The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-25
POLICE KILLED
TWO CANNES.
ONE HAD BITTEN FOUR DOGS.
OTHER BIT A MAN AND WAS
PROMPTLY SHOT BY OFFICER.

PatroIman Tim McAIpin is Certain
Dog Killed Near President and
East Broad Streets Was Suffering
From Observation-Disclosures FOnming
Mt Mouth and Snapped at Every
thing in Sight-Veterinary Sur
Gcon Reports n Great Many Cases.
Within a short time yesterday after
noon, and in different parts of the city,
two dogs were killed by the police.
One was shot by Patrolman
Tim McAlpin, near President and
East Broad streets, after it had
bitten several dogs. The officer is GER
tain the dog had hydrophobia.
He said the dog was foam
ing at the mouth and showed
every symptom of rabies. 1t snapped at
everything in sight and pedestrians
were ran in every direction. There
were quite a number of dogs in the
neighborhood. and Patrolman McAlpin
thinks that at least four were bitten.
Residents Were Aroused.
The officer was unable to reach the
dogs that had been bitten and just
how much damage was done by the
alleged mad dog is not known. The
residents of the neighborhood were
thoroughly aroused, and those who
were on the streets lost no time in
finding places of safety. Until the
arrival of the uniformed man the sup
posed mad dog had everything its own
way. The shooting attracted a large
nd nd ad
element.
During the afternoon a mount
ed officer on duty in the South
Side reported that a dog had bitten
man near Thirty-second and Bull
streets, and that he had been called
upon to put the canine out of the way.
This he did without much trouble. It
was not stated that the dog was sup
posed to be mad. The killing of the
dog, however, occasioned some excite
ment in the vicinity in which it oc-
CURED.
Many Cases Reported.
Veterinary Surgeon A. Jasme says
that within the last few weeks he has
been called in to see about fifteen dogs
suffering from rabies. There were
great many cases two years ago. said
DR.. Jasme, in discussing the subject
but it looks as if this year will equal
the record of 1902.
AT that time a majority of the cases
that came under my observation were
dumb rabies. l regret to say that
there are many more cases Of mad
rabies this year. OF course the poison
is Just as dangerous in one case as in
the other With the dumb RABIES.
however there is a certain paralysis
of the jaw, and the dog is not able, as
a rule, to inflict much damage.
Suffering From "Mad Rabies"
with what we call the mad rabies
it is quite different. The dog is VI
cious in this case, and snaps at every
thing in sight. There are more OF these
cases than usual now. 1t is mis-
take to suppose that dogs only surfer
from rabies at this time of the year
There are probably as many cases in
the winter as in the summer. The pub
lie hears more about mad dogs in the
summer time, because there are more
dogs on the streets al this season of !
the year.
1T usually takes about seventeen |
DAYS for case of rabies to develop !
Then the time jumps to thirty or thir-
ty-five days, but there is just as much |
chance of an animal that has been
bitten, developing rabies several
months afterwards. as there is after
seventeen days have passed. Rabies
may develop a year afterwards.
have been called in in such cases. l
have known number of cases where a
dog has been bitten and not developed
rabies for several months"