Show SHOT IN A HOT a philadelphia mad dog met bis end an ax acobs spectators philadelphia july 7 special the new and massive church of the jesu at eighteenth and stiles streets was the scene of au exciting adventure yesterday afternoon three pistol shots rang through the immense auditorium of the church then when the smoke had cleared away two twenty third district police officers restored their still smoking revolvers to their pockets while alongside of a pew in the farthest corner of alie church a dog lay stiff and geark in death it was the windup of an exciting time in which hundreds of people the police and the dog had participated it was claimed that the dog was mad the excitement had reached its height when a wild eyed manewith man with a pronounced hibernian accent rushed breath lessl yinto Magistrate Romines office and panted out will come over abeyant to the Catli olic church theres a mad dog there and its digil a policeman ive been able to find at all at all im no dog catcher said the magistrate as he sent the trembling mercury flying up to the twenty third district station house where he soon secured the services of officers hinea and weaver when these officers reached the church a bi crowd had collected and a strong guard hold tightly closed every door the dog had sought the church for protection and had become a prisoner there the crowd shouted out now the dog with blood in his eyes and froth on his mouth had rushed up eighteenth street snapping at everything he met men women and children had gone scampering io all directions out of the of the wild beast while a crowd of shouting men and boys hurled bricks and stones and infect ivea at the mad or animal when the stiles street was reach edthe dog swerved to lie right and some of the spectators flew into an open door of the church where even the handiest hardiest har diest of his pursur ers had feared lo 10 follow him precautions were taken however to lock him in while a still hunt was made for the police tue officers hesitated a moment bo fore entering thac church then firmly their revolvers cautiously opened the door and peeped in there he is shouted a spectator yes there he is replied officer hynes then carefully ailine at the crouching animal he fired the dog dodged and crawled under a pew both officers then moved upon the enemy and before the dog could moye again two sharp reports were heard and the doe lay dead with a hole through his heart and one through his head the dead dog as quickly and quietly removed |