The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21

Greenwich. Feb. 21-After biting pos sibIy fifty other dogs and attacking many persons a rabid mongrel was shot here yesterday in M. Bennet's grocery store by James J. Medley, the village constable and pr. Earl scho- field
 For more than fifteen hours the an- imal had been running wild, causing wide panic. When chased by man he had attacked the dog sought refuge in Bennet's store. The grocer and his customers fled through rear door and closed 1t after them. Then Ben net slipped around and shut the front door, imprisoning the animal. Word was sent to the Sheriff, and the con stable hurried up in an automobile armed with a shotgun, revolver and a club.
 pr. Schofeld. who is agent for the State Commission on Dumb Animals, took the revolver and entered the tied both barrels of his shotgun as the animal sprang at his throat. AL though wounded the dog showed fight and pr. Schohelds emptied his pistol, snarl until it was beaten into insen- sibility. Dr. Schofield said the dog was undoubtedly rabid and 1ent the head for examination to the State laboratory at Middletown.
 The dog, a reddish brown cur, first was seen late Monday afternoon near the homes of William and Percy Rockefeller. He snapped at every dog he met. William D. Webb, a jeweller, was leaving his, horne when the anil nal rushed at him and bit him in the leg. He kicked at the dog and chased him off.
 A Boston bull terrier owned by Dr. Albert Hanlon crossed the animals path and was badly chewed. A dog belonging to James Hartung lost an ear in an encounter with the animal, I'd TaAa hf f1Hn I7a throat of Harry Van Builders bull dog. All through the night the anil nal roamed the southern part of the town and John Sergeant, A. K. Mich Ter and many others reported that their dogs had been bitten. When John Klein, the village health officer, heard of this he ordered a quarantine of all dogs in this vicinity for twenty days.
 The dog wandered down toward the Indian Harbor, Yacht Club yesterday morning. He was chased away by an employe and entered the kitchen door of Miss Abnie Funston's home. The animal made a spring at her throat She threw herself back and the dogs teeth sank In her shirtwaist and tore 1t as she threw him off She seized a broom and drove the animal away.
 Chris Johnson, superintendent of the Greenwich steamship pier, was sit ting on a packing box when the ani- nal ran up and sprang at him. As Johnson rolled over backward he de- clares the dogs teeth snapped together within an inch of his nose. He made a swing at the dog with his foot, and as it darted away he got a shotgun and chased it up the main street. The animal made straight for the railroad station, where a crowd of commuters were waiting for a New York train. They scattered in all di- rections the dog bore down on them with Johnson and his shotgun bringing up the rear.
 Johnson was afraid to shoot for fear of hitting some one, but he kept the animal going until he sought refuge in Bennet's grocery store, which is just outside the entrance to Commo- dore E. c. Benedict's estate
 After the animal was killed the Health Officer began a canvass to de- sernine how many dogs had been bitten. All those attacked will either be killed or kept under observation