The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
DOG HELD THEN At BAY
CHARLES STREET FAMILY DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOME BY
STRANGE DOG
LITTLE GIRL BADLY BITTEN
Five-Year-OId Daughter of William
Fitzgerald Gets a Bad
Wound in Her
Hand.

Supposedly afflicted with rabies dog
entered the home of William Fitzgerald
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, attacked
and severely Iacerated the hand of a
fve-year-old daughter frightened the
family out Of the house, and remained
there all day to the exclusion Of the fam
lily, thu members of which remained in
the yard. After repeated notifications
by the police department Inspectors
Marty and Pomeroy, of the health Of
flee, went to the house at 5 o'clock last
evening and took the animal away, al
lowing the family to return to their hab-
itation.
William Fitzgerald and family 1--we at
495 Charles street, at the corner Of Mac
kubin. All day yesterday while the mad
dog held possession of the premises
curious crowd loitered about the house
listening to the howls and yelps of the
animal that had crawled under a settee
in the parlor Of the house, from which
placed it emerged occasionally and at
tempted to escape from the room. Then
the children, who had been peering in at
the windows, would raise the cry Of
mad dog and the crowd would scatter
and remain at a distance for few min
Although the police of the Rondo sta
ton were appealed to half a dozen times
during the afternoon they were unable
to afford any relief for the reason that
the work of looking after mad dogs is
a part Of the duty of the officials of the
health department.
To a representative of the G. o b e
who visited the home of the Fitzgerald
family after the dog had been taken
away Mrs. Fitzgerald said:
1--WE have no idea where the dog came
from. All we know is that when Mar
guerite, our Oldest daughter, aged nine,
went over to the bakers shop this morn
ing she saw the dog on the sidewalk
there and 1t followed her home. She
did not pet or feed it, and it acted so
cross and ugly that she was frightened
when she noticed it following her. The
dog remained about the yard for a few
minutes and then went into the house
and to the front room. I had noticed
the dog in the yard, but did not know
that it had gone into the house. 1 need
ed something from the bookcase, which
stands alongside the settee, and sent
Annie, my fVe-year-old girl for it.
When she approached the bookcase the
cog came out suddenly and sprang at
her face. She tried to ward the attack
with her left hand and the animal caught
her hand in it's mouth tearing the flesh
of the first Joint of the second finger
and Of the third joint of the thumb. We
heard the child scream, and her father
went in at the front door while I went
in at the back. AS he entered the room
the dog sprang- at Mr.. Fitzgerald, but
he kicked it, and it. ran under the settee.
We at once took all of the children. out
of the house. and closed the doors and
windows so the dog could not escape.
Then we notified the police of the Rondo
station, and they told us they had noti-
fled the health department. We waited
for them all day and they came here at
'5 O'Clock. They said they would quar-
antine the dog until they could tell
whether or not 1t was afflicted with
rabies, and advised us to have the bites
on the child'S hand cauterized."
DR.. Kirby, veterinarian for the health
department, was notified shortly after
the report was made by the police of the
Rondo station, and the case was attend
ed to by Inspectors Marty and Pom
efoy. Late last evening the little girls
father took her to a physician who eau
terfzed the wounds and prescribed a
course of treatment