New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-23
FATE OF THE "SP4NISH BULLS.

SHOT DOWN BY THE POLICE OFFICERS.
| wANDFRINGs or THE ESCAPED sftEEs IN THr
UPPER PART OF THE CTY-How THEY Re
| H,VFD WHILE AT Liberty.
The peregrinatious OF the three steers. sometimes
! called spanish bulls" which escaped SATURDAY.
awnnina FROM rho roma IA one overwhelmingly
| teen,h-st., were briefly recorded in yesterdays
TRIBUNE. After being chased from street
| to street by the police of the Thrtieth
Precinct these comparatively docile animals sought
refuge toward IL O'clock IN the groves of Central
Park. There thew passed several hours IN security,
| and would probably have remained unmoesed dur
| ing the whole night had they not injudi-
clousy decided at l o'clock TO split their forces
and to reenter the streets adjoining the Park. One
| Of them fine large whitc steer, started down
| Madison-ave.. and had il all his way until he
came across two poiicemen OF the twenty third
Precinct. The other two both red ia cOlOi. chose
| Second and Four:t-avcs. respectively Tor their
| domain
circt last evening in order 10 ascertain the fate Oh
| these much pcrsecutcd brutes. Patrolmal TEom1s
Gallagher. who played prominent part IN the sub
sequcnt killing of one Oh the red steers, told The
| following story
we were informed from Headquarters Of the
escape OF these ANIMALS at about $40 IN the even
| Ing and twenty men were then sent to scour the
! precinct The first steer seen by the police
was red one. 1t was met running down
| Madison-1ve. near Eghty-nn Est, 10 the grelt
| fright of the persons on the sidewalk. A fenced
| 10; beng near. It was deemed advisable 10 try anu
drive the brute therein Instead Of ling II. III
tie haliO0iug soon scared the animal into the lot,
and there it was kept for some time. After
while however. the steer grew restless and finally
broke loose taking cros'town direction. 1t was
not killed until this morning at 10 O'Clock by the
police OF the IbrtIeth Precinct. TAe second
steer showed itself to our men at 2 O'Clock
in the morning in Eighty fOnrth-st., Lear
Fourth-ave. They easily succeeded in driving 1t
into a vacant lot, the animal being apparently very
tame. But like lis comradc, 1t escaped at the end
OF two hours and has not since been heard 81.
have every reason to believe that IL Is still M large.
The third steer | myself met al OcUck Ii
was beng chased by two Of orr men in Second-ave.
Eittht list had hn.n III m
seemed to resent beng pursued, and turning round,
made a dart at one OF the officers. The
head with great force against one OF the elevated
railroad pillars. The chase which now cnsued
First Second, Third Fourth and Fifth-ayes. and
several cross streets were covered by us before
o'clock. AZ this tune we ledged the animal
in on a portion Of the Harlem Fats between
exhausted by the long run and by loss Of blood
from the pistol balls we fired INTO 1t. tdon went
to q ucgDbOrinR house and procured q rife, with
which the bru,e was dlspatc. ied without further
delay. Headquarters were informed of the result
by $50. As soon as pern,ll is obtained from the
Board OF Health the CARCASS Will be taken away by
day by large numbers of curtains persons"
AT the Tnirticth Precinct Station il learned
that the large white seer created cOmm0-
ton at hal.-plst 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning, among tue good nh9bitants Of
pursued at that moment by either policeman or
slrect-boys, the steer raced furously from Sixth
ave To SeYeUtn-JVe., ana lHcD, rs
headed off, turned suddenly round and re-
TUNED to It's srartlng point. All ideas of
sanctication and of cnurch-gong instantly
forsook the passers-by, VITO sought shell
ter in tho nearest house-cn trances. Some
people fortunately had the presence Of
nind to inform the police sergeant
at the station. SIX blocks away, and a squad
was AT once de;aild 10 eaten the brute After many
futile attempts to capture il, IL was driven into
hollow and there shot down.
FULLY two hours elapsed before the inhabitants of
the neghbornood recovered from their and
summoned enough courage TO view the reeking
carcass.
As regards the manner III which the animals
escaped, 1t is SAID that they were beng
loaded on large butcher truck at the
time This was done in consequence OF
the steers having been sold 10 a butcher by the
Sheriff. who had an attachment on Signor Fernan-
doZ's property this city. The platform
upon whicn the beasts were being driven however
gave way, and thus three of them escaped.