The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23
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The agent Of Warmer. q, 90. 3. Great
Pacific MSpagefies MUSEUM and Cirous;
wh6is waiting at Dstroitsfor thes,arrival
OF the institution, was Saturday put in
possession of some Interesting facts in
regard to the successful attempt of A. J.
Forepaughtto break in the. royal tiger
"Satan, at fremont, Ohio, a few days
ago. ''Satan, F" as the nnimnl is rightly
named, is asserted to be one of the
largest tig5rs in this country. weighing
about 600 pounds, although lie il but
sixteen months old. He} was landed in
New. York about a year since, being from
Bombay with O number of other animals
intended for exhibition. He was cap.
tured when three months old.a dozen:
or more natives assisting in tho opera.
tlon, and although n ''youngster," lie
showed. suoh pluck that three of the
captors were badly scratched and clnwed.
The brother of .'Satan, made his escape
into jungle, carrying spear in his
side, and the mother wns killed the day
previous by hunters mounted upon the
backs of elephants, dozen elephants
and thirty or forty men turning out for
her sole bene1t.ci These beasts have
haunted the distriot for year or more
and eaten up several natives, '.Satan"
was passenger1 on the vessel, Fair
Trade. "A cage was constructed for his
especial benefit, as he wns untamnbly
fierce from the day Of his capture, TAX.
ing only sufficient food to Keep him
ai.c. During the paasage, he managed
one night to eat of two of the wooden
bars on his cage. and made his appear
anee on deck to terrify the watch into
a ooSi iofa
Seeing nothing.el to, attack, 'Satan"
tore the her. coop to pieces and killed q
Score Of fowls. The captain dare not
come mp from the Dabin, the watch in
the forecastle were in the same predica-
ment, and the tiger had the deck to
himself, the ship|beipg' left without
steersnan.E AT length one of the men
aloft managed Ito fass6 the beast with q
halyard, and he was 80 nearly choked to
death in the operation, that he was auug
into his cage like q bag Of sand. The
rest OF the voyage passed without event.
Satan" gradually getting better appe-
tite, although losing not bit of his re-
vengefql disposition and desire to dissect
the body Of some human being.
Landing in New York, he was placed
with the other arrivals in temporary
quatters,, and here he had his fret taste
OF, Yankee flesh and blood, A man
named Mahoney was employed to assist
in cleaning the cages! and feeding the
behsts. end, WAS one afternoon left in
sole oharga,of the building for several
honrg. Having taken glass too much,
he imagined he could tainea tiger. rs
we'll as ''any other man, "and invited
friend Or two to see him enter '.Satan's"
quarters. The animal was confined in q
cage ahont fifteen feet long, with a door
at one end the height OF a man, and Ma.
honey, after arming himself with club.
boldly threw open the door and entered,
calculating that the power Of his eye
would subdue the animal. It didn't
happen to be q good day for eyeing
tigers, or else the man did not fully un-
derstand the eye business, for the tiger
attacked him the moment the door was
opened, and had him down in an instant.
Mahoney had sense enough to lie still,
and 'fSatanI" after clawing and biting
him, lay down across his body, and al
lowed the outsiders to close the cage
door. Help was then summoned, and
by the liberal use of spears and red.llot
iron rods, the tiger was driven to the
further cnd Of the cage, and Mahoney
hauled out. He was badly wounded,
and remained in the hospital two weeks
before he was able to resume work.
Last winter. ''Satan" 1came to War
ner's institute by purchase, and was
turned over to the care of Forepaugh as
q subject bound to give him much trou-
BILE. Every effort to tame or conoiliate
the beast had entirely failed. and Fore
paugh was laughed ut when asserting
that he would break in the royal Bengal
when he had spare day. That spare
day did not come until last week, when
the beast tanner announced his readiness
to undertake the task. No man but Ma
honey had ever entered the animals
Gage, and there was much excitement in
the town about it, because it was noised
about that ''Satan" was to conquer or be
conquered. Hundreds. of people rushed
to the tent. but only two or three news
paper men we're admitted, as Forepaugh
did not wish to excite the beast more
than was necessary. Satan was first
given good 'tsquare meal" in order to
pnt him in good hunor, and then
Forepaugh took off his coat and mnde
ready for business Men to the number
of eight or ten were armed with iron
rods and sharp pointed instruments, and
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