The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-18
MAD DOG BIT SEVEN
CHILDREN AND
ONE ADULT
Victims Being Hurried to Pasteur
Institute
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EXPECTED TO saw: LIVES
Arlington the Scene of the Worst
Mad Dog Horror On Record
In State.

Seven children and one man bit
ten by mad dog at Arlington are
being hurried to the Pasteur institute
at New York for treatment to pre-
vent hydrophobia.
The children are Hopkins Hulett,
Frank Labardee, Philip Conroy, Ho-
bart Cross, John and Birney and two
small children of Thomas Cross.
The man bitten was a travelling man.
A. E Stevenson of Lawrence, Mass.
The four children first named were
taken to New York on the early
train this morning by DR.. S. X. Gray
and Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Hulett. DIR.
G. r. Russell started this afternoon
with the children of Thomas Cross,
who lives at West Arlington and did
not learn that the dog was mad until
this morning.
The dog was killed yesterday after
noon and sent to the state labora-
tory at Burlington and word was re-
ceiyed at Arlington this afternoon
that the animal had bad case of,
rabies.
The dog first appeared at the
home of H. A. Hulett three miles
south of Arlington Wednesday after
noon and bit the boy, Hopkins HUI
lett in the hand and arm. The dog
then ran on to Arlington ad thence
to West Arlington, back to Arlington
and then down the SALISBURY road
where it was finally captured and
killed.
The animal wore a collar marked
'R. E." and bore the license number
III. The animal was small and APP
peared to be a beagle crossed with
some other breed.
1t is thought that the animal came
from Bennington by way of West
SALISBURY as such an animal was
seen by several persons on that
road
The Labardee boy, who is only
three years old was badly bitten in
the face but the other boys injuries
are chiefly on the hands or legs
Mr. Stevenson was bitten on the leg
just as he got off the train at Ar
lingtcn. The Conroy boy was bitten
while trying to drive the dog away
from MI. Stevenson.
Mr. Stevenson left on the night
train for Boston intending to go from
there to New York for treatment.
a score or more of dogs and prob
ably other animals were bitten by
the dog before 1t was disposed of and
there will be a wholesale slaughter
of dogs in Arlington during the
next few days.
Inasmuch as the victims were hur-
ried to New York so promptly for
the anti-hydrophobia treatment, it is
hoped that there will be no serious
results. 1t is feared however that
some other persons may have been
bitten at farmhouses and that they
may not learn of their danger in
season.
The children victims of the horror
are Frank the three years old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Labardee; Philip
the IA year old son of d. j. Conroy;
Hopkins, Hulett, the 1l-year old son
OF II. A. Hulett; Hobart, the year
old son of Hiram Cross; and John
and Brney Cross, aged and 5
years, children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cross.
Since the above was written an
advertisement has been sent to The
Banner Office describing a lost dog
similar TO the one that caused the
trouble. The dog is owned by Rus
sell Elwell, who lives in Pownal
near the Bennington line.
If this is the dog it must have
caught the rabies from some dog
coming from a distance as there has
been no hydrohobia in this vicini-
ty. The animol was one of the
gentlest little pets in town.
The advertisement sent to The
Banner office is as follows:
Lost:-Lost or strayed little tan,
black and white Beagle hound.
answering to the name of Tinker"
wearing collar marked "R. L. No.
H. Any information concerning
same will be greatly appreciated if
sent to Russell Elwell, Bennington
r. +. ID. 3.