{"id":191,"date":"2011-10-23T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2011-10-24T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T06:00:04","slug":"1889-fatal-pit-bull-attack-joseph-hurtzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/1889-fatal-pit-bull-attack-joseph-hurtzen\/","title":{"rendered":"1889 Fatal Pit Bull Attack &#8211; Joseph Hurtzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 1889, Racine County, WI<br \/>\nJoseph Hurtzen, 9-years old<br \/>\nFatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>With a Ferocious Bulldog&#8211;He Fights While He Has Life<\/strong><br \/>\nRacine, Wis., &#8212; Sept. 24, Yesterday afternoon a feocious bulldog, owned by a man named Kull, attacked a nine-year-old boy named Joseph Hurtzen, lacerating his throat so terribly that he will in all probability die. The boy had been playing with the brute when it turned upon him. A little girl witnessed the attack and screamed for help. B.T. Billings, a prominent citizen, and George Thomas, a photographer, heard the cries, and when they arrived at the scene the dog had the boy down with its fangs buried in his throat. They beat the beast off with bricks and stones, and it attacked Billings and grabbed him by the right arm and could not be shaken off. Billings downed the brute and choked it until it loosened its hold&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; Quincy Daily Journal, September 24, 1889 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/pdf\/1889-joseph-hurtzen.pdf\">archive.quincylibrary.org<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1889, Racine County, WI Joseph Hurtzen, 9-years old Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) With a Ferocious Bulldog&#8211;He Fights While He Has Life Racine, Wis., &#8212; Sept. 24, Yesterday afternoon a feocious bulldog, owned by a man named Kull, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/1889-fatal-pit-bull-attack-joseph-hurtzen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,5],"tags":[73,21],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1889-fatal-pit-bull-attack","category-pre-cdc-acquienscence","tag-73","tag-wisconsin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1889 Fatal Pit Bull Attack - Joseph Hurtzen | Fatal Pit Bull Attacks - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/1889-fatal-pit-bull-attack-joseph-hurtzen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1889 Fatal Pit Bull Attack - Joseph Hurtzen | Fatal Pit Bull Attacks - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 1889, Racine County, WI Joseph Hurtzen, 9-years old Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) With a Ferocious Bulldog&#8211;He Fights While He Has Life Racine, Wis., &#8212; 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