Show DREAD agonizing death ss as a res result olt of a dg bits bite chicago stay may 7 oh I 1 wish I 1 had a drink of water cried gus gunderson Gunder sou at the county hospital cat but his atten attendants dai ts knowing that water even the si ht of it would only make him hia spasms spasms worse had to deny this his ody request and so writhing barting barking spitting and famishing poor gunderson must die about 30 0 days ago gus gua gunderson was bitten by a dog ile he was making preparations to go on a tarn farm for afew a few mon Lm d a friend gavel gave him lim an ordinary yellow dog which he be had picked up halt starved on the street this was his only companion to be on the farm but during the the jog dog aroused the house with his hia barking I 1 and gunderson went to tim endeavoring to quiet him the dog snapped and when an effort IV was as made to make him lie down lie Le jumped and bit his master in the face it was only a slight scratch h and no serious thought was wag given to it the next morning however gunderson shot the dog and then went to his big farm life in lasalle county wednesday morning the first symptoms of rabies showed itself on attempting to take a drink of water he found that he could not 1101 swallow it ile he was immediately siezer with a spasm and gagging and tearing at his throat he then realized realised reali sed that thai he be had hydrophobia ile he gradually became orse norse during the lay day the spasms coming oft ofleter ner and harder toward eveni evening nr Yester yesterday dav he was taken to the county hospital and placed under the care of the house physician and surgeon burgeon K very thing possible was done for the suffering ring man bu but nothing known in science can help him at this late stage lie he has been given morphine in largo large quantities but his sufferings are so au great that it has haa but little effect it will only hasten his death which must come before the day is over ilia his condition last evening was something pitiable strapped hands and feet to liis his bed he writhed and twisted and tore at the bed clothing begging all the time for the doctor to kill him bim and end his misery then he would have quiet aquiat a moment in which he would be perfectly rational only to break out again i in it his terrible cry for water water during a lucid moment he called for a minister and rev IV W diehl of ashland boulevard methodist I 1 church was called say something good to a wicked sinner he moaned as the mi minister ulster entered the room H int my cite ia H over and I 1 ant to reform I 1 always would be too late to abt chrly it at ai the last hour bour but I 1 feel different now and then the minister consoled const coni J led and abir prayed with will the his father and sister iba ill m and between some of hia lii Hiar tar debt abt a last farewell was massaid said a |