The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-30
SUPPOSEDLY MAD DOG
CAUSES EXCITEMENT
Lincoln Avenue Stirred by Hound
That Runs Wild and Bites an Aged
Man and Four Children--None of
the Wounds Dangerous-The Dog
Tekes to the Woods and Escapes.

:, supposedly mad dog caused quite
n furry of excitement on Lincoln ave-
nuc yesterday forenoon and stirred
that thor"ughfale as 1t was never
moved before.
The dog. in it's wild career. left five
victims after him, one man. Jo1n
.Ndans. OF Grove street. and four
e"h"ol children from the same neigh
t"lhood. The hound after it attacked
it,, victims. took to the woods ana
could not he located. although there
was a careful search made in the hone
Il capturing the brute and bringing
II Withn the range of pistol.
Tie animal was a hound, but who
OWES ii is not Known. 1t started on
Its wild career just before o'clock.
just as the school children wcro hur-
l$ing to THEN days tasks. -Four of
these little ones we're victims of the
hounds attack. though none of them
WaS dangerously bitten by tho brute.
Those whom the wild hound snap
ped Al and ATTEMPTED! I" sink its teeth
into their flesh were little John Stod-
Gard. Il young son of Thomas Nor
Gan. and Clarence lIctzeI. and another
child whose name could rot he learn
ed. all of whom reside near the top
Of Lincoln avenue beyond the tracks
of the Tloncsdaln branch of tho Della
ware and Hudson company.
John Adams, the grown person who
suffers from he hounds attack, re-
sides OH Grove street near the corne"
of Lincoln avenue. He was the first
one to he attacked by the dog. This
was quite close "a the corner of Lin
coin avenue and Laurel street Mr.
AeamS was on his way tn his work
a the time. Ffo was carrying an UNI
brella in lis right hand. ond the other
hand was in his trousers pocket. He
did not SEQ the dog. until he felt
something suddenly grasp his left
hand. the ono he was carrying in
his pocket. Adams was fearfully
startled and was at a loss to realize
what So"t of an attack was being
made upon him.
When he recovered himself, he OBJ
served the dog on the opposite side Of
the street and directly in the path of
, number of school children. who were
half-runninc down the hill to reach
school before the final belt
The hound. when the children reached
him, snapped right aud left. sometimes
passing one by before he would renew
his attack. There was a scattering
among the children, who were terrified.
and they FASTENED away in all dircc-
ticnS.
Adams examined his hand, which
WAS smarting him almost painfully,
and although the flesh was not broken,
the marks ot the caninc's teeth plain
Is showed on the surface.
The hound made a vi"i"u@ spring at
~. ADAMS. for its teeth penetrated the
,ln'hinc ana sank quito deeply into the
ioshT part ut the hand. Had Mr.. Ad-
ans hand hecn swinging by his side,
th" 'ecth of the brute would have un-
'cnhtodly torn an ua'y hole into the
flesh.
Mr.. Adams chased after the dog,
which aprcared To- be almost exhaust
-. II seemed tn have bur little vital.
ity and lust dragged itself along the
street. This circumstance was what
operated $50 favorably in the children s
behalf tor il MAS so near to the little
ones thai If endowed with its aCcuS-
toned lifr II surely would have done
some disastrous work befcr" getting
away.
As il VAS, non" Of the chil1rcn's flesh
WAS broken though the marks of the