The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-02

Man Locked in a Cage acked
and Fearfully Lacerated.

Monday. August rs. ". {. Coup new
united shows gave exhibitions Il tins place
The constellation arrived on he morning
Of the 18th tSun lay and the paraphcrnaiiA
was removed 20 the exhibition grounds in
a quiet and orderly manner On The morn
ing OF the 10th as l. their usual custom
grand free street parade. which always TAX e
place The den OF spotted hyenas Was
placed in position and Herr Drayton entered
a usual TO take his position master The
instant lie made his appearance the largest
and most ferocious Of the animals made a
determined stand, and refused to retire 10
his accustomed place. Drayton saw at once
that something was wrong. and ordered the
iron doors of the cage which make separate
apartments to be closed and attempted to
close them himself Gabriel. the Oldest
male member Of he hyena family, seen cd
to fully understand the meaning Of the
movement, and refused 10 obey or
ders and at once took a defiant position.
Charles | rayton. better known as the Mod
ern Hercules or cannon ball performer, a
man of herculcln strength and iron Will
the instant that he saw that there was a re
bcllion inauguratcd said to the outside a.
tendants Here i trouble: send for some
iron bars The men Immediately obcyed
his orders. but before they returned Gabriel
made the attack and the struggle was some
thing terrible to witness
The young animals seemed inclined to be-
friend their master, but Gabriel" was de
telmined to have his life. DIayton had
nothing but a common COW hide whip
which he was of no avail, and he gras
ped his terrible antagonist by the threat
and threw him bodily to the floor Of the
den. This for moment seemed to subdue
the animal, but for moment only. Re
gaining his feet he wa ted, it appeared
to consider the situation, ard with deter
mination to die or conquer made dcspcr-
ate attack on his master Hyenas are known
as cowardly and trcacherous, and are al.
ways found in large numbers, but when en-
ragged they know no fear, and when they
close their terrible jaws on their victim
they are almost literally in the laws OF
death. :" After Gabriel recovered from the
momentary surprise at the strength Of his
mast his rage was uncomfortable. With
a bound he seized Drayton Ipto his mo-
ment the other animals had only taken a
passive interest in the struggle, but at the
sight of blood their rage knew no bounds,
and they attacked each other, rolling and
trapping with lightning like rapidity. over
under and around the man ana his antago
mist, snarlng, bowling and tearing indis-
criminately, adding greatly 10 Drayton' 5
peril.
This terrible scene continued in the pres
ence of the terrified spectators for fully two
minutes, Drayton in the meantime, with
his naked hands, fighting the ferocious
beast which had attacked him, and with
wonderful strength and presence Of mind
preventing him from seizing vital part or
pulling him to the floor In the meantime
the attendants had not been IDLE and finally
with the ale Of crow bars and pitchforks,
succeeded in breaking the hold of the beast
dayton had fought his way to the door of
he den, and the instant it was opened fell
into the arms of his friends. No ordinary
man wonld have lived five minutes IN this
terrible position. No man without an iron
strength could ever have left the cage alive
The expression of Drayton's face as he stood
holding by the throat his terrlbl cantago
MIST was something never 10 be forgotten
Blood was flowing in streams from his
wounds Fear, hope and determination
were mingled III one eXpresslon-a noble
specimen of God noblest work. Few
men have passed through such an ordeal
and escaped with life Mr.. Coup and Man
ager E. ID. Colvin Immediately ordered
everything that could possibly be done to
alleviate his sutfcrinos He was immcdi
ately removed to the Hart Hotel, where
Drs Holiday and Williams were untiring
in Their attentions. They express belief
that no serious consequences will occur-
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