The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-29
Bitten by an English Lords Pointer,
She Is Confined in a Lunatic
Asylum
is ATTACKED A SECOND TIME
BY DOG AND HAS WILD FITS
Crippled Husband Tells Story Of
Dreadful Suffering Endured by His
Wife, Who Lies Strapped to a Cot
in the City Hospital, Raving in De-
Iirum.

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appears to be hydrophobia, and growl-
ing and swapping like a dog afflicted
with rabies, lies Mrs. Richard Lobb, of
No. 447 st. Peter street. She was taken
from the central police station to the
hospital last evening. The disease is
the result of a dog bite received twelve
years ago.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lobb went
to the Empire theater to collect a bill
When she was leaving the place she
quarreled with man named Richard
Patterson. Patterson, it is claimed,
asked the woman for money. She re-
fused him. He insisted that she give
him at least quarter.
Il have no money" cried the
woman.
81 must have some,'' cried Patter-
SON..
Then there was a whispered con-
Versation. 1t lasted but a moment.
Mrs. Lobb ran from the theater crying
that a man would shoot her. She was
followed by Patterson. Outside the
two renewed the quarrel. Their CONVEX
sation became boisterous, and the
woman screamed. Officer Miske sent
both to the station.
1t was 5foclock when the arrest was
made. The woman pleaded and begged
that she be allowed to go
home, as her crippled husband
needed her assistance
For three hours the woman remained
in the cell, quietly brooding. She re-
fused to eat. Mrs. Cummings, the ma
tron, was unable to engage her in con-
versat1on. Like flash fit came upon
her.
Fought Four Men.
Grasping an iron bar in her hands,
screamed again and again. Efforts to
quiet her were of no avail Finally
exhausted, she fell to the floor froth-
ing from the mouth and growing like
dog. The officers at the station,
thinking the worst was over, tried to
n1t ner TO bed. This caused her to
break out anew.
Mrs. LObb is a little woman. She
weighs no more than eighty pounds.
But when she was taken with the fit
1t took four stalwart policemen to hold
her She was finally strapped to a
punk at the station and DR.. Richard
son called. He asked the city hos
pital for permission to send the woman
there, but 1t was some time before DR..
Ancker consented. He thought that
she should be cared for at the Jail.
When on the way to the hospital the
woman again was taken with the
strange mania. She grappled with
and growled, and attempted to do her
self and others injury. Several times
she would regain consciousness for a
moment, and then cry a warning to
the men.
"Don't Let Me Bite You"
Don't let me bite you," she said,
Tt will hurt. Oh! it will hurt you"
Then the mania would again come
upon her, and she would lose all con-
troll of her actions. AT the city hos
pital she was strapped to a cot, and
until an early hour this morning raved
and shouted like one mad.
AT the Lobb home sat the woman's
husband, confirmed cripple and in
valid. He was waiting her home-com-
ing with anxiety. Several times he
said to the woman in the opposite fiat:
1 wonder what's keeping Emma. She
only went to the Empire, and said she
would come home directly.
But the woman didn't come Shortly
after Mrs. Lobb was lodged at the
hospital he was informed of her con-
dition. The man broke down COM
pletely, crying like a child.
Landlords Dog Bit Her.
"Ah! it is the rabies again." said
ne. She has suffered with them so
much, poor little creature. Years ago.
when we were sweethearts, back i'm
lords pointer. She has never been the
same since
Emma was pretty little girl, about
fifteen, when she was bitten She was
playing in the field. when the lord's
gamester set the brute upon her. He
literally tore her to pieces. How she
recovered is a mystery.
Her mind and body have been weak
since that terrible day. Two years
after the accident she became violent
~ insane. A man named PRINCE was
bitten by her, and to this day he has
been confined in an asylum. He raves
and cries, and the people near my old
home fear him so much that they will
not even visit the house in which he
is imprisoned.
Was in a Mad House.
For two years they kept Emma in
the same asylum, but finally allowed
her to go, believing that the disease
had run it's course While she was in
the asylum came to America. When I
heard that she was well, I returned
and married her. I left her with her
folks and came back to America. Three
years ago l sent for her.
II was then working in the mines
at Hurley, Wis. One day lump of ore
fell on me. l was crippled. 1 could
work no longer, and Emma was oblig-
ed to earn the bread. We left Hurley
and came to ST. Paul.
"Soon recovered enough to do light
work. I was employed at the Minne-
sofa transfer. but only for a short
time. 1 tried to do too much and
strained myself so badly that 1 have
been unable to do anything since
Is Again Bitten.
''Then Emma's trouble began. She Is