The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-24
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from The Philadelphia Age, February 80.

= terrible affair occurred in this city YES
tor(iay morning, which for its exciting sur
rourdings rarely ever finds parallel in this
country. Many Of our citizens are aware
tMst the square bounded by Twenty-second,
Nassau, and Bolton streets, is occupied by
the building of our townSman Adam Fore.
paugh, Esq, rs the winter quarters of his
great travelling menageric. During the
present winter Mr.. Forepaugh has secured
the services of Herr Darious, the celebrated
animal trainer, from the Geological Socetv's
Garden. at Hamburg, Germany, and placed
in his charge two magnificent royal Bengal
tigers and two fine lions. They were
to be taught several fcats Of an in
teresting character, more for the pur:
! pose Of showing mans power over the brute
:, cation than for mere qualification Of Nor
h;i appetite. Herr DariouS, in whose charge
the an. mails were placed, is famous through.
ont Eur, ne for lis great success in training
wild aninn.s and his ability in this line is
well known among naturalists. For this
reason Mr.. Fore waugh secured his services
Arriving here from Europe Gu Christmas
dav. lie immediately had q large den erected
in the south building Of solid white oak,
three inches thick, with IN open front inter-
laced with iron bars crossing each other at
regular intervals. At one end there is Il
door, through which the den is entered,
and in the centre is Il swinging p rtltion,
which divides the den into two apart meItS,
and which may be opened or closed at
the trainers will. In this strcng den
the lions and tigers were placed, separated
by the partition. except when being traineL!
when they were permitted to be together.
Every day during the winter Herr Darious
has entered this den, opened the partition,
and interviewed" the monarchs of the
eIade and forest Yesterday morning, while
the trimmer was among "his pets" the tigers,
for some unknown reason, began to exhibit
signs Of sudden displCailue, such lis scraping
the floor with their claws and brushing their
sides with their tails. Darious Immediately
noticed this, and grlsping the partition door,
suddenly closed it with crash, leaving him
alone with single tiger. The closing OF
the partition, OF the separation from MS
mate, cnraged this beast, and seeing the
trainers face turned away, he made one
s,ring, uttered single terrific sroan, and
in q second was on Herr Dar1ous's back
with his claws in his hair. As the latter fell
10 tie floor he uttered shout which brought
Il number Of the employees OF the establish
ment TO the scene, but their fear unnamed
them, and prevented them from rendellDgthe
trainer any assistance. During this time Da-
rious, with rare presence Of mind, lay per-
fectly still, knowing full well that single
movement might result in his instant death:
The other animals seeing the attack and
hearing the noise, set up simultaneously
terrible bowling, roaring, and grooming, and
the scene became i perfect pandemonium.
The valuable performing horses i'll the adj
Joining stable were removed lest their terror
should overcome them. The tumult reached
the elephants quarters, and it was matter of
great difficulty to keep them quiet, espcci-
ally old ssRomeo," the monster who kills
keeper every one or two years; the smaller
elephants were less disturbed. In the upper
story cocoon gnoo, or horned horse, one OF
Mr.. Forepugh's recent importaiions, and
one OF the most vicious of all animals, broke
through his cageand made an immediate aud