The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-07
BATTLE wArH A BULL.
A Runntng Skirinish Ia the St pcts
OF b"ltlmOre-the Bovine III
naily Dispatched

Baltimore, Oct. 3l.-The American ovo.
the following account of run of an or.
cited bull through some of the nrincin.l
streets of that city: A little after midday his
bullslnp turred into Baltimore street f,on,
Light, free, unfettered, and euriouslv gsy;o,,
about him. Up Baltimore street he want
every one giving him wide berth. and va.
hicles stopping or turning out of the way.
Near the corner OF Greene street he ran
upon the p vemont. A pedestrian coming
down the street tried to get ont n
the way and fell into the outtor
upsetting and breaking several boxes of ci-
gars which he carried. The bull, 80 Ear as
up 10 TINS point was not vicious, but simply
hndlng himselfiree ran through the streets.
ana coming no doubt FROM SONS quiet, rural
pis'ure, was soon driven wild By the novelty
OF street scenes and voices, particularly the
nue. and cry that WAS sol up in his ke by
the crowd of gamins following. At this
time there We're about fifty per ons follow
lug him, yelling and shOuiog. A. the
corner OF Baltimore aEd Pine streets he tenn.
porarily headed on, and at the corner Of
Germsu street was partially surrounded by a
howllng mob Here an effort Was mSda
to kill him. Several man who had small
pistols began firing, bu. us their pjstols
were small, and the wi tn of the street
intervening was small, the tul es did not re-.
SUIT IN much damage, SO far as Mr.
Bull was concerned. Officer Leonard.
with his heavy SmiA s. Wesson
regulation revolver, did q hl, better hni
none Of the many wounds were fatal. O'e
Of the many fatal balls fired struck the AMI
mails head, bu! was inb Bed in The base Of
one Of the horns. The officer sud others who
did the firing stood behind bales Of bav and
now and again dodg from one to another
4 as the now infuriaLed animal CHARGED nnon
them. All this time great uumbo,s If
women and children we're standirg in door.
ways, and groups Of men were staldirp n
the street. AT last, with Az s,eomma,SSi, q
yell, the animal started uh. IL had been sbcI
AZ ABOUT twenty times and b8en struck about
twelve times. From German street he
turned INTO Howard, and then forged no
70 Lexington, whore he ran at and knocked
down SIMON Slnnebern. By stepping aside Mr'
olnne6ern avoided being gored, The bull.
lrampllng over his body, ran into the dor.
way OF MIR. VIM. H. Tuttle's con-
ASN"OhoiJ stuIe, NO. lbs Lexington
street. breaking the glass and shattering
part of the frame. Through The
Lexington market he rushed, causing peonle
to Jump on their stalls and more to get IN
ger them, and st the corner of Green street
n turned and ran down Pennsylvania
avenue. AT the corner of Biddle he ran
against and knocked down a mddle.aeed
a1y-Mrs. Martha Ponder As in the case
OF Mr.. .Sinnebern, no injuries were received
more serious than few bruises. Through
various streets the bull, with all the bullgls
in him and bleeding from his wounds, con.
tinued on his way until he reached tbe
square in front of Mount Royal reservoir, /
where he tossed on his horus boy named |,
James Hsllegen, who was rash enough to
get in his way. his cuts and bruises, al /
though painful. ara not serious Finally the
animal, now about exhausted, was assoed |
and when firmly secured by ropes, lis throat
was cut by q considerable citizen who had
some experience in that line.