{"id":60,"date":"2011-06-12T19:41:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/?p=60"},"modified":"2019-10-17T23:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T04:00:47","slug":"1858-fatal-pit-bull-attack-eddie-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/1858-fatal-pit-bull-attack-eddie-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"1858 Fatal Pit Bull Attack \u2013 Eddie Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 1858, Brooklyn County, NY<br \/>\nEddie Johnston, Child<br \/>\nFatal dog attack: bulldogs (pit bull-type)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1kDq-BGYhbPMZ4cZeY1nQ9nKUG8M&amp;usp=sharing\">View related map<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Boy Killed by Dogs &#8212; A little boy named Eddie Johnston, while playing yesterday afternoon in an open lot in Water-street, Brooklyn, was set upon by two large bull-dogs, who tore off both his feet, crushed his legs, and mangled him terribly before they were discovered. It was found impossible to drive the dogs off until both were killed. The poor little fellow was taken to the Hospital, but cannot survive his injuries. He has no parents living. (<a title=\"Fatal Pit Bull Attack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1858\/01\/04\/archives\/long-island.html\">New York Times, January 4, 1858<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 1858, Brooklyn County, NY Eddie Johnston, Child Fatal dog attack: bulldogs (pit bull-type) View related map A Boy Killed by Dogs &#8212; A little boy named Eddie Johnston, while playing yesterday afternoon in an open lot in Water-street, Brooklyn, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatalpitbullattacks.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/1858-fatal-pit-bull-attack-eddie-johnston\/\">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":[15,5],"tags":[16,57,19],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1858-fatal-pit-bull-attack","category-pre-cdc-acquienscence","tag-16","tag-eddie-johnston","tag-new-york"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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