The sun., 1900-05-31
OUTRAGE COMMITTED
ON SEVEN BOYS OF
CHILDREKS HOME
Dogs We're Set on Them by a
Farmers Wife.
ONE OF THE DOGS POISONED
Attendant of Home for FriendIess
Children Endeayors to Protect
Lives of the Boys by At
tacking the Dogs
With Spade.

A terrible outrage was committed upon
seven small boye, inmates of the Home
for Friendless Children last Saturday
afternoon, if the story told by Walter
Englehart, an attache of the home, at
City Court last night is true
Mr.. Englehart testified that on last
Saturday he took seven Of the boys,
ranging in age from about to IL years,
out ON fishing trip Upon their return
they started to make short Cut to the
home, which is located on East Twenty
third street near Market. They had
come to the P. w. 4 b. tracks and de
sired to get into Tood lane, which leads
up to the school. Ia order to do this
they had to go for short distance on
| the land of the Todd farm, which is
tenanted by James II Callaway.
They went through a gate, but
had not gotteA lar when they
were noticed by Mrs. Galloway, whom,
he savs; seemed to get into terrible
rage upon seeing them on the land. She
asked him whose children they were
and he replied that they were home
children.
According to Mr.. Englehart's sworn
testimony, she then flew into terrible
ienzy and he was unable to get head or
Tail out of what she said. He under
stood that she was going to set the dogs
On them. Soon what seemed to be a
half bloodhound jumped over fence
and went after the children. The
NO nan, he allegt d, ''sicked" tfe dog on.
Ihel little bovs became panic stricken
md were chased all over the lot by the
iogs, as there was more than one. One
HI the dogs jumped on Uii1 shoulder OF
boy aged about years. -,
1 Mr. Englehart seized a spade which
hey had used in digging for worms any
&ndeavo red to strike down the dogs wltn
but they were too cute and kept ou,
his way. Ha declared that he would
lave cut them in two il he could have
totten close enough to them.
Two of tie little boys were almost
brown in Mysteries and Mr.. Euglehar
Had great difficulty in quieting them
tne Of the dogs seemed to be vicious.
Mr.. Galloway appeared on the scene
lhile the dogs were making their on
Taught on the boys and called them of
he told Mr.. EngIehart he was on his land
The matter was brought to the atten
lon of the court by the fact that MI
Ealloway had sued Mr.. Englehart 10
lespass, but the latter made out such
bod case for himself that Judge Ball ha'
10 hesitancy in promptly dismissing til
barge.
Mr. Enslehart had with him in tn
burt room the seven boys whom he ha
Lken on the fishing trip. But two
hem were placed on the stand, Free
Baer and Leonard Price, both
tears Of age, who corroborated his statt
kents. They testified as to thier lrlgf
the dogs being set on them. !,
IMr. Callaway claimed that his VIII
Rld the man and the boys to go back,
he dog would Jump over the fence
hem. He stated that Mr. Englebertt d
5ared he would get revolver and sho
be dog. A few nights later the dog W
oisoned by some one.
MIR. Galloway eaid he had notices
r)idding trespassing. He stated th
had allowed the children to have OF
bg. n his and, but did not want the
nm across the land.
The opinion of the persons who hea
e testimony was that an outrage u
ZEN committed on the boys, who mig
ave been terribly injured by the ang