Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1912 — BELL CRAZES BITING DOG [ARTICLE]

BELL CRAZES BITING DOG

Its Clanging Made the Brute Attack Penneylvanla Firmer—ls Killed by Son. Carlisle, Pa.—Jacob Heiser, sixty-five years old, a fanner residing near here, Is under the care of a physician as the result of bring horribly bitten by his big shepherd dog, which had been crazed by the clanging of a big dinner bril on top of one of the farm buildings. Heiser’s life was probably saved by his son Elmer, who came to the rescue with a revolver, putting four bullets into the animal and killing it When the dog rushed Farmer Heiser was knocked to the ground by the attack and the animal savagely fastened its fangs in the man’s legs and tore at his clothing in an effort to teach his throat Heiser fought as best he could, and his daughter assisted him, attacking the animal with a stick. Heiser is terribly bitten on his chest and legs and the tendon in his left leg Is badly torn.