The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-30
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The Sunday World gives thrill'ns &c
count OF tile escape Of newly lnpcLae'
Polar be.sr from the mcna2crie ID Cehtfa
Park. and the subsequent killing OF ue IVo'
sani,r,ss I'm Fiffh avenue. Some wofKshe'
! yupre irving TO get the boar to leave the OoA
In which he had bsep brought from the ny
u ,,orhnrsan regions Ahd to enter the cage
Witch was to he bis future home. Through
ss,,.e ,nishap the staging gave way, ana tht
hear instead of walking into the cage "a'keo
ant into the Park. The rest OF the story We
take from the World:
PAsIc IN TUE rARx.
Panic now took possession of all. Ihcre
wss q sc,,rry, a scare. and o skethda'e, su.I
M few who have not seen WHO oes,s' on
the loose can realize. People uumpieo o.ei
each other in their wild fright. other peo-
ole trampled reckIessiy on the prostrase iu,
aitiyes, Women and children sfriekea, anu
sought refuge on the upper hoors OF the
buiitliuc. 1t was general helter-skeiter on
the broad principle OF "save yourselves who
canu And what was Mr.. Bruin doing all
tbis times He was saunterfng about quietly
fellow. of huge size, cream-white in color,
and in magnificent condition both as 10 fic=ll
aud fur, Offering the strange and beautiful
sight Of a Polar bear prowing about amidst
yerlure of grass and towering shrubs.
Bit Bruins ambition was not to be bound.
ed by Park walls. After snutiiing about for
few minutes, peering with bis tishy eyes
here and there after the manner Of his kind,
he showed decided tendency TO seek fash.
,onable society, with which view he bent MS
large stems in very resolute manner to-
wards the open walk leading to Fifth avenue
from the ward of the building. Here he was
Intercepted by tall keeper armed with u
heavy plank, and who had already shown
much pluck in beading off the bear when II
first made its escape. s;eyeral lunges were
made by the tall keeper at the bear, who
presently begun TO look "ugly" and went
Straight for the man, who then, in self-de
fence, threw the plank ut the enormou:
brute. Quick rs prize-fghter Bruin RAISED
himself UP ON his hind legs, and Selling tht
plank with his huge fore-paws hurled i
away from him as though it were straw
Then he strolIed quietly up the slope, step
ped angrily out into aristocr,tlc F1ftl
avenue, end found himself once mere ALSO
hltely
MASTER OF THE SITUATION.
There were many people on the avenue
teamsters. hborers, and mssers-by In gen
eral--and tue stampede OF these ut the sigh
of monstrous white bear "On the loose ,
was indeed thing to be remembered. Blu
Briin needed them not. Onward he sirolled
leisIrely turning his head hither and thither
and shifting at everything as he went. HUI
man flesh he evidently had no hankerini
Tor. Whit his mind was bent upon was fish
and his instinct led him to look, therefore
for water. Following up his instinct, h
turned down Sixty-second street, until III
came to large sunken lot, at the bottom o
which there is pond of stagnant water, il
which he immediately began padding will
evident relish. On the banks Of this hollow
large crowd collected, waiting to see how
the aiinir would end.
Preparations had been made for capturing
the bear by throwing moose over bis head
aud this plan might possibly have been sue
ccssflil within the park. Now it was too
hate, however, Us the animal
HAD SHOWN HIS TEETH ALREADY,
md human life wi,s at stake, and so tue wore
was given that Bruin must die. Rit1enen
with repeating rifles, were soon on hand, ant
there was but little danger to the crowC
owing to the deepness of the hollow in which
the attack was made. A tall young man
claims that he drew first blood from the bear
sending three bullets into him and driving
him to bay from the water to q rough stone
wall IN the rear of Il new stone house on
SiXty-second street, against which wall The
bear sat on his launches, wagging his head
angrily ut his assailants. Next there came Il
Lax 10
dressed, said to be Il resident OF the avenue
and proficient in the use Of the rifle. After
toying with the weapon for while, waiting
to get square chance ut the restless head Of
the bear, this markSman fred, sending his
bullet into the centre of the animals fore
head, and tumbing him over, to all appear
Polar bear, of which travellers aver tina
they have more lives than the nine attributed
TO the harmless, necessary cat" Present.,
poor Brun arose and staggered to bis feet
II pitlfuI object now, his
BEAUTIFUL oREAa-CoLoRED COAT
all bedraggled with mud and purple gore
But he was determined to- die hard. Drag
ging himself to the rough stones of the EN-
bankment behind tlie house he stroye weari
~ to chamber up them, but in vain. An
other ritieman-this time from the Purl
ottices-commenced firing upon him with
repeater, a few shots from which ended tn,
affair, and poor Brrlin, who, half an hour be
fore, had call the world before him, wher,
to choose" lay dead there in the stony hol
low, crowded upon in death by the Yer,
people who had shown such alacrity IN get
ting out Of his way while in lite. And thu
closing scene was the body of the poor beas
laid upon hand.barrow and carried bach
to the Park byta squad of men.
This bear, which was the smallest but on,
of the four, cost Mr.. Barnum $4,000. The
remaining two are to remain i'm their boxes
until strong iron cages have been made fol
them, and every preaution will be taken t.
prevent the possibility of escape while they
are being Gagged.
The killing of the bear, although matter
of regret (he doctor looked quite incon
solable about it), was clearly necessary act
The PRusslAN GOVERNMENT AND TIE JEsy
lrs.-On the LIST Instant the Society of Jesu
its, established in Posen, was officially dis