The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-29
THAT TIGER HUNT.
The Beast That Escaped From Menagerie
and Prowled Near Philadelphia.
Lrhilntielnhin I,lrnos.l

That was a most exciting affair up In Tor
resdale, On the New York branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. fourteen miles from Fhll
| hdnlphia. u few mornings ago. At about
o'clock, nnd while IT was yet very dark. An.
drew Hoffmeysr, o stone mason. was awak.
ened from his sleep by hearing means not tnt
from the house. Dressing himself hastily, he
went ont IN the darkness. The noise WAS from
field he saw through the darkness what
seemed to be the body Of mn animal lying close
| against fence Holfmeyer thought 1t was u
cow suffering from some hurts. but on get
ing within few steps of tho reeumbent form
o. the animal he saw two fiery eyes glarlng Mt
him ont OF tho darkness. Hoffmayer there
upon ran toward n shop where lights were
glimmering. ~ that early hour. 1t was
Statess butcher shop. Bursting into the
place. whore Mr.. States and two or three
hired mon were at work, he Informed them
breatheasly OF what had happened. They
were Joined by man named Eckert, aud all
going TO tho place saw that tho animal was
tiger.
Eckert went back to the house and got n
large doubIe-barreled gun used for duck
shooting and heavily loaded with No. & shot
Armed with this effective weapon. and nc
,companied by tho others armed with small
pro guns which not one OF them would VEN
ture to tire. they got down by the fence again
ny this time 1t was about o'clock. When
they reached tho place tho animal had risen
RON the spot where he was first discovered.
ana was walking slowly along on the other
side OF the fence.
II was q tiger, and very large one. He
moved along the fence slowly until he reached
o point opposite the place where the men were
standing. Here he stopped u moment and
placing his paws against a rail-. looked over
The mon retreated to the nearest house which
is occupied ny family named Cary. Eckert
requested Mrs. GlRry to leave the door open
SO that In the event Or his shot missing Its
object ne could retreat inside. The animal,
meantime, had taken himself Off the fence.
and was pursuing his way at leisure. Going
down within about thirty feet Of him, Eckert
ioyeled his gun Mt him. Just as he was about
TO fire he was stopped by n yell from some of
The party, who advised him not to rlsk it, as, |
II ~ missed, and only served to rouse his IT, |
gershp, some CT them must lose their lives |
closer and, while the animal stopped to- look |
nt him, took deliberate NJ for the region Of |
the left shoulder and fired. The tiger Jumped |
live or ak foet into the mir and fell dead With
onta groan. The men with tho bird guns
rushed up and emptied the contents Of each
md every additional gun into the dead tigers
lead, being evidently determined that he
ibis. and still having doubts rs to whether
he work was complete, Mr.. States stepped
onward with his Ak and battered the animals
lead.
Tho carcass weighed 2O5 pounds, and was
Get inches long and over feet high 1t
measured 49, inches around the forearm
The animal escaped from Forepaugh's men
gerie. which has been In Frankfort for the
ast two days. II could not have been at
urge long, rs Hoffmeyer was the first man,
y all accounts, to discover IL. The distance ,
rom Frankfort to TnrresdaIe Is about six ,
niles. 1t had probably been In the woods ali
ight until driven by hunger into the fields