New-York tribune., 1900-03-05
TERRORIZED BY MAD DOGS.
TWO OF THEM BITE SIX PERSONS ON
STATEN ISLAND.
HORSES AND SCORE OF THEIR OWN
SPECIES ATTACKED-THREE VICTIMS
IN PASTEUR INSTITUTE.

are in a fever heat Of excitement over the fact
that six persons. three horses and at least
score of dogs have been bitten by two dogs.
said to have been suffering from the rabies.
The residents are living in dread of q general
outbreak of hydrophobia. The dog that started
the scare was a large and powerful brindle
bulldog. which went mad week ago yesterday
He went on wild run swapping and biting at
everything in his path. until he killed
the following afternoon.
OF the dogs that were bitten the majority
have been shot Some of them died from their
wounds. One or two were killed outright by
the mad animal. Many persons had narrow
escapes. The fear of the inhabitants is that
there will be siege OF hydro2hobia IN their
part of the island. Three of the persons bitten
undergoing treatment at The Pasteur
Institute. while the remaining three will proba-
bly, begin treatment Immediately.
The second of the mad dogs a beagle
hound. He was bitten by the brindle dog. and
soon showed signs of rabies. Then he spread
terror in his path
FIRST VICTIM A FARMLAND.
Adam Ener twenty-five years old. a farmland
living in Princes Bay Road, the first
who reported that ne bitten He saw a
brndle dog approaching him and recognized the
animal belonging to Abram Hall. a wealthy
! resident of Princes Bay. Eller struck at the
animal with club. He badly bitten on the
right hand DR.. E NJ. Sparks cauterized the
wounds.
About 2 o'clock the same afternoon the dog
ran through the open door of a non-sectarian
Sunday school near Princes Bay His eyes
| We're red. his tongue hung from his mouth. and
| he snarling and swapping. The scholars.
about forty in number. were panic stricken and
screamed. The brute sprang and fastened his
fangs in the left shoulder OF Christopher Walle,
twelve years old, of Ole Walle. a carpen-
| ter. Some of the children fed from the room
while the others assisted the injured boy in
| beating off the dog. Young Walle was attend
| ed by DR.. Sparks. Later he went to the Pas
| teur Institute
| The dog on Monday morning into the hotel
| of Augustin Delpauve. in Beach-st.. and bit the
beagle hound belonging to the proprietor. The
| bulldog then upstairs and made a dash for
Delpauve's daughter-in-law and her little child.
| On the way downstairs the dog biz Delpauve on
| the right ankle. The injured man was also sent
| to Manhattan for treatment
| Mrs. Arnold Latour, who lives in adjoining
house. was startled when she the dog dash
| into her parlor and bite savagely at her baby
| The chflds dress was caught in the dogs teeth.
| but the woman drove him of without further In
jury
| RUNS INTO A FACTORY.
The mad animal then ran to the factory OF
| the s S White Dental Company. short dis
| tance away. He leaped upon a horse driven by
| Richard Townsend. employe, and sank his
| teeth into the frightened animals nose. Town
| send assisted by Frank Litkenhouse and Robert
| Mercer attacked the dog. which turned upon
| them. They beat him off. and he ran into the
| factory. He snapped a moving belt, hung
| on and was carried about ten feet in the air
before he Ioosed his hold The brute then
| turned upon Carl De Laet, eighteen years old.
| | CT RossvilIe biting him IN the left wrist. Then
he ran to the hotel of Isaac Smith, across the
| street, where he killed half dozen chickens.
besides biting three Of Smiths dogs and a large
| beagle hound.
| Paul Delpauve, OF the hotelkeeper, with
double barrelled shotgun gave chase and put
| two loads into the nearly exhausted bulldog.
| killing him The brains have been sent 10 the
| Pasteur Institute for analysis De Laet is
| undergoing. treatment.
| The homeless beagle last bitten by the bulldog
| on Friday morning turned up in Tottenvie.
| two miles away. showing evidences Of rabies.
| 1t attacked Abram Marshall. fifty years old OF
Wood-ave. biting him in the right thigh. Theo-
| parents in Hopping-ave.. standing in front
Of his home when the animal ieaped upon him. i'm.
off both his hands were badly bitten.
APPEARS IN RossvILLE
The animal bit dog belonging TO Henry
DCrse, in Main-st., and then ran in the direction
of Rossville. where he later appeared IN the
| yard of Charles Bogardus, of Kreischerville
| Road. Here Re bit dog. and then to the
! hotel OF Cyrene SimOnson. on the Shore Road
| RossvHe. He bit a fox terrier at this place.
| and SimOnson, in attempting to save his ami
NAL. broke gun over the mad dogs back.
The brute next attacked Philip Hoffman. twen
ty years old and tore his clothing. Two pups
belonging Hoffman were also killed by the
animal. He killed dog owned by Miss Hattie
Lyons and. entering the yard OF August Thomp-
| son, bit two dogs which tied there Louis
| y. Meyers. a truck gardener was driving along
| the Shore Road when the dog appeared and.
| leaping upon his horse, bit il in the neck. Mey-
| ers drove the dog of with stones Later pet
house dog belonging to Mrs Jacob Winants.
| was bitten, and a large ST. Bernard. owned by
| NJ. c. Hardy. eXp-eSSuan. was also attacked
| with serious results.
| The hound turned into Foster Road and
| jumped at horse driven by Jacob G. Fisher.
| baker. Fisher whipped up his horse 10 escape,
! but the dog too quick and leaped upon the
| horses side. He sank his fangS into the ami
| mails flank and ther fell 10 the ground Fisher
| was by this time near his home. and when he
| drove into the yard the dog followed In the
| yard was tied an Irish setter. which was also
| bitten by the dog
KILLED IN THE SHORE ROAD.
Several men started on Saturday to find the
| mad animal Among them were Meyers and
| Fisher and Elmer E SIaight. the postmaster.
| They found him in the Shore Road, near The
| postofice and killed him instantly.
| Those of the bitten animals that have not
been shot are being carefully guarded. and viii
| be dispatched by the authorities on complaint.
| Abram Hail. the owner of the brindie bulldog
| which first went mad, says ne does not think
his dog had the rabies but ne would not say
| that he was confident of it, He said il was
net of his wife's. and had never previously been
DeIpauve's son said yesterday that he would
brAg e suit against Hail for damages as soon as
~ 1esuIt of the treatment his father was re-
4 ~ he