New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
NINE PERSONS BITTEN
BY DOGS IN BROOKLYN
Savage Spaniel Attacks Sl>
Children and Man Before
Police Kill 1t.
BULLDOG INVADES SCHOOL
Bites Two Boys and Throws
Classroom Into Panic-Lad
Beats Off the Animal
with Crutch.

Frightened mothers In Brooklyn kept
their children indoors the latter part
Of yesterday afternoon and during the
evening when they learned that seven
boys. girl and n man had been bitten
by two stray dogs. one dog. which Is
supposed To be mad. bit seven persons,
while the other. which made it's escape.
entered schoolroom and attacked two
boys sitting AT their desks. The latter
dog. however, is not believed 10 have
tie rabies.
The first dog. small, brown water
spaniel. appeared at 46th street and
Third avenue. I'm front OF a moving
picture show Dashing into "A crowd
OF. children gathered about the posters
II bit David Silverson. eight years old.
OF no. 1904 Third avenue. in both hands
and the left knee.
There was a great crowd Of home
gocrs at the elevated station and the
dog plunged through the crowd. Be
tween 47th and 4sth streets Joseph
lDfldRIpf t'l your bIhs VI .N'- '''''
street. was bitten in the right thigh.
Patrolmar William Smith took up the
chase. but before he could reach the
dog It had attacked Charles Osgood.
nineteen years old, Of No 250 18th
street, and bit him In the left hand.
Next Attacks Little Girl.
Another patrolman. Patrick Kearns,
,oined Smith. and the two kept after
the animal. followed by a big crowd.
At JOth street Jennie Michaelowitz,
seven years old. who lives at No. 5o2o
Third avenue, was badly bit on the
mouth. The crowd was throwing
brickbats and sticks at the dog, but the
policemen were afraid 10 shoot, lest the
bullets strike some one In the throng.
At sd street the dog turned ana
charged into the crowd, which scat
tered. Then the spaniel leaped at VIII
lam Denninger, thirty-five years old, OF
No. 34J Eighth avenue, and bit him on
the left knee. Four blocks further on
Il attacked Townsend Himen, ten years
old OF No. Sl7 4lst street. and Alex
ander Teroso, five years old, Of NO. 3l3
1ith street. Himen was bitten on the
left leg and young Teroso on the right
ankle.
The dog was dying along, with the
crowd still behind II. Smith and
trolley and DuT-
sued the animal for several blocks untiI
they reached some open lots. Here
they got off the car, drove the dog INTO
q vacant lot and shot it. The body
was taken to the station house to be
sent to the Board OF Health
One Victim to Hospital.
DIR. Phillips, of the Norwegian Hos
pitaI. attended the victims and took
Jennie Michaelowitz to the institution.
Sbout 2:3O o'clock a large white bull
dog was noticed lettering in the hail OF
Public School II, in Hayward street,
Williamsburg. Some OF the BOYS called
the dog into a classroom, and Joseph
O'NeilI, ten years old. of No. |
Nostrand avenue. started to get him.
Suddenly the animal fastened his teeth
in the boys leg. and his screams OF
pain threw the room, In which there
were fifty boys, into panic. AFTER
hitting ONeill five times on the leg the
brute fastened his teeth IN the leg OF
Thomas Laurissa, twelve years old, OF
No. TO1 Wythe avenue. The dog was
beaten off and then ran away.