Clay County AlArchives News.....Weldon, J.W.  Attacked by a mad dog.  October 22, 1922
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The Birmingham News October 22, 1922
J. W. Welden, resident of Cragford, Ala., whose hands and arms were badly torn 
by the fangs of a mad dog Wednesday morning, arrived at the state laboratory 
Thursday for treatment with anti-rabies serum. Mr. Weldon told officials at the 
laboratory that he was walking along the road Wednesday morning when a dog 
sprang upon him and a struggle ensued between himself and the animal, during 
which the man's arms and hands were severely mangled and torn by the brute's 
jaws as he fought the creature off to prevent it from sinking its teeth in his 
throat and face. Finally abandoning its attack as quickly as it was begun, the 
dog made off. Before Mr. Weldon could spread the alarm through the neighborhood, 
the same dog meeting three school children on the road, attacked them also, but 
fortunately they were not as severely bitten as the animal's first victim. A 
search was immediately made for the dog, and it was found, killed, and its head 
sent to the state laboratory, where an examination showed it was affected with 
rabies. Treatments of anti-rabies serum for the treatment of the three children 
were dispatched from the laboratory early Thursday. 

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