps being around his
legs and body. His arms were strapped
TO his body. -Four men, Messrs Fritz
krlck, Demming and Collier, and Miss
Demmlng, were holding him. Two Of
the men We're lying across his body to
keep him down, as the sufferer had
asked them to. Drexel was making the
barking noise and frOthing at the mouth
When he game out of this attack he
lay back exhausted for few Moments
Jhen began TO utter an inhuman, mania
cal laugh, then to snap and hiss. At in
IefVals ne was rational, and spoke af-
AEItApAlotely anu py name 10 MS brothers.
Then he shouted: Get away get
away; ] feel it coming again First in
my fingers, and then In my feet" and
when Miss Demming wanted to wipe his
tears, he snapped at her and she burst
into tears, while the sufferer was making
hideOus noises
"Oh, was so well on Saturday" he
exclaimed. "Oh, give me back my health
Look at me now What did 1 do that /
must suffer so nOW?"
There has never been another case any
thing like young DreXels in all this re-
glon, as neither he nor any acquaintance
has any knowledge of his having been
bitten by dog or other animal.