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Show MOTHER FiCHTS COG . I AMD SAVES HER CHILD Mrs. Grant Moser Saves Child Through Strategy, When Rock Is Thrown. Salt Lake, June IS. As a result of being bitten by a vicious "bulldog, little lit-tle Samuel Moser, the 2 1-2-year-old son of Grant Moser, a laborer living at No. G17 South Fifth West street, Is now suffering from ,a number of gashes on the head and neck sustained sustain-ed Wednesday evening. The child was playing outside the 'Moser residence, while waiting for his mother, who was preparing to leave the house with a smaller child, whom she was wheeling in a baby-cart. Mrs. Moser noticed the bulldog across the street and cautioned the child not to go near It, but after doing so and while arranging the wraps on the baby Mrs. Moser was startled by a scream and turned to find her son being worried and bitten by the dog. Mrs. Moser, who is a frail little woman, wo-man, rushed to the assistance of her child and started kicking and striking the bulldog, trying to get him off the boy, but was not successful until the attention of the animal was attracted by Andrew Bracket, a laborer at the Portland Cement works nearby. Mr. Bracket, on hearing the cries for assistance, as-sistance, picked np a stone and shouted shout-ed at the dog, and in the meantime, Mrs. Moser snatched up the child and carried him into the house, where he was attended by Dr. Musser. The child is severely bitten, having fifteen gashes on tho head and neck, but was resting easily Thursday evening. even-ing. The dog Is an English bull, owned by the timekeeper of the Portland Co-ment Co-ment works and has a bad reputation. It is valuable and the owner refuses to have it killed, but an effort will be made by the child's father today to have it shot. j |