The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-25
THIRTEEN VICTIM as.
Two Towns Excited BY IA Mad Dog-Hu
drrds Joined in iiis Pursuit.

Two Towns Excited By "A Mad Dog-Hun-
drrds Joined i'm Ills Pursuit.
From the New York Recorder.
mongrel dog of the shepherd species,
went mad yesterday afternoon and ran
amuck in the streets of Union Hill and
West Hoboken, swapping and biting at
every person in the way. Before It's mao
career was ended by a couple of well-di-
rected bullets the frenzied animal had
bitten two men, a woman and 10 children
They were:
Martin Kennel, aged As. of Bergen Line
avenue hand bitten; Helen Merkel, 4
years old, face and neck bitten; Matilda
Rewel, years old, of FRANKLIN street,
hand bitten; Joseph Hornecki, years ola,
of No. All Oak street, leg bitten; Morris
GEM, years old, of No. Ala Malone
street, leg bitten. William Teddy, years
old, of No. 1865 Spring street, hand bitten;
Henry Grophusen, years old, OF Spring
street. leg bitten; Joseph Zurne, years
old, of No. POI Summit avenue, leg bit
ten; Mary Bugge. years old, of Spring
street, leg bitten; Kitty Thomas, years
old, of No. 400 Demott street, hand bitten.
and Emil Watus, II years old of No. Sl4
Lymes street, leg bitten. In addition to
these a woman and another man were re-
ported bitten by the dog. Their names are
not known.
Ii was about o'clock when the dog
made it's appearance on FRANKLIN street
The animal was foaming at the mouth,
and giving vent 30 sharp and angry yelps.
Then blindly it ran down the street, snap
ping posts, trees and everything that
stood in its way.
At FRANKLIN street and Palisade ave-
nue. Helen Merkel and the Rewel child
were playing. In an instant the dog was
between them, swapping now right and
now left. Before its onward course was
pursued too probable hydrophoba VIC
Tins were screaming with fright By this
time a gang of small boys armed with
stones were following in the dogs wake.
Martin Kennel joined in the chase armed
/ with a club and uttered warning shouts
| as he followed the Infatuated animal.
The dog was given clear path. Moth
ers who were watching their children
playing snatched up their darlings and
ran into neighboring yards in their haste
| to get out of the way. Several women
| tainted from the reaction after the dog
/ had passed them.
Then the pursuing crowd swelled into
| hundreds. Some of them were armed, and
| took flying shots as they ran. None OF
| them took effect, and the dog continued
! on its wild career until the West Hobo
/ ken line was reached, where the crowd
| was left far in the rear.
! Kennel, however. managed to get near
| the mad brute. He aimed a blow at il
| with his club, but the dog was too quick
| and sprnging to one side, buried its teeth
| in Kennels hand. Kennel pluckiy contin-
ued the chase into West Hoboken, shout
ing out his warning cry as he went
| Down Oak street dashed the dog, leaving
| spots of foam on the sidewalk as 1t ran
At Malone street it left its mark or
| Hornecki, GEM and Teddy. The children
! screamed and were snatched up by theii
\ frightened mothers. little further or
Zurne and the little girls, Mary Buggt
and Kittie Thomas. became victims of the
/ dangerous teeth. 1t was at this point
! that the man and woman, whose names
/ could not be ascertained, were also bit
| ten. BY this time the dog had run sis
miles and was beginning to show signs OF
| exhaustion.
Turning into Summit avenue the dos
! ran into the 18th victim. Emil Watus. Be
/ fore the boy could get out of the way the
mad dog had bitten him on the calf of thu
| leg.
The crowd that followed the dog from
Union Hin was increased by residents in
| West Hoboken until almost the entir'
male population was I'm pursuit. Amonl
them was Henry Vatke. a 15-year-ol,
boy He led the chase armed with re
volver. When the dog reached the iIud
| son boulevard IL came to a stan1still an'
faced the pursuing hundreds. Walk
| stepped behind a tree. and with a well
directed bullett put the dog in such
condition that IL could do no more dam
age The bullet struck the animal squar
In the head and II fell over on its SIDE
| Another bullet. fired at closer range
| ended the animals existence.
The head of the dog was severed an
taken TO DIR. White OF West Hobokeu.
win be brought TO the Pasteur institut
an this city and Dr. Gibier requested I
examine IT, The wounds of all the bite
children were cauterized. A feeling OF &C
lief spread over both townships when tn
death of the dog was announced.