Richland beacon., 1873-11-29
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a few days L. n
ly mentioned the c, ,.,ocronb b,;cc n
20 depth near New. af ron'a. ;
,rbe New York Sun OF Il "''"'"
furnishes the following par; o'1'r E
the terrible tragedy: IF :
Giuseppe BaIliocini, WANDER E
Snowman with aperforning bear a.
Lis only stock in trade, ,pa-eeu through
r,s m. Eovo,k 90 sfohday morning,
East New he way to give exhibi-
ions OF the cleverhess Of his huge.
clumsy pet. He was accompanied bv
bis wife, Young and comcIv Italian
woman. who trudged along patiently
al bis side, and COLI cted the small
gratui,leS Cflrred by the witnesses Of
Bruins antics. She carried a small
bundle. and he was armed with club
with which be now and then rapprd
the bear aS he was inaltcntivc to hi>
duties. From East Newark they took
the road to New York and were beard
Of no more at the former place until
late in the afternoon. Then a mes
senger hurried to Or. NJ F., Squircs.
Deputy County Phy y,ician. to sum-
mon him to siew the body of a wo-
n'an who had been crushed to death
by bear.
DIR Squires, accompanied bv
friend, drove rapidly to the place
mentioned by the messenger. where
lie found the Snowman. Bartiocini.
stretched upon the Iifeless body of his
wife, and giving way To unccntrola-
h!e grief. The woman lay on a little
knoll in the meadow few feet from,
the road, and about a quarter Of a
mile from the Lodi Hotel. near the
village formerly bearing that name
At,he foot ofthe knoll lay the body
Of the bear.
Battiocini had reached the knoll
early in the morning. and having Sc
cure y fastened the bear to a large
water pipe left him in charge of his
wife, TO whom he also delivered the
club. Then he bad started for New
York to buy provisions and ascertain
upon what terms be could procure
winter stabling for The bear, as the
country Season was about at an end.
Before going he gave his wife instruc-
tions in regard to the management, of
the brute, and cautioned her TO be
careful, as both knew that the bear
had strong antipathy to her. The
bear had on heavy leather muzzle.
to which stro.g rope was attached.
and the Snowman had no fear that be
would attack the woman in his alb
sence
Having transacted his business in
the city, Battiocini returned TO tha
spot on which be bad parted from his
wife and the bear, reaching the place
at3 p. m. a horrible sight met his
view. On the knoll his wife Law dead
and astride Of her PROSTATE BODY
stood the huge brute, bis eyes ablaze |
with rage, paving bis victim with his |
feet and vainIy trying to tear her flesh !
with his muzzled mouth. He had
stripped the woman from head TO foot.
and her clothes torn into shreds were
oS"e'S'Su "iOuuu btl uouy. AS the
bear pulled and paved the senseless
form, his rage at being unable to tear
it with bis teeth vented itself in fierce
growls, which grew fiercer and deep
er on the approach of his ter.
For momeat BattiOcini was stun
ned with grief, but rapidly recovering
he attacked the brute with club, and
in few moments took the body 0u'
Of the bears embrace. Life was ex-
tinct, although the body was warm.
The bears claws bad scratched the
face and the upper part of the body
dreadfnlly, although the decorations
were not so deep as might have been
expected. The chest was caved in ,
and fattencd, and it was evident that {
The brute had seized the woman in ,
bis embrace and crushed the life out r
Of her. Both of ber arms were brok. {
Gu, and the elbow bones of one pro- I
truded beyond the skin She must f
have died almost instantly. f
The fbrieks Of Battiocini were at /