Pollard Bitten by Mad
Dog on Leg
Mr. W.S. Pollard was bitten on the leg just above the angle
by a supposedly mad dog, which rushed through the screen door of Mr. J.E.
Pollard’s home two miles south of Hickory Saturday night, and gave battle to
Mr. Pollard who was nursing the sick. The animal sank his fangs into Mr.
Pollard’s leg, and he left Sunday at noon for Raleigh to take the Pasteur
treatment. Chief Lentz expressed the dog’s head to Raleigh.
Mr. Pollard was nursing his brother’s family, 10 of whom are
down with influenza, when he was attacked by the dog. It was at 9 o’clock when
the strange dog, a black female hound, jumped on a young canine on the back
porch. Mr. Pollard and his nephew ran to see what the trouble was, the younger
man carrying a lantern and Mr. Pollard a lamp. As Mr. Pollard reached the door
and opened it, the hound came through and he commanded her to leave, at the
same time crying ‘mad dog’ so that the others in the house would not be
injured.
The visitor promptly gave battle and succeeded in tearing
the trousers off one leg and in sinking her ugly fangs into Mr. Pollard’s
ankle. With one foot on the dog’s head and grabbing the hind legs, Mr. Pollard
killed her with a stick. The puppy was bitten and was also killed.
Sunday afternoon Chief Lentz killed a strange dog after it
had attacked Dr. R.P. Wilson. The veterinarian was fighting the canine off with
a stick.
It is not known how many dogs have been bitten in this
section by rabid animals and there is every reason to believe that more dogs
will go mad.
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