The Osceola times., 1879-11-08
60RED BY AN ELK.
Terrible Death of Prominent Citizen of
kansas-Also of the Friends who Came
to His Assistance-Pierced With
the Antlers of an Iniuri-
ated Beast.
Alchison Chamnlnn.

/ to His sAsststance-Pierced With
the Antlers of an Iniuri-
| ated Beast.
Achson Champion.
Yesterday morning the evil news
| spread over the city that Gen. II. c. Bull
of Bulls City, had been killed by his pc,
\ elk. Later the news came that two
other men had been killed. A dispatch
from Downs City gave details, and by
the afternoon train came the Osborn
County Farmer, extra, from which we
copy entire:
Our city was thrown into state
of the most intense excitement yester-
day about noon, by the arrival of mes
senger from Bulls City, conveying the
sad and startling intelligence that Gen.
Bull, one of our country's most honored
and worthy citizens, had met with ter
rible and tragic death, having been at
tackled and gored by the large elk in the
park, and that three other brave men, in
attempting to rescue a fellow being, had
been frightfully mangled and torn, two
of them, doubtless, fatally. The follow.
ing is concise and correct account of
the affair.
1t is well known to the people of this
section that Gen. Bull has park, which
be has fitted up at great expense, and in
it has enclosed number of wild ami
mails, including three elk, one power
ful, huge antlered male, a magnificent
specimen of the moose family. The
General was accustomed to walk through
this enclosure daily, and hundreds of
visitors have at different times been
shown through the place, and petted the
very animal that caused the sad loss of
life.
AT about half-past eight or nine o'clock
yesterday morning Gen. Bulls hired
man, Robert Bricknell, entered the park
for the purpose of caring for the elk.
He Immediately discovered that there
was something unusual about the ap-
pearance of the animal, which showed
hostile signs, compelling him to retire
from the park. Bricknell hastened to
inform the General of the fact, and arm
ing themselves with clubs both again
went to the perk, the General remarking
that he could subdue the animal. With
out sign Of warning the now infirated
beast made a charge at the men, striking
Gen. Bull and knocking him down with
great force. The elk then drew back
and made second attack on Gen.
Bull, this time with increased force,
using his antlers with terrible effect,
piercing the PROSTATE body of the Gen
eral through the breast until the prong
protruded, then tossing his form high
into the air, and throwing him over its
head. The elk then resumed his attack
on Bricknell, inflicting terrible injuries,
whilst doing which George Nicholas,
who had witnessed the occurrence, ran
to the rescue with heavy club of hard
wood four and one-half feet long and
about two inches in diameter, with
which he expected to so disable the ami
NAL as to compel it to desist. With re-
doubled fury and madness, however,
the elk caught the club in its antlers,
making indentures in it and rolling it on
the ground with great force. At this
time there were two bodies lying pros
trate, and with equal heroism William
Sherman fastened to the combat. The
other men, catching him in his immense
antlers and throwing him over the
fence. George Nicholas was tossed upon
the fence.
Mrs Bull was meanwhile a Mortified
spectator of the terrible tragedy; ard
wild with grief and terror ran to The vii
lage crying for help. A number of men
made haste to reach the scene of the
disaster, but arrived too late to be of
service. Thev found Gen. Bull in ter
ribly disfgured condition, and life quite
extinct. His body, with the other in
jured men, was conveyed to the family
residence and surgical aid at once sum
moned. DIR. Martin, of Bulls City, and
DR.. Dulin, of Osborne, did all in their
power to alleviate the sufierings of the
injured men, but there is no hope for
Bricknell, the hired man, who is terribly
mangled.
A surgical examination of the body of
Gen. Bull developed forty-four wounds
of greater or less severity. The General
was killed by wound from the antler,
which entered the chest at the right nip
pie, passing diagonally through the body
and coming out ON the left side about
the fifth rib, the prong passing through
both lungs and probably the heart.
thereby causing instant death.
Robert Bricknell received thirty-two
wounds, one under the right arm, penc-
trating the cavity of the chest, and one
in the groin, injuring the bladder very
seriously.
George Nicholas has sixty-four wounds,
one over the stomach, penetrating the
abdominal cavity, and one in the right
side, opening into the chest.
The relatives OF the family have been
telegraphed the facts in the case, and no
arrangements for the funeral of Gen.
Bull will be completed Until replies are
received.
After great trouble and in the midst of
much additional danger the elk was final
ly secured, and is now tied in the centre
of a stout rope cable between the house
and tree. He could not be secured
until he had been induced TO enter a
smaller corral, when the rope was grad
ually wound round his antlers. In cap
tivity he still paws and stamps the earth
with undated fury.
A dispatch later than the issue of the
extra quoted above announced the death
OF Bricknell and that Nicholas was dy-
ing.