The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-22
MAD DOG IN CHIC AGO.
Runs Through Crowded Streets
Biting Seven Children
and One Man.

Chicago, April 22.-At the hour when
children were returning from school last
evening and in certain sections filed the
streets a great black dog, the property
of Frank Rice, of Park avenue and
Robey street, became mad, and as he
ran through the streets in the vicinity
of his home for number of blocks bit
/ seven youngsters and one man. In two
| cases the injuries We're quite severe.
The dog, which answered to the name
of Phil, for two weeks had been confined
in yard at the end of a rope. When
/ Frank Rice, its boy master came home
from school yesterday and freed it the
/ dog leaped into the air with delight, eX-
pressing its joy. 1t rOmped out onto
! the street and in the excess of its hilari-
| ty sprang fOndly toward a little girl. It's
paws were muddy and the skirt was
| bright. The girl screamed and some
one SHE'D stick at the dog.
The dog lodged and went boundig
down the street. A pale-faced boy
| jumped to one side to avoid it and when
it looked around curiouSly saw another
boy across the street picking up a
stone. The animal ran at the top of its
speed eastward, but the stone caught it
| in the ribs. By this time its stubby
! tail had been lowered in detection and
! the blow of the stone made it howl
Another boy ahead picked up a stick
| and Phil yelped in apprehension and
scurTied around to one side. There,
waiting, were more boys, and they
/ stopped and caught up cobbIestones and
| pieces of wood. A suspicion of froth
| appeared on the dogs lips and instant
/ ~ the cry of mad dog was raised.
| Men and boys hOOted and scattered
! Phil" ran blindly north in RObey street
and the cry ran faster.
At the Northwestern railroad eros
sing, Watchman Griffin stood in the
| dogs way and was snapped at. He fir
ed three shots at the animal, then frOth-
ing and displaying every symptom of
being mad. The dog turned east into
] a A III a
! leaped on Nellie Farley, knocking her to
the ground. Then he snapped derceEy
at the girls face, biting her arms which
she used for defense and even chewing
! her dress at the neck, after she had
turned over on her face.
At Wood street, Laura Larson was
similarly wounded. Turning south in
| Wood street, the maddened animal ran
| full tilt into Herbert and George Ar
/ thur, brothers. The dog knocked Her
| bert down and bit at his checks andnec k
| tearing out great chunks of flesh. It
! took 6-year-Old George scarce two sec
! onds to grasp the situation, and then
| proved himself a hero. He flung him
! self on the dog and, claSping his hands
on the underside of the shaggy neck by
! main strength pulled the Infatuated
| beast from his tiny brother.
| Needing little that the dog was biting
! into his own tender arms as fast as
J jaws would work, the brave child tug
ged on the dogs neck until the animal
/ was well away from Herbert Then
!
/ black animal again started on the ram
| page.
In rapid succession it bit Minnie Linn,
| William O'Connor and Tommie King,
/ its attack being much the same as in
! the case of Laura Larson. It crossed
| the Ashland avenue viaduct and ran in
to Bunge's wood yard at Lake street.
| and Ashland avenue. There it furious
| Iy bit at heavy plank and Officers
! Connell and SIavin of the West Lake
street station saw it. Connen picked up
a lead pipe and the dog Ieaped at ii and
/ gripped it viselike between its teeth.
| BY sheer wild force the mad animal
/ wrested the pipe from ConnelIs hand.
/ The two officers chased the beast around
/ into Park avenue, aiming blows at it
! and finally had to resort TO their revolt
vers In front of 81 Park avenue they
/ sent bullet into its brain.
| The wounded children were all taken
| to the office of DR.. Eads, at Grand ave-
nue. and Paulina street, where their
wounds were cauterized. Probably all
| of them will live, but the condition of
little Herbert Arthur is doubtful.