El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-24
B|RD SHOT MEANT F0R
MAD DOG HITS BOT
TWO MORE BITTEN BY
%HVlROPHlB|g CANNES
phYslclAN picKs PELLETS OUT
or EXCITED YOUTH WHO GOT
IN Way or LOAD MEANT FOB
susPEcTEp ANIMAL
city Marshaps Gun Working Overtime
to Weed Out Large surplus Of Santa
Re pe0a and Hrsyent Spread Of
Much Feared Rabies Epidemic

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The first casualty in the campaign
to exterminate suspected dogs In
Santa re, occurred at midnight Sat
lurday when Bernardino Apodaca.
LACED 20, accidentally shot Juan Abey-
tia aged l9. Fifty-nine bird shot
lodged in Abeytia's right arm and in
the right side Of his chest, some Of
the shot penetrating to a depth Of
one and b half inches. It ID believed
none Of the shot penetrated his lungs.
It appears that late Saturday night
q dog, said to be mad, aroused the I'M
|habitants Of that part Of the city,
which Is about half q mile from
lFfank~F. Gormley's store. on Canyon
Road, Apodaca advanced to the at.
tack with a shot gun and Abeytia, in
the excitement, ran between the gum
and the vicious dos. getting the full
charge. Or. J. NJ. Diaz was summoned
Ito attend the injured man and picked
out as many Of the shot as he could
find near the surface.
II believe the dog situation here
would be clarified" said DR.. Diaz. in
commenting IN the case, III the city
marshal would carry out his promise
to kill all dogs that have no tags on
them. Then the tagged dogs should
be muzzled In my opinion not every
dog that shows peculiar symptoms
has rabies. OF course, there are var
Iious stages Of the disease. Dogs may
refuse food and water from various
causes; they may even fail to recog
nize their mosters. When they show
the shambling gait and then foam
slightly or considerably at the mouth,
they are dangerous. A swapping dog,
mad or not mad, Is a dangerous ami
NAL and he should be dealt with
promptly. ! know whereof / speak,
for ! was bitten by a dog some time
ago and lost no time in taking the
Pasteur treatment,
Another Victim.
AZ far as can be asceTtained, the
Ryearold son Of FIorencio Marti-
nez, OF Canyon Road, is the second
victim Of . swapping dog in this city
this month, the first having been
Bernard. the ten-year-old son Of j. b.
Wood. tho Martinez boy received al
severe wound in the hand from The
teeth Of his own dog Yesterday, and
the1 dog was killed Immediately after
ward. THE hoy was taken to the Of
flee Of Dr.. David Knapp who dressed
the wound.
Many complaints about snarling
and swapping dogs have been heard
and in view pf several we'll establish
ed cases OF rabies. Santa Feans are
daily becoming more alarmed Rel
ports that the rabies epidemic on the
Pecos has been exaggerated were
disposed Of yesterday and
Saturday by people who arrived from
the Peeos. They told Of the havoc
played by mad dogs with cattle in
region.
Another Victim
Vicente Alarid, deputy IN the county
Office, stated today that p OF
his neIghbors, Julio Pena, vas bitten
by a supposedly mad dog on Thursday
morning. The dog was killed near
Tie water works, up the canyon.
Hena had the wound dialnfected, but
as FAR as can be ascertained has not
not yet taken the rabies treatment,
Kills Two Dogs
City Marshal Ricardo Alarid stated
this morning that he had killed two
more dogs which showed symptoms
of rabies. The marshal repeated his
declaration made several days ago
that be intends to rid the city Of un-
dogs. Il am g6ing to kill
every ~nntagged dog / can md" he
said. Il think people have had nearly
time to tag their dogs and
they cannot blame anyone but them
il they neglect to obey the city
ordinance"
Just where the city marshal will get
sufficient ammunition TO rid College
Don Gaspar avenue. Upper
avenue. not to mention many
other streets, near to and far from
the plaza. Of untagged dogs Is notj
Santa Fe has about as many
untagged dogs, in proportion to the
ciiy's size. as has ConstantinODIe.