Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
auditors HOLD
another Session

The borough auditors-John l..
Jones, A. O. Amesbury and Grant
Gulick-met at the office of Justice of
the Peace Oglesby last night to re-
sumo the examination of witnesses in
an effort to discover whether the horse
belonging to Nj. S. Bond and killed
last week was infected with rabies
and, if so, whether the animal was in
oculated in this city.
M. S Bond was re- examined 1t was
30 days, he said, since the horse en-
countered the mad dog in Danville
and the matter had in a manner pass
ed out of his mind. He described the
swelling which appeared on the horse's
lip and said that snake bite natur-
ally suggested itself. He paid visit
to Harrisburg Saturday and described
the symptoms to DR.. Kline, deputy
State Veterinarian, who unhesitating-
ly gave it as his opinion that the horse
was infected with rabies.
Austin Roup, the gentleman employ
ed by Mr.. Bond, who was driving the
horse when the dog is supposed to
have bitten him, was examined at
length. He was in the depot when the
horse jumped and pulled the wagon
away from the platform. AS he ran
out of the station to pull the horse
back to the platform he saw the dog
run away. He described ''little
scratch" on the horses lip. There
was no blood of any account.
Charles Gardner, who also saw the
dog run away after the horse reared
was re-examined. He has reason to
fear, he says, that one of the mules
that he drives might also have been
bitten by the rabid dog.
DR.. Reed was also re examined. The
swelling on the lip was the first thing
he noticed. He acknowledged that he
was puzzled at first. He treated for
symptoms and waited for develop
ments. He was not informed that the
horse had been bitten. The swelling
on the lip led him to think that the
horse might be suffering from bite
or a sting, probably that of a snake.
When he saw the horse on Thursday
morning he saw that it was clear
case of rabies. He accompanied Mr..
Pond to Harrisburg Saturday and had
the satisfaction of hearing Dr. Kline,
deputy State Veterinarian, pronounce
the symptoms undoubtedly those of
rabies. DR. Reed believes that the
horse was killed before the final stage
so that one or more of the symptoms
looked for in rabies might have been
lacking. The deputy veterinarian ex-
planned that if the true skin was lace
rated by the dog bite, even though the
blood did not flow, incubation would
likely follow Indeed, in such cases
the danger was greater than if the
blood flowed copiously.
The next witness was Erwin Hunt
er, at whose establishment the horse
was skinned and disposed who was eX
amined in an effort to see whether it
would be possible to obtain the head
in order to secure the brain for the
purpose of making an examination.
He made it plain that>it would be i'm.
practicable.
He did not know he said, that the
horse had died of rabies until after it
was skinned. He was then warned not
to send the hide away and TO see to it
that the other parts Of the carcass were
we'll taken care of. The skeleton of
the horse, including the head and
brain, IS buried in deep vat along
with the remains of some % other
horses. The bones and head of Mr..
Bonds horse lie under some two or
three other horses and the whole is
covered by nearly four feet of earth,
placed there since, as precaution
against the disease.
1t seemed plain enough to the aud
itors after hearing all the testimony
that it would be impossible to obtain
the horse's head, at least with any as
surance that it was the right one and
the project was abandoned.
The auditors will hold another meet
ing Friday night, on which occasion
they will file report with the Just
ice of the Peace.