The Nevada Democrat., 1857-09-23
Dreadful Occurence--A Boy Eaten mp by q
Bear near Detroit.
from the Detroit Free Press, of Aug. Tth.l

From the Detroit Free Press, of Aug. 7th,l
We have succeeded. with some difficulty, in
learning the particulars Of q shocking cccur-
renee. which took place on the Hamtramck
marshes on last Tuesday, in which boy eleven
years old, was actually eaten up alive hy
bear. within sight OF the city. The circumstan-
ces of the case are as follows A man named
Joseph Radtmacher. German, living on Ma
comb street. between Rvsrd and Russel. went
out on Tuesday morning, in company with
little brother 10 pick rasb,rries. They carried
their dinners " th them. aad went some five or
six miles out. before commencing their day 5
work. Rad mach deposited his dinner basket
and coat on the groupd, aud employtd himself
for some time in pck.ls oegr.es, wlen nis at
tention being attracted by noise, he looked
around. and to bis intense astonishment, saw
large she bear accompanied by three cubs, en-
gagged in devouring his d nuer. II was but the
work of moment to drop his basket OF berries
and hurry, with his youn ger brother, away
from the spot. He saw two boys not far from
/ him when he left the spot. but sad nothing to
them. Before himself and brother bad got
safe distance they heard terrible screams in the
direction they had left, which only served to
accelerate their pace. and place a greater dis
tance between them aad danger. They were
soon overtaken by one of the boys, who came
rushing up bewildered with fright, screaming
that the bear was eating up isbrother Rade-
machcr received this intelligence In utter dis
may, and took to his heels with will, followed
by the two boys, and deserving the sufferer to
his fate. The cowardly race soon brought them
to the city, when they spread the alarm and
large party was quickly found for the rescue,
which proceeded to the scene Of the disaster.
accompanied by Rademacher and the father of
the unfortunate boy. A long search resnlt'
in finding the remains of the boy, the bear hav-
ing eaten up about half of the corpse. and bu-
ricd the rest for future meal. Remnants of
| his clothes were scattered around. together with
Radpmacher's coat torn to pieces. general
hunt was commenced with q view Of finding the
bear. which has been continued up to the pres
ent time without success. The hoy was Irish
or German. we are not certain which. His
name also we have been unable TO learn, but
shall ascertain to-day. His brother, boy OF
thirteen. stated that they almost stumbled over
the hear before they saw him at all, when she
suddenly turned with a savage growl and seized
the one nearest. A word of warning from Ra
dpmachcr when he commenced his fight would
have saved the boy, but he was too frightened
to do anything but run.
The bear was a large and powerful one and
must have been excited TO great hunger to
commit 50 bold deed. The contemplation Of
such an occurrence. happening almost within
the limits of a city Of 10000 inhabitants, is
s'ckrning and terrible Wild bears have be-
come rarity in most parts of the State. yet
we are visited in the very metropolis by one
that perpetrates deed that belongs only to the
carly annals of our history. II is to be hoped
that such visits will be rare in future.