The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-01
HUI ban I'd and Father
Dead of Rabies; Others
Seek Safety.
TAKE PASTEUR
TREATMENT HERE
Entire Neighborhood Filled With
Panic, Since Many May Have
Been Exposed-Dog and
Horse Believed to Have
introduced the In
lection.

Fleeing in terror from the dread
spectre of hydrophobiai. which has
staiked abroad for tn: first time In
their peaceful Virginia mountain Sec
ton. the family of r. L. Hickman.
twelve n number. came to Richmond
last night for the Pasteur treatment.
MIR. Richman himself died the horl
riblc death OF rabies one week ago at
his home in Patrick county.
The whole countryside Is shaken
and terrorized by this appearance OF
something heretofore unknown and
undreamed of there save an old
wives tale The suddcuness of the at
tack. Its dread accomplishment. the un-
certainty as to how many in the neigh
oorhood have been affected, have alarm
ed everybody. II IS expected that with
in few days many will follow the
Hickman family to this city, to take
precautions against an outbreak of
the trouble. It is as though an un-
known pestilence had sudd emily des-
cended. nding tho peop.c ignorant of
methods of defense and terrorstrickent
over the uncertainty OF attack.
All should Come Here.
Preceding the coming OF Mr.. Rick
mans family, !. NJ. McHone. the hus-
band of his only married child. arriv-
ed in Richmond or Thursday. lie told
the story to Or. Meade Ferguson. the
State bacteriologist. a the offices OF
the State Health Department. DR..
Ferguson, who administers the Pas
teur treatment for the department, re-
iterated the advice given Mr.. McIone|
by DR.. r. 5. Martin. of Stuart, who at
| tended the dead man-tnat every per-
son who might have been exposed to
the Infection be brough: to Richmond
and given protection AGAINST the ap-
pearance of the maladv.
t1,a In
upon this advice. and notified his peo-
pie to come on at once. lie himself
was the first recipient OF the contents
&c the hvpodernic needle. since he
| helped to care for his fatflcrin-Iaw.
and had an abrasion on his hand
rented a house the eastern part of
the city, where all Will make shift as
| best they can during the three weeks
which must elapse before the treat
! ment Is complete.
Mrs. Richman. with her seven chill
dren, arrived last night at o'clock.
| One of these children is the wife of
two little ones with her. The young
est Hickman child is but four years
| old.
STORY of Tragedy.
| Awaiting the family Oh a delayed
train. Mr.. McHone told his story last
night in the southern Railway station.
Not yet has the horror OF TINS vista
ton left his eyes. but as the man or
the family. he has become composed
ard converses gently and freely.
Nothing so serious has ever hap
pened IN our country before" said Mr..
McHone. None of our folks ever
| thought of such thing.
Mr.. Hickman, my wife's father.
was nearly hfty years old He farm
I al
| In Patrick county we had heard some
! talk of mad dogs and even OF mad
/ hogs for the last year. but the people
| did NOT get scared and nobody thou sht
| il would be so bad. 1t was last fall
I'm Septemhnr-when IL came to our
home a dog belonging to Mr. Rick
mans little boy ,eas said 10 have gone
mad He left the house and ran down
tho road and there colored man
shot and killed him. The peonle said
,t Was mad dog. but NO didn't think
an,.,hi,1 af ~
any '"'"S IL Horse !. Affected.
..r. 80. rh.is,r,as nno ., Afr
men 49, 49, nas ' sicS ' ne $50
{. ,.i.,,ra,f g. 60, tive 7, saen,od
- 80 cor,,,,,sions ana diad IN ims,
,i.tra ,In,a Iyan thar Wa bad m
".n,,,tb, ~ any danger
~ pi,,.,,an u,ss ,atnn an ~, Nav
,n<i,:st three weeks ago today" con.
Ia ho Il
~. his go 90 lie thoms,ht ~ ~:
,arrors NJ ihoso th,s.a wseks "As far
as vo know hs had NOT Thought of
1vdronbohia or let # stav on his
m,,na a., all unless il was for ahoi+
a wcsk before he was taken: for Thai
week he went around as If something
was on his mind. depressing him TER
riblv. One dav he said to his wife
that he had something to tell her. hut
that he was feeling too badly TO do
SO at that time. He never told her
what 1t was. but we think IL might