Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
INVESTIGATING
HORSES DEATH

/ Proceedings have already been start
ed uus.er the act OF April II, FJoi,
looking TO the recompensing at Nj :
Bond tor the loss of his horse, whtri'
| had &c be killed by reason of an al
tack of rabies last week. The pro
ceed ings have been started in the b'h-
ough OF Oanville, as it was hnre tHlt
the horse is alleged to have bean bit,
/ ten.
Mr.. Bond after losing his horse I'M
medistely laid the matter before just
ico of the Peace Oglesby. The latter,
as required by law, notified the bor-
ongh auditors, whose duties under the
law are to determine whether or not
the horse was really bitten in the bor-
ough and, if so, to ascertain the amount
of damage. later making report to the
| justice of the peace.
The auditors of Danviile borough
John L. Jones, A. O Amesbury ana
Grant Gulick-held meeting at tho
office of Justice Oglesby Saturday
night for the purpose of dischargllg
their duties in the premises. a num-
ber of witnesses were examined
| NJ. S. Bond was the first witness.
He testified as to the value of the
horse, the development and symptoms
of the disease.
Mr.. Bond was followed by Veterin-
arian J. o. Reed, who explained that
the horse died of hydrophobia. He
was very positive in his opinion.
Charles Gardner, driver for +. @.
Hartman, was the most important
witness He was near the D. l.. & W.
depot when Mr.. Bonds horse was sup.
posed to have been bitten. He descrlb-
ed how Mr. Bonds team was backed
up to the station platform. The driv-
er was in the freight house. Mr..
Gardner saw the dog run under the
| team, as it were, and practically at
| the same time Mr.. Bonds horse, the
one that developed rabies, reared up.
This brought the driver out of the
building, but by that time the dog had
passed on. Mr.. Gardner could not say
that the dog actually bit the horse, al
! though that seemed to be the infer
euce. His eyes we're on his work at
the exact moment when the dog is
supposed to have snapped the horse,
aud caused him TO rear.
1t was not until a moment later,
when the crowd in pursuit came up,
/ that any of the people about the depot
/ learned that the dog was supposed to
/ be mad. Ilr Gardner said they at
| once eXamincd Mr.. Bonds horse Ibut
could not find any mark of Importance
to in7 7icI'e that he had been bitten.
+ a.. .''H discover, however, a very slight
+ l..sr ion on the horses nose, hardly
d'.p enough to bring blood, which
.Ked as though it might have been
reshly produced
Veterinarian j. J. Kline was next
/ examined. DR.. Kline would not posi-
/ lively assert that the horse was not
affected with rabies, but judging from
! the symptoms as described to him he
thought there was room for doubt
One of the prominent symptoms of the
disea ie seemed lacking.
The evidence adduced revealed that
at first there was doubt whether or
not the symptoms shown by the horse
might not have been produced by a
snake bite. 1t was thought probable
that snake might have heen carried
into the barn with bundle of corn
! fodder
The auditors withdrew to the resi-
dence of James Scarlet, ESD, where
that gentleman was examined with re-
| ference to a conversation that Mr..
Bond had with him during which the
snake-bite theory WAS discussed.
After two hours hard work the
auditors adjourned to reconvene
some night this week, when they will
present their report. Meanwhile it
was their intention to visit the owner
| of the establishment near the fair
| ground, who took possession OF the
carcass of Mr.. Bonds horse, for the
purpose of seeing whether it would be
possible to secure the head. In view
of the uncertainty existing it seemed
to them that the only course left to
pursue would be to extract the brain
and send it in to the live stock SAINT
ary board for the usual test The horse
along with several others was skinned
at the establishment and the carcass
disposed of in the usual manner, which
makes it a matter of considerable
doubt whether or not the head can be
obtained and identified as the one be-
longing to the horse that died of rab-
| les.
/