Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-01
0TTUMWA HAS. A
MAD DOG SCARE
ANIMAL BELIEVED TO BE RAsiD
ATTACKS DOGS IN CITY
SUNDAY EVENING.
CHLOROFORM PUP.
Young Collie Owned BY George nav
Was Literally Chewed UP BY
Larger Animal and Had to
BE Killed Later.

Residents in the vicinity OF East
Fifth, near Court and Market streets
were given a mad dog a last even.
ing and for a time the neighborhood
was full OF excitement. Other logs
were the prey of the rabid animal and
one of these, a small Collie pup owned
by George Haw, 1T East Fifth street,
was so badly injured by the mad dog
that it later had to be klilea. a 10y
owned by J. G. Calhoun, COL NORTH
Court, and another owned by EAST
Maple avenue residents, were bitten
by the rabid dog and are under TN
care of a veterinary. The police de-
partment was notified, but so far has
been unable to apprehend the frenzied
canine which wrought the destruction
to it's own kind and terrorized many
citizens.
Attacks Young Collie.
The dog first attracted attention OF
persons along Fifth street. about 8
o'clock when it rushed madly up the
terrace of the Haw home and going
around the house attacked the Collie
pun held in leash at the rear OF the
property on the lawn. On East Sixth
street at the rear of the Haw residence
is the home Of A.. II. Johnson. Mrs.
Johnson and little daughter, Margery,
were on the lawn in rockers when the
animal attacked the Haw dog and ris-
ing from her seat Mrs. johnson at
tempted to drive the animal away.
Holding the little dog in its foaming
jaws, the larger dog made q lunge
toward Mrs. Johnson, but retaining lts
hold on the smaller animal the CHAIN
prevented it reaching the woman.
The child, seeing the dogs condition.
warned her mother and both 1mme-
diately entered the house, where they
were Mortified to witness the smaller
animal being destroyed by the strange
dog.
The appearance Of a. man OF n
with a club drove n
dog away and it ran up the street
toward Market street and returning,
took refuge in the cellar Of the Holman
home on East Fifth street, where IT
remained in an exhausted condition
for a time. While the dog was In h
cellar the police station was called on
the phone. but said that there was no
officer available at the time as all
we're on the street, and that a man
would be detailed on the case as soon
as the station was able to get one.
In the meantime. neighboring men
by throwing stones at the animal drove
him from the cellar and nothing was
seen of the dog since.
A veterinary was summoned upon
the return of Mrs. Haw from
the chautauqua and her dog was
chloroformed to end it's misery as It
was practically killed by the rab1d
dog. Owners Of two other dogs later
called the veterinary stating that their
dogs had been bitten by a white bull
dog, the description of which Tailed
with that given by the persons who
Witnessed the animal on East Fifth
street. The other dogs are under the
veterinary's care.
Mrs. A. H. Johnson, 118 East Sixth
street, stated that she was sattded the
animal was mad. She declares its eyes
we're as balls of fire and the jaws lath-
cred in froth when 1t made a lunge at
her as she attempted to drive 1t away
from the Haw dog.
DR.. E. F. Lowry who chloroformed
the Haw animal, reported the matter
% the police department and telephon-
ed the Haw home at 1890 p. M, that
IN officer had been detailed to search
'or the mad dog and asked that If 1t
should appear again In the neighbor-
rood to have it reported to the station.