Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24
PAIR SUFFERS INTENSE PAIN
Men Rush in and Save Them from Be.
ing Torn to Pieces by the Frothno
heast-sven After Being Knocked
Down the Animal Gets Up and Goes
for More Victims.
Csncrlal to the Daily Press,
for More Victims.

HlCllMDND. VA, Jan. 23.-Suifcr-
ing from dangerous wounds made by
the fangS of an mfuriaicd BULLDOG. Mrs
Mary Shopc and her little daughter.
Vireie. of 17irticth and v streets. are
in critical condition. though both are
MP and walking. or rather liInping
around
Both were bitten Saturday though ii
only became known today when The
city officials were notified in the home
Of Mrs. ]. II. Christopher. of Thirticth
and # streets. and since that time no
doctor has attended either patient and
only home remedies have been used
on the wounds
Mrs. Slopes right leg is badly swol
len and infamcd. The right leg OF her
daughter is in the same condition. and
around the places where the dogs
teeth entered the wound is of a green
ish color and looks as though morti-
tication has begun.
Suffer intense Pain.
They say that the only relief they
have from The increasingly pain Is had
while they are moving. II they try -
rest or sleep the Pain becomes so in
tense that they cry ont in anguish.
According to Mrs Shope and Mrs. !.
II. Christopher. in whose house the
biting was done. the dog. which is
owned by negro. Jim Brown, living
near by. entered Mrs. Chrstopher's
back gate and licked ono CT two buck-
ets az he approached the kitchen door.
AT the sight of lutte Virgie Shope The
brute made o. dash for her and fasten.
ed his tnsks in her right leg. After get.
ting good hold on the child and be-
fore the mother. who was ironing.
could interfere. the deg threw the lit
tie ono 10 the floor and shook the child
as hard as he could.
Mother Tries to Protect Child.
Mrs. Shope hi; the dog over tho head
With her iron and this apparently stnn.
ned. the animal: hut only for an in
slant. for he loosened his hold and as
the mother tossed The child to one
side. the savage animal leaped up,
seized the child by its hair and pulled
her down from tho top Of sewing ma
cline.
Mrs. Shope again attached the dog
with her iron. when the animal turned
nd ~ 81,
fangs in the calf of her right leg AMI
threw her to the floor AS she lay pros
trate and screaming on the floor the
rcd-eyed beast struggled To get at her
throat.
Beast Attacks Men Too.
]. II. Christopher. hearing the ex.
element. rushed in and hit the dog
over the head with the ironing board
After receiving several heavy blows the
dog made for Mr.. Christopher, and he
only kept the animal off by carefully
landed and hard kicks until Charles
Ronel, Mrs. Shopes brother. came 10
the rescue with tho ironing board.
WIN WIZ UltlW IlO hit INC
dog on the head stunning him for n
minute.
At that time Brown. the owner of
the animal, camo running in. and he
caught the animal by the hind legs and
vas carrying him home, when Harry
Miller. Mrs. Christophers son-in-law,
arrived on tho scene with his pistol.
He ended the brute's life, hut not un-
til three bullets had been fred into its
brain. Then Brown took tho carcass
and buried It,
Peculiar Dressing for Wounds.
At present Mrs. Shope's wounds, as
we'll as those of her little daughter,
are dressed with lard, fonr, laudanum
and %hlskey poultices. This remedy.
Mrs. christopher says, cured her little
daughter when she was bitten last