New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
HOMELESS COLLIE BITES
THREE AT FAR ROCKAWAY
Police Say Animal Probably Was
an Abandoned Pet OF a
Summer COIOniSt.
KILLS BILL DEVERYS HENS
Brute Also Attacks Several Other
Dogs, Almost Tearing One OF
Them to Pieces Before
Being Shot.

4 After an ALL night search by the police
OF Far RockaWay. Lieutenant \. $ skid
| more finally found and shot a collie which
was believed to hc the ono that bit two
boys and a girl. not to speak of several
dogs and two prize chickens belonging to
/ "Bil" Devery.
! The victims OF the animal were Herbert
| Mills. ten years old of No. 70 Hollywood
avenue; Edward Griffin. eleven years old,
Of No l29 Hollywood avenue, and Lena
Beck, eighteen years old, of No. '39 Union
street. All were taken TO St Joseph's Hos
ptal, whore it was said last night that
they were doing wcll. They will probably
he taken TO the Pasteur Institute for treat
mcnt.
Whether the dog was suffering from
rabies or starvation. the latter cause being
considered most likely by the police. Will
be determined by Or Henry j. Gouboaud,
| 2 member Of the Board Of Health, who will
examine the dogs head to-day.
The first one attacked was Mills. who was
| bitten At go o'clock on Saturday evening.
/ -Four hours aftcrVard the police received
word that n mad dog was running loose
! and it had bitten young Griffin. Two hours
later Lieutenant James Whoclrght re-
! cciycd a hurry call that collie had bitten
| Miss Beck. The police communicated with
the Board OF Health, and they were In
! structcd TO destroy any COLL" they saw
running around loose.
Accompanied by half q dozen men, Cap
tain George Weldon and Lieutenant Skid
more started out in an automobile TO run
the animal down. Far Rockaway had been
covered perhaps n dozen times when. AZ
| 6 20 o'clock I'm the morning Skidmore spot
! ted what looked like the suspected animal
| The lieutenant took good aim, and man
| aged to end tho animals career with ono
shot. The carcass was taken TO the hos
pitaI. where it was identified by the victims
as the animal responsible for their injuries.
| According to Mr. Mills, father OF young
Mills. early Yesterday morning he heard
fierce barking, and running to his yard he
encountered the animal which bit his boy
| tearing his dog TO pieces. II was so badly
/ bitten that he had to have it destroyed
The other dog escaped.
! From the description Of tho dog fur
nshod by "Bil" Devery It Is believed that
the same animal killed two Of his
! Plymouth chickens. The people in Far
! Rockaway are up in arms because Of the
many stray dogs and cats that are gcner-
ally left there by persons who go there only
/ for the summer. They say that when the
people leave the resort they invariably
leave their pets behind them. The police
say that Il is not unusual to see one OF
those dogs left behind staggering along
the streets. almost starved TO death.
/ Patrolman CarmOdy OF tho Alexander
avenue station. The Bronx, fred a shot into
a mad" dog yesterday morning, ending
! tho animals life. at the corner Of 10th
street and Willis avenue. while hundreds
OF churchgocrs from ST. Jorome's Church
! looked on from the shelter Of doorways and
windows.
| Mrs Anna Shaw OF No. 1876 East 18TH
street, owned the dog a small fox terrier.
She took the animal out for walk, and
at the corner of 18TH street and Willis ave-
ruc the terrier began 10 snap and snarl
and froth at the mouth. Carmody saw the
people running for the doorways and also
saw the little dog running up the avenue
The policeman drew his revolver, and as
the dog came up he killed IT,
\ pig. supposed TO have been mad. was
killed yesterday Al Mariners Harbor,
Staten Island, by Or. p. * Nichols. a vet
erinary surgeon Of the Health Department,
and its head was sent TO the city labora-
tory. in Manhattan. The pig belonged TO
Charles Simpson, a hotelkeeper, of No. 1865
Richard terrace. Mariners Harbor. 1t was
bitten several weeks ago by q dog that
was thought TO be suffering from rabies.