December 1912, Jefferson County, AL
Jasper Goff, 5
Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type)
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Bulldog Kills Child
Bessemer, AL Dec 16 – With his jaws locked on the throat of five-year-old Jasper Goff, a vicious bulldog strangled the child to death today before it was shot by a neighbor of the Goff family. The child was dead when it dropped from the dogs’ mouth. – The Washington Herald