Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The Northern section of this city was thrown into the wildest state of excitement by the terrible attack on a number of persons by an infuriated bull-dog suffering with hydrophobia. For some time past Mr. James M. Epply, who resides on the Northern boundary of the city, has been the owner of two of these dangerous brutes, and has kept them confined in the rear yard attached to his residence. This afternoon one of the dogs ferociously attacked the other, and, while they were engaged in a desperate fight, a colored girl belonging to the house went to the back door to endeavor to separate them, but no sooner did she make her appearance than one of them, frothing at the mouth, seized her by the left leg and tore a great piece of flesh from the calf of the limb. Stricken with terror and pain, the girl screamed for help, and Mr. William Thompson, who was passing at the time, came to her assistance and fired at the animal through the fence with his revolver. The ball missed its mark, and Mr. Thompson then climbed to the top of the fence to secure a better aim for his next shot. No sooner did the maddened beast see him than it leaped for his throat, and, getting a savage hold, together they fell off the fence into the street. Mr. Thompson, who is a powerful man, fought desperately, and finally succeeded in getting away from the animal, but not until his coat and shirt were torn from him and he was severely bitten in the throat and breast. The dog then ran madly down Maryland avenue, and his next victim was a child named Eddie Simm, son of one of our leading dry-goods merchants. Dashing at the boy, the dog threw him down and bit and tore the flesh from a dozen parts of his body. Fainting and bleeding, the child was picked up and carried to his father’s residence close by. A crowd had by this time gathered in pursuit of the dog, but he was not finally disposed of, although a dozen shots were fired at him, several of which wounded him, until he had severely bitten a colored boy named Richard Franklin, a distance of five or six squares from where the infuriated beast had started on his blood thirsty fight.-Baltimore [Md.] May 9, Special to Chicago Tribune.