| Show IN DEADLY FIGHT EARL RICE AGED TEN OF ALTON ILL BEATS OUT ANIMALS BRAINS WITH HAMMER WOMEN terrorized BY BRUTE hurt in desperate struggle brave lad closes door on neck 0 his pursuer and beats in his skull t st louis barl b arl ten years old killed a mad dog in a fierce fight at his home in alton the other day the boy beat out the dogs brains with a hammer after he had closed a door aion its neck and held it as in a vise the dog had at tacked a dozen persons and had been pursued by a crowd of men armea with clubs stones and guns who failed to kill it the boy was pain fully bitten and bruised 1 the fight the dog ran amuck on ridge street in the eastern part of alton after snapping at several persons the ani mal started up the middle of the street yelping and biting at everyone it countered several women and ahll dren had narrow escapes and one man was knocked down when the dog lunged at him A crowd gathered and armed with clubs and stones started in pursuit of the dog several men shot at the ani mal but missed it and a shower of missiles struck it without stopping its I 1 bogress two men cornered the dog in a doorway and tor a moment the crowd in pursuit thought it would be killed the men beat it over the head with clubs but before a gun could be procured the animal darted between the men and started again on its rsm page earl rice wis w is playing near his home no ridge street with sev eral other boys when the dog started toward the group the children scat and the animal singled out larl to attack the boy ran toward i his home with the dog only a few feet be hind him and just as he reached hia yard the dog pounced upon him the dog fastened its teeth in earl a leg and dragged him to the arouni the boy arose and ran again toward the house he gained but a few feet when he was knocked down by another attack of the dog but he again re gained his feet and fled finally the boy reached the door of his mother a kitchen which was open and darted in less than a yard ahead of the dog the dog leaped in just as earl threw his weight against the door to shut his pursuer out the animals head was caught between the door and the jamb and earl held it there ahll 11 struggled and fought to reach falm ft ath its teeth near the door was a hammer lying on a table holding the door closed with one hand earl was able to seize the hammer with the dog securely held inthe in the door as in a vise earl dealt blow after blow upon the dog head with the hammer when the crowd that had pushed the rabid aul mal reached the rice home the dog s skull was beaten to a pulp and barl was still pluckily pluck lly holding the door and showering bho more blows upon the body the boy collapsed as he released bis hold on the door and the dog fell limp to the floor ills leg had been terribly lacerated and he was bruised and cut from his falls during his battle with the animal A was summoned and his wounds were cauterized it is thought he will recover |
