The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-04
WAR AMONG WILD BEASTS.
\ Tiger and Zebu Have Settle in Me-
Eaaeric at JanesyilIe.-Two Keepers
Take Part IN the Combat and
are severely Wounded.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
JASEsvILLE, Wis. Feb. PA novel battl
: occurred last night at a menagerie now ~
' hibiting here. About II o clock the zebu, G
; sacred OK, got loose and ran out Of his stall
ami when near the cage which holds the tige
the latter sprang for the zebu, cliuching hi
claws into his nose, and fastening his teeth il
his neck near the horns.
The grip was one Of tremendous power
This threw the zebu into intense rag, and b,
stated across the room, taking the tiger with
him, and pulling the strong iron bars apart
which imprisoned the tiger. Ihena scene
followed which totally bafies desert ption.
The man who attended as night-watch III the
room became terrified, and climbed Il post to
the ceiling to protect his life. The tumult
brought downstairs Richard Brooks ana
Samuel Dickev. who were sleeping in the
room above. With courage and se!t-posseS-
sion rarely if ever witnessed, they set to work
TO CAPTURE THE TIGER.
! In this they ran nineteen chances out Of
| twenty Of losing their lives. BY this tine
the tiger and the Infatuated z+bu were in the
beat OF a desperate battle, the former holding
his powerful grasp on the latter, and besplt-
tering the walls and door, against which they
were fighting, with blood. The conflict en-
ragged the mammoth lion and elephant which
set up a laundering roar. Tuen followed
hyena with their terrific and hideol,s scream
ing, which made the scene too demon-like TO
be described. It was a perfect bedlam, all
bewiIdering and terrifying. Brooks and
Dlckey feeling the importance of quenching
the fury OF the animals as soon as possible,
MADE LEAP FOR THE TIGER.
Throwing themselves seemingly in the grasp
of the enraged animal, they caught him by |
the neck. and attempted to strange him, to
relieve his grasp on the zebu. They succeed |
ed in taking him off, but by his tremendous T
power, made more desperate by bis rage and I
the taste Of blood, he wrenched himself from
their heroic grasp and plunged on the zebu
the second time rope was then procured,
ana moose made. and il all instant il was
brought tightly around the tiger S neck, when
be was brought 10 the ground and pl.cel ia
lis cage.
II the affair Mr. Brooks received wounds
which Will confne him to lis bed for several
weeks. Ills lett arm was badly cut aud his
ett thigh bears wound nearly a. inch deep
md three-and-a-half inches long. lie also
'eceiTed several other wounds, but OF a lisls
haracter. Mr.. Dickcy, also, had one OF his
hands badly wounded. Had not the tiger
,een captured in season there is no telling ,
2hlt would have followed.
THE LION CAME NEAR BREAKING OFT :
i his cage, twisting the stout iron bars as il .
hey were but wire. The silver lion and the !
ycna made desperate attempts to free thon- 9
elves, anxious to join in the struggle for r
lood. 6
The bravery Of Brooks and Dicl,ey is worthy =
al praise. To avoid general slaughter !,
the animals, they risked their own lives, .
lerclsinS unparalleled courage and co il +
ligment |. was probably twenty minutes f.
ON the time the tiger made its attack on the
sb1 before he WAS captured and returned to "
le cage. The zebu came GU. of the fight l.
IDLY wounded in the head, but the injuries =
Ill not prove fatal To-day the blood If the =
en- and animals is spreal. eve. the wills and J.,
e cages, which gives oIa som. .t,ea ot the =
tent oil the conflict. IN