Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1909 — WINAMAC ACCOUNT OF THE MAD DOG AND ITS VICTIMS. [ARTICLE]

WINAMAC ACCOUNT OF THE MAD DOG AND ITS VICTIMS.

Four People Bitten Besides Mrs. Pass and All Are Taking Treatment In Pasteur Institute. The following complete account of the mad dog adventures are given In the Winamac Republican: * A mad dog recently bit many people in Jefferson township and early Tuesday morning Mrs. Samuel Pass, one of the victims, died of hydrophobia, in convulsions and suffering terrible agony. Others who are known to have been bitten are: , - > Wm. Lizenby. Mrs. Wm. Lizenby. A. J. Roberts. James Malia. There may be several others who have been bitten. There probably are, and the is excited and alarmed over what may develop. Tuesday Wm. Lizenby and wife both hurried to Chicago, upon the advice of their physicians, to take the Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia. A. J. Roberts, a near neighbor, also left the same afternoon, for the same purpose, and Wednesday, James Malia, who teaches the Lincoln school, was raising money so he could also go and take the treatment that may be the only thing between him and a horrible and Quick death. The anxiety of those who have been bitten, and those who fear they may have been bitten is something terrible. Physicians say Mrs. Pass had clearly developed hydrophobia, and that undoubtedly the dog had rabies. . They say the poison may develop in the system within a few days, or on the other hand may lie dormant for three or even ten years, and then take the victim off in agonies of convulsions at any unexpected time. Mrs. Pass was apparently not affected until about three weeks later, on the Sunday before he* sudden death, and when the first alarming symptoms appeared there was nothing that could be done to relieve or save her. The dog belonged to Sam Pass. It was a collie puppy and as now remembered, showed all the signs of rabies. It strolled away from home, was melancholy, and would bite people and stock without reason. Some days after it had bitten Mrs. Pass, James Malia, who teaches the Lincoln school, found It sitting beside the roadway half a mile' from home. He knew it belonged to the Pass family, and he called it, aiming to take it home. It came to him, and as he reached out his hand, it snapped viciously at him. In the same way it wandered over to the Wm. Lizenby home, and there bit both Mr. and Mrs. Lizenby. ' Charles Lizenby, who attends the Winamac high school, believes the dog did not bite him. “He bit at my legs and set his teeth in my trousers and shoes more than once," said he, “but he was only a puppy and I didn't pay any attention to his attacks.” Several of the neighbor boys enjoyed teasing the dog to see him bite, and now all are seriously wondering if they were bitten, and if so, if they are really in serious danger of dying shortly in the agonies of hydrophobia. At the Lizenby home the dog bit several of the chickens, and also attacked the hogs and the cattle, and even drew blood on the legs of the horses, so vicious did it become. Now some of the stock is showing effects of the bites, and no one knows whether the results will be serious and widespread or not. The puppy was given to Ves Scott, and proved so annoying and savage both with people and with the stock on the place that it was given to Sam Pass. When Mrs. Pass undertook to caress the handsome little fellow he snapped her hand. Nothing was thought of the slight scratches until they developed, some time later, into terrible hydrophobia. , ■ Mrs. Pass was bitten on the 15th of last month. Mrs. Lizenby was bitten on the 18th, and Mr. Llzzenby upon the 17th. The dog was then killed. Before being killed it bit among other stock, the valuable shepherd dog on the Lizenby farm. This dog later showed signs of the rabies, and was promptly killed. Francesville and Medaryville physicians have had charge of the cases. J, ATER.—Word was received from

Mr. and Mrs. Lizenby, who are in Chicago, that they have begun the treatment. They will be required to remain In Chicago for 15 days, and are assured that the treatment to be given them will prevent their having hydrophobia. .