Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — Mad Dogs Create Terror in Lafayette—Several Children Bitten. [ARTICLE]

Mad Dogs Create Terror in Lafayette—Several Children Bitten.

Lafayette is now in the throes of a mad dog scare. What a few da>s ago was looked upon as a mere incident has brought about a dangerous condition, and the local authorities have been aroused. One head of a dog sent to Indianapolis for examination was found to be' infested with negri bodies, and the animal had bitten two children and several domestic animals before being killed. Friday consternation was created in the south part of the city by a mad dog which ran amuck. The dog frothing at the mouth, got away before it could be killed after biting six dogs. Another dog on Wabash avenue went mad and bit a number of dogs. Several children who have been bitten are now taking the Pasteur treatment. The mayor has issued an order to kill every dog not muzzled, and the police have killed about fifty animals in the past few days. So serious has the condition become that the parents have refused to allow their children out of doors, unless they are with them. Mrs. Michael Plapes waj attacked near her home by a dog and one of her hands was badly lacerated. The dog is believed to have been mad, and after it was killed the head was sent to Indianapolis for examination. The entire country is greatly agitated. Horses and cattle have been bitten by the mad dogs.