The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-01
DOG FIGHT IN A PARLOR.
MRS. HICKEY,s HOUSEHOLD UPSET
BIZ A ZIG MdSTIFE.

Her Pet Buil Terrier Attacked the Intruder-
Two womsn were In nystcrics. One Turu-
bied Down stairs, Another Wnu Trapped by
n Vcrnndn Post ana the Furniture sunsred.
There was an unprecedented but lively dog
fight In the house OF Mrs. Mary Hickey. on Oak
wood avenue. Arlington, n. j., on Tuesday
night. While the fight was In progress, two
women were frightened into Mysteries, ono fell
down q flight of stairs. and another climbed up
q vcranda post, caught hor foot in the TROLLS
work, and was unable to move until released by
tho efforts of two mon. The dogs fought for
nearly thirty minutes. and broke or upset all
the furniture In tho parlor. When tho battle
was over. blood from tho dogs was found scat
tered over carpets, walls, and rugs. More than
800 damage was done to tho furniture and
bric-a-brac.
Mrs. Hickey. her daughter May. Miss Mamie
Gaffney, Miss Lulu Burns, and Thomas Burns
were sitting in the library. 1t was about o
O'Clock when a big halt. bred mastin thrust Thin
self through tho front screen door and walked
down the hallway to the dining room. The big
brute looked about and then trottcd over to tho
library, where his sudden appearance threw
Mrs. Hickey into Mysteries. vieilant, her pot
hull terrier, was asleep at her feet, but before
the strange dog had more than half crossed tho
room the thoroughbred terrier had jumped upon
tho III luhIoHcu hib tcctn III tuc uIh5
tits neck. In an instant the fight was on. and
rolling over and over each other from the middle
Of the library tho two dogs crossed into the par
Tor, growing and ~snarling.
When tho fight began Miss Hickey ned up
stairs. There the sound OF her mothers hysteri-
cal weeping penetrated above the noise made by
the lighting dogs. Her terror increased at tho
sound, and. Just as Miss Burns ran into tho
room, she fell into 4 deep faint. On the third
floor Thomas Burns. Jr, and Potter Boyle wcre
smoking. The cries Of the frightened women,
the noise OF failing furniture, and the growls OF
the savage dogs made both men think that muir;
haste TO find out tho cause Of tho trouble.
The noise OF their hurryinE feet reached
In the library looking after her hostess. When
she heard the uproar coming from a new direc-
back porch. where She Jumped upon the railing
and climbed up the trollis until sho was six feet
from the door. The pillar Of the veranda has
self aud wept while the noise Of strife indoors
seemed to redouble It's Intensity.
The dogs had been lighting ten minutes prob
ably. and vigilant still maintained his hold on
tho mastin,s throat. The big dog had bitten
viaiiants ]foreisgs was hall torn away. Blood
was pouring from the wounds OF both animals
and running furniture and carpets. so savage
was tho lighting that the three men could not
separate the dogs, and the best they could do
was to remove the most fragile aud valuable ar.
out
Next Miss Hickey recovered from her swoon
IN the upstairs room and started to go down 70
her mother, who was screaming hysterichlly.
AS she reached tue middle of the staircase she
saw a red napkin on the lower hall floor, and,
thinking II was n portion OF her mothers gown
drenched with blood, she fell to the bottom OF
the staircase In a ut of viole t Mysteries. from
which she did not recover until after midnight.
Sever neightors came In at this time, and by
sheer weight the two dogs were forced into a
corner and Nigilnnts grip on the big dog was
broken by choking. As soon as released the
mastif scudded through the hall and through
the crowd outside and disappeared up the street,
When the women had been partly Gained and
some kind OF order brought about In the
wrecked par!or. the absence of Miss Gaffney
was noticed. and n quick search revealed hei
still c%linRing to her seat near the roof OF tho
veranda with one OF her feet fastened in The
trellis work. 1t required the efforts of two Of
the men to lift her from her awkward position
Nlgilant was found to be badly mutilated. hui
he was as fun OF fight as when the battle began
His wounds were dressed by Veterinary Surgeon
Franks of Arlington.