Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-28

Two OF the three victims of a mad
dog that ran amuck in the neighborhood
Of the -Four Corners Thursday. whose
z names are known to the police, are be-
ng treated in the Pasteur Institute, in
Manhattan, today. and it is believed the
third will soon be taking the treatment
NE police do not know how many
khers were bitten by the dog. Chief of
0lice Corbitt considers the situation so
zkaye that he issued today a warning
hrough the STAR that those who were
ttten by the dog to seek medical at
endance at once. Since it is now
Hpsttiveiy known that the dog was mad
fkokis iesnot a moment to lose.
IN the course of It's travels down
Market street Thursday afternoon the
dog, which had been swapping at Pc
all along the way, suddenly
sought shelter in a department store,
managing to enter through the revelv-
ing door in the wake Of customer
George Dempsey, of 56 Brill street, a
boy employed in the store, attempted
TO put the animal out and it snapped
~ him. infiicting slight wound. Then
II seized the lad by the tail of his coat.
He was not frightened, and started to-
yard the door dragging the animal
after him. AS the odd procession was
Passing Mrs. William McPial, of 16
Kearny avenue, Kearny, customer III
the store, the dog suddenly released the
boys coat and snapped at the woman,
biting her through the index finger of
the right hand
At this time Charles Deutcher, of 20
Thirteenth avenue, a f1oor-walker en-
ployed in the store made his way to
the door and attempted to kick the ami
NAL into the street The dog leaped
toward him and seized him by The
thigh. 1t was finally shaken free and
thrown from the store. Again it ran
through the shopping crowd, swapping
and snarling A policeman who had
seen it followed it and killed 1t. The
haad was sent to experts In New York,
who, after an examination, declared
positively that the animal was mad.
Deutcher's wound began to trouble
him Sunday and he consulted DR.. Otto
Lowitz, of rs Thirteenth avenue The
physician found two well-defined
wounds which had been caused by the
dogs teeth, and both wounds were in
famed He advised Deutcher to go to
the Pasteur Institute at once. Deutcher
:
day he and Dempsey went to New
York for treatment.
" Wren Mrs. McPial was finally To-
Gated by the Kearny police she said that
the wound in her finger did not amount
to anything. as it had already healed
over. She said It panied her little at
times. She was told the dog which bit
her was suffering from rabies, but did
not seem sufficiently impressed. An
effort will be mace to persuade her to
lose no time in going to the Pasteur
Institute for treatment.
It seems almost impossible that the
dog could have run through the streets
in the condition it was later found to be
and that every member of the shopping
crowd escaped unbitten. The police are
certain that more than one pedestrian
received a scratch or bite from the
animal, and such persons are urged to
seek treatment. Failure of those who
were bitten to have the wound exam
ined or treated may result in death. In
fact. the chances that death would fol-
low such a wound If it was allowed to
20 untreated, predominate.
Until today no one from Newark
had sought treatment at the Pasteur
Institute, according to the records or
the place, since last Thursday, SO other
victims of the mad dog have either
{. neglected their wounds or failed to re-
port them
It is not known who owned the dog,
and 1t is believed 1t was a stray. That
if may have bitten other dogs before
II was killed Thursday is altogether
likely, so all bites from dogs are to be
-axra ,.fled with added suspicion these