The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-18
One In North Topeka That
Stirs Up Excitement.
The Rabid Animal Pursued By
Police and Citizens.
1T BITES OTHER DOGS.
At Least a Dozen Dogs Bitten
By the Beast.
When Last Seen It Was Going
Toward Granville.

Part OF North Topeka was all excite
ment this morning over the capers of
a mad dog. Crowds of men and boys
were in pursuit, and women gathered
in their children to protect them from
the rabid beast.
Several dogs were bitten by the dog,
and two persons narrowly. escaped be-
ing bitten. Patrolmen Lucas, Nc
DOWeH and King secured the neighbOr-
hood from the Union Pacific depot
northeast to the city limits, but they
were unable to get close enough to it
to get a shot at the dog.
The first heard of the beast was at
the corner of Tenth and Western ave-
Every dog that was in the street had a
fight on its hands when it met this
mad one The dog was a reddish yell
low hound of ordinary size.
People noticed that the dog acted
strangely, running under pOrches and
out again, and attacking every dog in
sight. It ran at good gait, first from
one side of the street to the other.
Near the Rock Island depot it in
creased its speed somewhat, and when
a little north of it, started directly for
a man who was crossing the street
The latter ran and escaped injury.
The next heard of the dog was near
the Union Pacific depot. Here it had a
vicious fight with a large black dog,
and a crowd gathered near. Patrol
man Mcdowell was near, but he did not
imagine that the dog was mad, and so
the animal continued on its way IN
mOleSted.
After this fight the dog took an cas-
terly direction. People were attracted
by the fights which occurred all along
the line. In North Topeka cOlored
man barely escaped being bitten by
the hound, and he Immediately Joined
in the chase. By this time it had be-
come generally nOised about the neigh
borhOod that a mad dog was running
amuck. The pursuing party increased
in size. The three police officers fol-
lowed the trail at a fast pace.
Lord. Lord" said an old colored wo-
man who had just seen the dog biting
a neighbours dog, I does hope dat dey
will kill dat scundrel. I jus tell you
hit amt safe fo' a pusson to go out
when dey is big scundrel like dat
runnin' about
I could have shot that dog when he
was near the Union Pacific depot, said
PatrOlman Mcdowell, but I did not
think for a moment that he was mad "
Near the railroad in cOlored mans
garden the dog had a fit 1t scratched
up the ground and frOthed at the
mouth. A crowd of men and boys
gathered around and watched the
poor creature, but no one attempted to
shoot it. When the police arrived the
dog had left. having started northeast
on the Granville road.
It is hard to tell how many dogs
were bitten by the rabid beast, but it
is safe to say that nearly a dozen ca
mines were attacked by it. In nearly
every case the mad dog was too much
I for them
A man who had seen the dog and
followed in the pursuing party, said:
| He was a yellow dog with a reddish
! tinge. and was shaped like a grey
! hound. He ran from one side of the
street to the other, and when 1 saw
him at close range froth was running
from his mouth
So far as can be learned the dog be-
| gan its attacks on other animals near
Western avenue and Ten h street, and
/ later at the Rock Island depot.
| It was not supposed to be mad I'M
| til the fight occurred near the Union
Pacific depot, and from there on a
number of people Joined in the chase
| As the distance increased the pursu-
! ing party was added to. and finally two
sections of it took different routes.
| Most of the dogs owned in the east
! ern part of North Topeka have been
/ penned and tied up to await develop
| ments.
No persons We're bitten by the mad dog
| it is thought, but the dogs that were
bitten will have to be watched.