Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 May 1928, p. 58

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58 ·WILMETTE LIFE M~y 25, 1928 Our New Address 806·810 G·ove St. MAD DOG RUNS AMUCK; BITEs·· FIVE PEOPLE Killed as it Attacks Capt. Murray of Kenilworth Police Department A stray dog, thought positively to be suffering from rabies, ran amuck in Kenilworth and ~' innetka last Wednesday, biting two children and an adult in Winnetka, two adults in K~nilworth and attacking but failing 5112 Lugest Exeluslve Ca·pet, Rug-aad Linoleum Sto·e lfo·tb ol Cblaago Ualve·sl~ DAVID G. BARRY Cleaning and Repairing to inflict wounds on three other people in Kenilworth before it was finaUv found and dispatched by Kenilworth police. · The animal, a black and brown Water Spaniel bearing neither collar nor license, made its first appearance in Winnetka ' at about 8:30 o'clock Wednesday mornin~. At 326 Woodlawn avenue it attacked and inflicted serious wounds on Charles Stearns, aged 5~ years. The child was bitten over the left eye and on the neck and face and may lose his sight in the injured eye. Bites Second Child Shortly afterward it apeared at 362 Hav.·thorne lane where it attacked Nancy Olsen, age 7. inflicting deep and painful wound 3 on the face, knee, arm and hand. Its third victim in \Vinnetka wa s Robin Ard. age 19, of 979 Vine street , vvho wa s bitten on the leg. It made it s appearance in Kenilworth at about 10 :45, squad car in \Vinnetka in the meantime being en- · 1 . gaged in a Village-wide hunt. Tt s first attack in Kenilworth was made on Albert Munfer, a gardener employed h:v Jacob Rhinewald. landscape gardener of \Vilmette, and rl.t the tim e working at thr home of L. C. Dilk , on Sheridan r oad. ~fun fer was bitten on both hand s and about the body an<l legs. At Ahhottsford road and ~f elro.~ e avenue the dog stag-ed an attack on S. H. Petersen. 0f 123 Clvde avcm1e, Evanston, inflicting wounds upon ~f r. Petrrsen's thigh . Attacks Contractor Tn quick sucre:;sion it attacked :\ . G. Grandpre. memhrr of the firm of · Beare!. Lyde!l and Grandprc. contractors i)l charge of building the new Kenilworth water plant at Sheridan road and Kenilworth avenue; Mrs. John Hicks1. 241 Melrose avenue, near her home; and M arv Petersen. small daughter of Mr. and Mn. Tulius A. Peterson, near the family res.idence at 222 Cumberland road. In each instance it tore the Yictim's clothing hut failed to inflict a \\'Otmd. Police squad armed \Yith shotgun:; were hastilv detailed from the Keni1worth Police departme1· 1t at the fir st report of the dog's presence and it was finally dispatched by Capt. Jame s. M urrav at Warwick and Oxbrd road~ following an attempted attack on Capt. M urrav himself. The · head of the animal has been sent to the Chicago branch of the J1' linois Health department laboratoric; for a positive opinion on whether the dog is suffering from rabies. Tt is considered almost certain that the ver·· diet will be in the affirmative, however. Gas Heat is Clean Modern gas heating is not only automatic and absolutely ca~efree, but it is clean. Curtains hold their freshness longer in gasheated homes. Walls are not soot.. soiled. There is less dusting to do. Rugs and car. . pets require fewer cleanings and the basement ir transformed into a· dust-.free, usable part of the house. C~mplete information about the clean, convenient heating service that gas can bring to your home is given in our new gas. .heating book. Phone or write today for your copy. Third in Month The dog killed Wednesday was the third rabid animal to be dispatched b? the Kenilworth police s·ince the inauguration of the new muzzling ordinance on May 1. In both of the two previou · case s the dog was d~clared by state authorities to be suffering from dumb rabi es. The case vVednesday is the first appearance of the vicious type of the disease. It is considered possible by Kenilworth authorities tlwt other people , or dogs may have been bitten oy the an!mal and it is earnestly requested that if such is the case, the fact be imparted to the police, as it is essential that a complete check he made on the animal's wanderings and victims. Full medical precautions are being taken to prevent the dog's victims from suffer- . ing ill effects from the attacks. Attention is called by the authorities to the report of the Illinois State Board of Health this week which states that exactly 800 out of 1,000 heads sent in for examination for rabies have been positive cases of the disease. It is also pointed out that in Winnetka eleven persons have been bitten by dogs since the first of this month. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY · OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS JNO. S. REESMAN, District Manager 1141 Central Ave., Wilmette, Wilmette 2899

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