Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1917 — WOMAN ATTACKED BY FOX [ARTICLE]

WOMAN ATTACKED BY FOX

Going to the Rescue of Her Pet Cat, New Jersey Woman Is Bitten Twice. Paterson, N. J. —Mrs. L. B. Smith reported to the police that she was attacked and bitten by a fbx when she attempted to rescue a pet cat in the darkness in her dooryard. A strip of flesh was torn from her arm. Hearing the cat’s cries late in the night, Mrs. Smith went Into the yard and saw the pet in the rays of the window lamp in a grapple with the fox. She tried to frighten the fox away, but the Intruder only tightened his grip on the cat Mrs. Smith, grabbing him by the neck, tried to drag the fox away, but he turned and bit her twice, digging his teeth through the flesh of her left arm below the elbow. i Undaunted, Mrs. Smith seized a stick and drove the fox away. A physician attended her injuries.