Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-29
TORN BY A DOG
William Donahue Badly Bitten
 Late Yesterday Afternoon
DOG WAS FINALLY KILLED

Was With Difficulty Driven Away By
 Several Men-The Ferocious Animal
 Was Kept In Barn on Spring
 Street.
 Dewey" Al Beach's big white bulls dog, came near killing William Donar< hue at Michael Donahue's barn on Spring street shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon. The victim ofE the brute's vicious assault lives onl Pemberton street ahd works for Mi-l chael Donahue, whose grandson. All lbeaich, owned the dog. The animaI| was kept at MT Donahue's barn anal while it was being led around by WILL liam Donahue little dog that hasl puppies came along and pitched intod the big fellow. The bulldog tried tol get at its tormentor when MT Donah,la 1 yanked 1t back and is said to have qiy-j e1l II kick Then the big brute turnedj upon dts keeper, grabbed him by the 1numD and knocked him down Thel old man shouted for help and in shortt nme Hank Loucks, the liveryman, andl half a dozen others came to the rescue1 ana after a fierce battle succeeded inl Iofclng the dog under a team and gotl MT Donahue into the barn and closedl the door. After few moments pausel the bulldog sallied forth again anal made desperate effort to enter thel barn, but the men beat it back and1 once more it sought refuge under the3 wagon. At this juncture MT Lol1ckaI hastened to his office and returned with a revolver When the dog saw thel shining weapon it threw up the sponge and disappeared under the barn wllere| 1t was safe for time, but it was h-I nally coaxed out by it's owner andj killed by Officer Brickel, who was lay-l ing in wait for it with a shotgun.
 It was an exciting scene. The dog and MT Donahue were srheared with blood and half a dozen private citi-I zens with Officers Noonan and BrickeII had their hands full while the row was on and people who heard the runapus' and rushed dn thought someone had, been killed. While the bulldog wasl under the barn, another of the same' breed, belonging to Snow, the black smith, was secured. with view to, bringing out the offender, but ths1 blacksmith's dog did not care to, try thu trick and concluded, wisely, 1t is al-I legged, to keep out of the snar1.
 Dr Kilmartin was called anu dressed the injured mans wounds, af~ ter which he was taken home Ills thumb is badly torn and his upper np is missing, the whole piece of flesh be ing found at the scene of the assanltl lby Officer Brickel. One of his fingers is mashed and the marks of the dogs teeth are visible on his limbs. Con-| siderdng the shaking up the old gentle< man received, he stood it well and is resting comfortably today.
 Hank Loucks, who was in the thick of the fight says he thought the dog would tear the man to pieces before he could be clubbed into submission. He was afraid he would catch him by the throat and hold on. He thinks the little dog that started the fuss did aik in it's power to save MT Donahue. It kept biting the bulldog on the tail and rear end and in this way forced the big brute to turn around once in while and make a drive at the cur. Fms gave the rescuing party good chance to get in some telling blows and it goes without saying that they improved the opportunity. While the dog and the man were floundering about 1t was dir- ficult to do much effective work with. weapons and be sure that one would not miss his aim and hit the wrong object, so that it was quite trying situation for everybody who figured in the tussle.