Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — MINISTER TACKLES MAD DOG [ARTICLE]

MINISTER TACKLES MAD DOG

Animal Had Bitten Three Children and Score of Other Canines. New York, Aug. 19. —With naked hansd the Rev. Dr. Edward M. McGuffey, rector of St. James Episcopal church, and John E. Meyers of 87 Broadway, caught and overpowered a rabid dog after it had bitten three children arid a score of more of dogs in the streets of Elmburst, L. I. The animal was'an unusually large fox terrier. The struggle took place in Broadway, Elmhurst, opposite the rectory of the church and was witnessed by a screaming throng of women and children. Officers shot the canine.