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Show A PITIFUL CASE. A Brigham City Man Raving Mad With ' Hydrophobia. ' Closely'guardod by four stalwart men who watched his every movement, his hands securely manacled aud his legs and feet firmly tied, . while a base ball mask fixed on his head prevented Ills bitiug any one; such was tho spectacle that Thomas B. Hector of Brigham City presented as he was carried, foaming, shrieking and writhiug in the horrible paroxysms of hydrophobia, from the Ogden train today. "He has been in this condition for nearly forty-eight hours," remarked one of his guards, "and the doctor gave him up. Said it was no use trying to. do anything with him. Poor Tom, it's sad. He has a beautiful wife and three fine children. We put that baseball mask on him as a sort of muzzle, you know, so he oan't bite any one, because ho gets awful violent at times and we can't do anything with him." "I suppose he'll die, but thero is yet hope for him, although I don't count much on it. There's a man lives down tho city a mile or so who has a mad stone, aud we are taking him there. One of the boys thinks It will cure him suro, but I am afraid its no use. But I am willing to do anything I can for poor Tom," and hero tho honest fellow wiped away a tear while a big" sob stuck in his throat. "How did ho contract this terrible complaint?" asked The Times reporter, repor-ter, "Eating ; Ogden woiuer-wurst" was tbo reply and then they loaded the unfortunate un-fortunate man into a dray and drove off. |