Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-08-13

Dreadful Occurrence-.-A Boy Eaten up
by Bear, almost within the City Limits.
From the Detroit Free Press, Friday.l
We have succeeded, with some Difficult
ty, in learning the particulars of q
shocking occurrence, which took place on
the Hamtramck marshes on last Tuesday,
in which boy eleven years old, was actu-
ally eaten up alive by bear, within sight
of the city. The circumstances of the case
are as follows: A man named Joseph Rad
emacher, German, living on Macomb
street, between Rivard and Russell, went
ont on Tuesday morning, in company with
a little brother to pick raspberries. They
carried their dinners with them, and went
some five or six miles out, before COM
mencing their days work. Rademacher
deposited his dinner-basket and coat on
the ground, and employed himself for some
time in picking berries, when, his atten-
tion being attracted by noise, he looked
around, and to his intense astonishment,
saw large she bear accompanied by three
cubs, engaged in devouring his dinner. IL
was but the work of moment to drop his
basket of berries and hurry, with his young
er brother, away from the spot He saw
two boys not far from him when he left
the spot, but said nothing to them, Be-
fore himself and brother had got a safe
distance they heard terrible screams in the
direction they had left, which only served
to accelerate their pace, and place great
er distance between them and danger
They were soon overtaken by one of the
boys, who came rushing up bewildered with
fright, screaming that che bear was eating
up his brother. Rademacher received this
intelligence in utter dismay, and took to
his heels with a will, followed by the two
boys, and deserted the sufferer to his fate
The cowardly race soon brought them to
the city, when they spread the alarm, and
a large party was quickly formed for the
rescue, which proceeded to the scene of the
disaster, accompanied by Rademacher and
the father of the unfortunate boy. Along
! search resulted in finding the remains Of
the boy. the bear having eaten UP about
half of the corps, and buried the rest for
future meal. Remnants of his clothes
were scattered around, together with Rad
emacher's S coat, torn to pieces. A general
lunC was commenced Win view OF 000-
ing the bear, which has been continued up
to the present time without success. Tue
boy was Irish or German, we are not GER
tain which. His name also we are unable
to learn, but shall ascertain it to-day. His
brother, boy of thirtesn, stated that they
almost stumbled over the bear before they
saw him at all, when she suddenly turned
with a savage growl and seized the one who
was nearest. A word of warning from
Rademacher when he commenced his flight
would have saved the BOY, bat he was too
frightened to do any thing but run.
The bear was large and powerful one,
and must have been excited to great hun
ger to commit so bolda deed. The contem-
plation of such an occurrence, happening
almost within the limits of city of TO-
600 inhabitants, is sickening and terrible
Wild bears have become 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. 1t is to be hoped that such
visits will be rare in future.