Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-22
EVENING STAR.
a Lion Tanner killed BY Lions.


lFrcm the Manchester Eng } G Guardian, Jan. 81
A dreadful scene happened in Manders' Me-
uaCerie, Market Square, Bolt)1, Thomas Mac.
carte being attacked by lions a. he was perform
in, in their midst IL was the last evening OF
the exhibition, and Maccarte undertook to give
an extra performances. In the cage which he
put through their lesping exercises, when Mac
carte noticed that one, full-grown Asiatic,
wa FESTIVE. and showed its teeth. He drew his
sword and pointed u tsresteningiy at the lions
mouth. His attention being thus diverted from
the other animals, young African lion crept
stealthily out from the group and sprang
towards Maccarte, seizing him by his
right hip and throwing him down. AT
the same time the Asistic lion fastened itself
upon his head, tearing OF apOrtion OF his scalp
A scene OF the widest confusion ensued-wOmen
screaming, and men running about in sll dlrec-
tons in search of weapons. IL Is usual In Man
ders' nenagerie to keep number OF irons con
,a..ally he..t.d tor ncIes. but on this
occasion tney had be IA re luOEtu, aIIu Ino Ircs
irons had 10 he placed in the fire. Maecarte
fought dPSpcI atcly with hi1 sword, lnfncung
some fearful gasbes on the faces of both lions.
One OF the other lions now seized the unfOrtu
nate man by his only arm, fracturing the bones,
while another tore a piece OF uesh out oil MS
Thigh. Maccarte retained his presence of mind,
and called out to the M N 70 fire among the ami
mails RevOIyers and rifles we're accordingly
procured, and while som fired blank cartridges
iull in the faces of the Infatuated beasts. others
probed them with heated irons, stabbed them
with forks, and heat them with a ladder and
iron scraPeTs. Eventually a slide intro
duced between the bar OF the cage, behind
which Mt. BiTchsll, tn agent, and John Il yan,
one Of the keepers, drove four of the lions.
At the fifth lion more shots were fired, but
IL WAS not until the heated bars were APP
piled TO the of the animal that Ii rein-
1uiShed its hold and ran behind the partition
Msccarte then staggered TO his feet, but ere he
could reach the door ami before the slide could
lee closed, the African lion again rushed out,
seized the poor fellow again by The foot, and
dragged him back into the corner among the
other animals. Again the frightful struggle
went on. Maccartc was dragged up and down
the case by the head and the legs three or four
times, the floor being completely saturated with
his blood. Some rifles loaded with shot were
now discharged among the savage brutes, and
with several irons now heated To AIRED glow, they
were beaten into q corner and the partition
closed against them. Maccarte was then re-
leased, still conscious. As he borne to the
infirmaTy. he exclaimed to a fellow-workman,
@ HARRY, / am done for 80 In addition to the
back part of the scalp, all the flesh had been torn
from the thighs, the right arm was fractured in
two places, ss well as badly lacerated from the
shoulder 20 the hand, the chest had been lace
rated, and the bones of the pelvis bad pieces
bitten out of them He died in ten minutes
after his admission TO the iRfrmary. Deceased
was thirty-tbree years OF age, was native of
Cork, and was married