The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-20
BITES OF MAD DOG
FELT BY ANIMALS
CANINE CAUSED STAMPEDE.
BIT ROSTERS HEAD OFF, TWO
DOGS AND A HORSE.

Was Tied in n Yard With Trace
Chain when it Got Awny-Tacl<Ied
Fowl First and Took Its Neck on
as Slick as n WhistIe-Then Tack
led Two Dogs, After People Had
FIed-Later Bit IA Horse in Pasture
and Was Chasing Cows When Put
to Death.
After biting two dogs. a horse and a
chicken, and terrorizing the neighbor-
hood, a mad dog was shot to death near
Thirty-eighth street and the Ogeechec
road yesterday morning.
1t was reported to Mounted Patrol
man Eivers, who was attracted to the
scene by the shooting, and the cries of
those who were getting out of the way
of the dog, that there was no doubt it
was suffering from hydrophobia.
The dog, of the bull variety, had been
tied with a trace chain in the yard of
its owner, but managed to break away
and get into the street. It started for
a rooster in field west of the Ogeechee
road and after a spirited race bit the
fowls head off.
Not until then was it realized that a
mad dog was at large. People who had
gathered on front Stops to catch the
breeze lost no time in finding refuge,
and for a few minutes the dog had full
swing. Men, women and children
gave the vicious canine a wide berth
and for several minutes the dog, froth-
ing at the mouth, had everything its
own way.
NeighbOrhoOd Was Aroused.
In rapid succession it bit two dogs
at play on the roadway. One of
these, cur with ability to run, was
not so badly bitten, but the other dog
had to be shot to relieve it's suffer-
ings.
After causing the streets to be de-
serted the dog made it's way into a
pasture on the western side of the
Ogeechee road and bit a horse on the
leg. BY this time the neighborhood
was thoroughly aroused and plans
were made for the execution of the
dog.
Armed with pistols a party of men
started for the pasture where the ca
nine was chasing horses and cows
A dozen or more well directed shots
made a lead mine of the dogs body
and the people who had been forced
to lock themselves indoors were able,
once more, to leave their sultry homes
for the fresh air.
One Dog Was Killed.
Then the crowd that had managed,
by the use of revolvers, to make the
mad dog bite the dust, directed its at
tehtion to the wounded. The rooster
was quite dead by this time although
1t still had jump or two left in its
body. One of the CANNES that had
been bitten was suffering agonies and
was promptly killed. The f1eet-footed
cur had only been slightly bitten and
was not killed. 1t was chained up by
its owner and the first evidence it
gives of having hydrophobia it will be
put out of the way. The horse was
only slightly bitten and will also be
watched.
There have been, seemingly an I'M
usual number of mad dog scares this
summer already, although in a num-
Der of cases it is probable that vicious
dogs were excused, on the theory that
they were suffering with rabies New
ertheless, the frequency Of the cases
has the people aroused and Council
will probably be forced to take some
action. The enforcement, as we'll as the
passage, of an ordinance requiring the
muZzling of all dogs during the warm
| weather is what is desired, and the
matter may be taken up by some mem
Der of Council at the regular session
Wednesday afternoon.