, 1875-03-27

HUH 01NANuEIe THAN flCIlUN.
Tho New York Herald Isentcn IinttIv
-tsxcltcmunt at the Cinctni,sltt Xun-
logical finrticlt-An E;nruged l.tossc.s
Mt Largo In tho l'nrSs.
Cincinnati COMMERCIAL ifarrh n.
Tho aenastion on tho nortlleas.cru bill sub.
nrbs yesterday afternoon aud last escuiu; was
the news that captive aumhi Of the ieonne
description had bEokon from it's cagc In tile Zoo
logical Garden, and wnA wildly roats,ng at largo.
The story at a.st tounded 80 mitch like tho Old
Observation-Disclosures dodge that 1t was not
hel|ovel until tt wss announced officially from
tho poico.ntationa on tile hills. The particulars
of tho excitement ate a. foowa:
About O'Clock in tho Attcrhoon boy WAS
leading donkey In front Of d cage in tho ''buf-
fafo house," in which was conlinnd two-year-
old loncns. aMo nreci.ncn, recently pnrehaaea
from the Hreat Eastern monagcrio collection at
Lebanon, o.. Tho hayage animal. in a 1t Of
saSo bounded against tho bars, which, yielded.
and lot 1t FREQ. 1t Immediately bounded OIL tho
donkny, which IN tho tnsot WAS thrown 10 tho
ground. Tho boy who waA leading tho hoaat
was scratched OIL tllc hanl viii, tic, clanH Of
the lioness, blt osl.crW!ae escaped unhnrt. aud
ran away. Tho poor donkey mas terribly lac-
erated hbout tho neck and tho hinucr pnrta
wItlI tho clawB and teeth Of the l,oncss, but
gaining ita feet turned upon and seized with its
teeth it's atsaaut and shock II viciounly. Al this
sio iioncsa quilted the donkey aud bounded
away through tia park. Soon the nowa Of llber-
nlson Hp1toa. mil q crowd Eathc,c cd but boon
dltpersed when tho tioncst put In an appearance
LIEUT.. Cody md two or thloo noicen,on from
CorryyilIo district Station llappenoI ia bn In the
park at tito time, and council of war wae held.
rhoY debated tho question whether shcv would
shoot the animal OIL the spot or capture it ativo.
They surrounded Il, hut Tie circ!n was very wide.
Az Tue circto grew less II, din1,,cter. tho ]oneBs
III the middle growing and anar]lns and leauing
about, tho ofilccia concluded neither to shout
n"r capture alive. They got not Of that vicinity
az gniek III thoy coulJ. Tho paufo spread. and
t,ltnuIt,pus aketladlo from tic mark was maIn.
Soertato7s atalo tilat thn nrlnearauce nT Inn ~.
caped auipaaI WAS mott fur1oux, Excited with
It's freedom. it would ptand 10: a low minutes
With glarluy oycs and open mouth, iasI,,ig tn
pt,}cs wItl, its tail and iitteriug wild. kissing
CRIES mud then spriIg j1ltn thc nlr, liz rhuft
space OF tino tue !ioncbn hal Tho whole mark to
| Msplf. Later in tho evening a number Of men
| ard boys assembled flotn lilo 1oiEllbori,ooj,
tLo Xooogical Garden authorities stnrtc,, In ~,
go,luiuo hon hunt, the object bong IL iii tl1s
brute, ~ It waa al,paront Tint /. cuuld not 10
| taken alive. About t o'clock it waa foaud In III,
| opeu space somo distance from The care from
wi.icl. it escaped. Will shotgun, heavily
| loaaod with buclulot, Patrick McAyoy, a car;rn-
tos, fired Two ioa1!s u. tho animal; one s,lot
| side, from Which il soon fell upon liz slie aud
died. In tie ciosluc tjcbt tg;o men ycro thrown
down aud hurt, .hotiEll not aerionslv.
Altogether tho scnsa,lon was u huge SUCCESS,
oIeysu e hupdrod @ % 16l1ar ] an,uai, A' N'0''" III
Ltout, Cody. Of Coyr,ylllo Station, e;yes the
following version Of tie affair, liz nanDeueI
in lie pask during tic afternoon, hia oDircs b.
Ing In m iny lie isnasca,,a md the othrr swoota
was rather thinning OF John I,obnsou'a doa,cs-
tented elephant, tim OF a t,cry, Untaued lion.
Suddenly thcro wng a rush End commoton ::
coat-tails stood out, inviting game or csr,ls
| upon thcn,, aud there appeared ,,iou Tie econe
| q general disnnstl1n to got away to non,a
! other p!ato. Tho IsieukastRut HAH in tho act
| OF turning his mind to III earthquake powder
| explosion defeat OF Mayor Juhuetut. or
something like that, When lie gav within 10
feet OF hin the carse Of all tho row. 1t stood
III all orett p|os-how It cA:no there he could not
totl-laahing its sdo. with is caulal appondago,
earins around with fiery eyes, aud hissng ana
sayagely agaiust treo. ~ II to seek refuge III its
branches (tho Lieutenant forgot at tho tina
whether or not 1ioua clinbed troos), and failol,
and, falling to .le pround would 70 through tue
eaniu sunrl,ug, h,isng, cIawlng, Instlipg per-
for,uanccs. AZ the Lieutenant stood ponder
ing whnt to ia, mau cnmo rusline
pstt hin, In tlct perate retrcnt. The mai,
was in uniform, With pistol in hand, AUD
flaL Wildly 81: s7!'sng % BY by y eis :, 'e sias Ths
halt nn,i told tho man ii ever ho hail occasion.
to elow truo courage, tint time had arrived,
Ths policeman. iloarisblng his rtatol aIont hla
This uas about o'clock in tic afternoon Lieut.,
Cody reported down III tho city q fow minutes
after s O'Clock. A faat liuo Of Btreet-cars r,,s,
besween tue. zooiogioai 0a1deu and FOURTH
rtrcet, but tho Lieutenant sayB tllat it waa
thought improper by tho police to hurt tho llol
uutiI tic Geological authorities 7yere notitied md
consent gaiued from them. Tho terrible yon-
| goasco of lilo Bocicty for tho Prevention Of
! Eruei:y to Aniu,a1n nas nlan tnkeu into cnnsid.
eration.
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