Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — FIGHTS WITH MAD DOG. [ARTICLE]

FIGHTS WITH MAD DOG.

Father Keeps Rabid Animal from Biting His Little Daughter. Lawrenceburg, Ind., Dec. 1. A large shepherd dog belonging to Joseph T. Hayes, went through the «> streets Sunday biting every dog it could catch and attempted to bite several,persons who escaped. Chief of Police Henry Snyder, a force of patrolmen and nearly 100 citizens, armed with guns, revolvers and dubs, chased the mad dog through the cornfields for several hours before it was killed. The dog attacked Bruce McCleaster and his little daughter. When it leaped at the little girl the father attempted to drive it off with a heavy walking stick. A fight followed and the dog was getting the *"best of it when Edward Truitt fired the contents of a double-barreled

shotgun into the animal’s body. Several of the shot struck Mr. McCleaster and the little girl, but instated only slight injuries.