Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-24
METUCHEN HAS
A LIVELY TIME
Mad Dog Runs AmuCk and
Causes an Uproar.
spectal 10 The EVENING NEWS.

Metuchen, April 24:-Herman
Saxon's Irish setter ran amuck yes
terday afternoon and the borough
was in an uproar. There were cries
Of mad dog and 1t looks as if the
animal really had the rabies, The
SaXons had kept the dog tied ever
since Mayor Wilson issued the proc
lamation requiring dogs to be tied,
muzzled or destroyed, but yesterday
let the animal loose. Almost immad-
lately he dashed down Main street
through the business section frOth-
ing at The mouth and swapping at
things and people. He ran up on the
lawn Of the Hillside I'M and fright
ened the hotel guests.
One of George Hannemann's bat-
ers got a shotgun, the same gun that
killed the original mad dog a few
weeks ago, and took several shots at
the setter. His aim was poor and
the dog ran up Main street, passing
many little children who were re-
turning from Sunday school. At
Robinson's orner he mad q dash for
Marshal Charles B. SCheneck. The
marshal had not heard of the rum
pus downtown and not knowing the
dog was mad shooed him of. He
turned into lie Grande avenue, then
into Lake avenue by Mary Wilkins
Freeman's house. Here he enCOun-
tered the pony of Alderman Edward
Kramer and bit him. BY this time
the town was pretty well aroused.
Surrogate PeaTse and his wife were
taking their customary Sunday stroll
when the chase started. Mrs. Pearse
is a great lover of dumb animals and
She called up the SaXons on the tele-
phone, informing them Of the fuss.
Mr.. Saxon got out his big touring
car and taking with him seven New
Workers who were over Sunday
guests of his started in hot pursuit.
William T. Campbell saw the dog
bite Kramer's pony and he tele-
phoned to Chief Marshal Fouratt
right away. Fouratt te%lephoned
Mayor Wilson and the secretary of
the Board Of Health. The mayor or
dered out all the marshals he could
to kill the dog. Gross, Fouratt,
Harry Kramer and Joseph Hussey,
all armed, got into an automobile
and Joined in the hunt. Marshals
Greenwald and Welch got another
automobile and Louis Lakowski got
out his motorcycle. In the mean
time the mad dog had successfully
evaded his pursuers somewhere On
Essex emu Policeman Koran
and Marshal Gallagher, armed with
big ~revolyers, patrolled Main street
by the bank building and Council
man LaForge, with a double-barrel-
ed shotgun, was stationed on Main
street near the post office.
Everybody was thoroughly fright
ened. The automobile scouting par
ties secured the town from one end
to the other. Meantime the dog ran
afoul of a dog belonging to Charles
H. Breeze and bit him. Next he
tackled two cats of Mrs. Rachel
Swaekhamer and bit them. By this
time Marshals WEIGH and Greenwald
got sight of him but the dog ran as
fast as the automobile. WEIGH drove
the car so hat all speed limits were
exceeded. By this time the dog was
pretty well tagged out, having ira
yersed nearly half of the borough
streets and running possibly five
miles. When almost opposite the
Methodist church Welch and his
party came upon him. Weekdays E.
Niles Welch holds down an impor-
-tant position with John D. Rookie
feller's oil company at &c Broadway.
WEIGH is one Of Metuchen's volun-
teer m~arshals, of whom there are
twenty odd, and he knows how to
shoot. He took careful aim and
fired and killed the animal first shot.
By order of the Health Board the
remains were removed to the Ayers
mOrgue on Pearl Place, where it is
being prepared for shipment to
Trenton for inspection by the proper
department of the State Board of
Health.
So far as it is known no human be-
ing was bitten but the authorities
are keeping sharp lookout as it is
feared that the animal, having cover
ed such a large part OF the borough,
might have bitten a child or grown
person and the fact may not have
been reported. Last night Marshal
Gallagher and Health Officer Gross
chlOrOfOrmed the Swackhamer cats
and shot the Breeze dog. Alderman
Kramer is much worried about his
pony, which he purchased from
Henry NJ. Alden not long ago. The
Board Of Health has advised that
the pony be kept in a box stall and
ulAhVl NAboC OD2Sl fCb4CIi. IL thS an
nal develops rabies it will be de-
strOyed and Mr.. Kramer will be part
ly reimbursed by the authorities.
The brown and white dog named
"Towser' which has been the target
for the borough marshals for many
days and. which made such a stir on
Hillside avenue a week ago Is still
at large. 1t is homeless and was
formerly owned by the Trumball
Marshall family. The Marshalls
moved away some time ago and left
the dog behind. Yesterday the bor-
ough marshals shot at him again but
''Towser" remains bullet proof. A
reporter asked Chief Marshal Four
att who did the shooting yesterday
but FOuratt refused to tell. The cops
don't like it because somebody call
ed them the sure shot" marshals.
For reasons unknown the Railway
dog catcher has not been at work for
some time. There is work enough
for him to do and it would seem that
In the light of recent events as
though he ought to get on the job
and stay on It. %
Much fault Is being found with
the majority of the dogs hat are
muzzled. 1t IS said that the muzzles
are mere straps fastened to the
shouts of the dogs to comply with
the law. When the dogs can be fed
with the muzzles on 1t is evident
that they can bite and 1t is expected
that the authorities will take some
action for the proper muzzling OF