Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1916 — DOG SAVES WOUNDED HUNTER [ARTICLE]

DOG SAVES WOUNDED HUNTER

Brings Aid to Master Who Almost Bleeds to Death in the . Woods. Alton, 11l. —Edmund Weis, eighteen, son of a wealthy farmer living near Freeburg, 111., owes his life to his hunting dog, which saved him from bleeding to death, after he had been shot by another hunter. Weis was in some timber near his home, and as he came into a small clearing, another hunter whom Weis saw. but did not recognize, fired. The charge struck Weis in the legs and rendered him helpless. When the other man saw the effect of his wild shot, he ran. Weis fainted from loss of blood. A passing farmer heard the howljpg and barking of a dog and traced it. He found the dog near his unconscious master. Weis was taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Belleville, where it is stated that his condition is critical. He lost a large amount of blood and would have bled to death but for the aid summoned by the dog, according- to hospital physicians.