Hartman Parks Reports He and Two Other Danbury Folk in Raleigh for Rabies Treatments, Jan. 25, 1922

Three Bitten by Rabid Dog. . . Hartman Parks, Child of Chas. Pyrtle and Colored Man. . . All in Quaker Gap. . . Dog Attached Parks While He Was Engaged in Fight With Bud Tilley—Gone to Raleigh to Take Pasteur Treatment

Mr. Hartman Parks of Quaker Gap township, who was seen at Walnut Cove Thursday by a Danbury citizen, stated that he was enroute to Raleigh where he would undergo treatment for hydrophobia, having been bitten by a rabid dog. The little girl of Mr. Charlie Pyrtle and a colored man, both of Quaker Gap, were also bitten by the same dog and both are at Raleigh taking the Pasteur treatment.

In relating the incident, Mr. Parks stated that while Bud Tilley and himself were engaged in exchanging blows the dog came up and bit him several times. The colored man, who resides in the same community, was also bitten on the same day, but it was not until one day last week wen the dog bit the little Pyrtle girl, that it was found to be mad. Immediately after his little daughter was bitten Mr. Pyrtle sent the dog’s head to Raleigh and when a telegram came back saying it was mad all parties left for Raleigh.

From The Danbury Reporter, Jan. 25, 1922