The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-10
TORN AND MANGLED
BY SAVAGE DOG
TEN YEAR-OLD JAPANESE BOY
FRIGHTFULLY INJURED BE-
FORE AID COULD BE HAD.

A horrible tragedy was enacted on
Saturday afternoon in which child
was torn and mangled by the fangs OF
dog Infatuated at the youngsters un-
whiting approach while the beast was
sucking her young
The ten-year-old boy of Yoshikawa,
proprietor of the largest japanese ho-
tel in the city, situated on Beretania
street just Eva of the Nuuanu bridge,
was amusing himself on Saturday af-
ternoon. The lad goes to the public
schools and like many young Japanese
emulates young America" in his
games. He was playing with his mar
bles, practising "knuckle downs" with
view of garnering spoils in the
games after school on Monday. A prize
alley rolled away towards a hole in the
flooring and disappeared before he
could reach it.
There is a space underneath the
house proper, a sort of above ground
cellar where wood, provisions and odds
and ends are stored. The lad left the
room where he had been playing and
started into the basement in search of
]
and the lads eyes were not accustom-
ed to the change properly He caught
a glimpse of a pair Of cleaning, Grim
son eyes, heard a growl and felt, rather
| than saw, a big furry body with glis-
tening fangs, hun itself at his throat
bearing him to the ground. He scream
ed as he felt the creatures hot breath
and fierce muzzle searching for his
neck and threw up his little arms in
endeavor to ward off the bites. He
hardly knew what it was that had at
tackled him, \but fought manfully and
continued to scream for help until he
! lost consciousness.
A dog of the streets, homeless and
masterless, kicked and starved. had
crept in there to bring forth her young.
Rendered doubly fierce by the instinc-
| tive knowledge that now she had other
lives to cater for and defend, this in
trusion of the boy on her shelter SEEM
! ed to her menace from her universal
enemy, mankind. She sprang at the lad.
bore him down and snarled and snap
ped savagely as she tried to tear his
throat. She was half starved and ali
the savage instincts reaching back
! through generations to the old wolf
breed were hot within her.
The boys arms were torn by the saw
age teeth, his face bitten and bloody.
but still his arms defended his throat.
| When his father and those who heard
his cries located Them they found him
| lying near the entrance, bleeding. man
gled and to all appearance dead. The
dog Sn9rlp1 a
The flesh hung in strips from the little
arms and the cheek was cruelty bitten.
Dr. hatsuki was summoned and ex-
IRENE measures taken in the chance
of saving the boys life. The bloody
wounds were cauterized and the bleed
! ing stopped. The shock was almost as
dangerous as the cruel bites.
Then an end was made of the dog.
To venture inside for a close conflict
was impossible. The frantic beast.
convinced that an attempt was being
made on her young who were now
awake and whimpering for their meal.
fought desperately. Knives were
laShed on long bamboos and the impro-
Vised spears thrust at her. Every rush
she made saw a dozen blades sunk in
her body until, biting at her wounds,
swapping and snarling, she tried to
drag herself back to her puppies at the
end leaving trail of blood behind her
and rolled over dead before she reached
them. The pups were then killed.
! The dog was stray, unknown to be
uhder the house. The lad may live,
though symptoms of hydrophobia are
dreaded with tetanus from his wounds.
He Is weak from the shock and the loss
of blood but lived successfully through
the night.