Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-03
FIGHT WITH AHyENA.
4 Man locked IN n Cage. Attack ed and
Fenrfuiiy Laccrnted.
Winchester lvo.) Tiines.

Winchester tva.) Times.
Monday. August ~, w. G. Coup's
new united shows gave exhibitions at
this place. The cntire'constciation ar
rived on the morning the 10Th (Sun-
day. and the paraphernalia was re-
moved to the exhibition grounds in II
auiet and orderly mnnner. On the
morning Of the 10th (ns'is their usual
custom@ everything was arranged for
the grand free street parade, which NJ
WAYS takes place The den Of spotted
hyonns was placed in position and Herr
Drayton entered as usual to take his
position ~ master. The instant he
made MS appearance the largest and
most ferocious Of the animals made u
determined stand, and refused TO retire
to his accustomed place. Drnyton Mt
once saw 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 tho hyena family, seemed
to fully understand the meaning. Of the
movement and refused to obey orders,
and Mt once took n defiant position.
Charles Drnyton, better known ~ the
"Modern Hercules" or cannon allpcr-
former, u man Of hcrculcan strength
and iron will, the instant he saw that
there was rebellion inallguratcd, said
to the outside attendants: Here il
trouble; send for some iron bars. Tho
men Immediately obcycd his orders,
but before they returned Grabricl made
the attack. and the struggle WIZ some
thing terrible to witness
The young animals seemed inclined
TO bcfriend their master, but Gabriel
wns determined to hnye his life. Dray-
ton had nothing but common cow
hide whip, which he saw was of no
avail, and he grnspcd his terrible an
tagonist by the throat md throw him
bodily to the lloor Of the den. This for
II moment seemed to Nlbdue the ami
nal, but for u moment only. Regain
ing his feet lie waited, rs itnppcnred, to
consider the situation, and with n de-
termination to die or conquer mndc y
desperate attack on his muster, lily
enns ure known ~ cOwnfdIy and
lrcnchcrolls, and are always found in
large numbers, but when cnrngod they
know no lcnr, and when they close
their terrible iuwson their victim they
IRE almost literally IN the Jaws of
death After Gabriel recovered from
the momcntnry surprise III the strength
Of his master his rage was uneon-
irollnblc. With n bound III seized
Drnyton Up Ia this moment the 9TH
er animals had only taken u passive
interest in the struggle, but ut the sight
Of blood their rage knew no bounds,
and they attacked cnch other, rolling
and lcaping with lighlning-lilte rapid
ity, over under and around the man
and his antagonist, snarling, bowling
and tenring indiscmmlnatoly adding
greatly to Dmylons peril,
This terrible scene continued in the
presence of thc terrified spectators for
fully two minutes J)pyton in the
meantime, with his naked hands, fight
ing the lorooous beast which had nt-
tackled him, and with wonderful
strength and presence Of mind prevent
ing him from sci1ing u vital pnrt or
pulling him To the lloer In the mean
time the attendants had not been
idle, and finally, with tho MD Of crow
bors and pitchlorks, succeeded in
breaking the hold Of the beast Drny-
ton had fought his way To the doorof
the den, and the instant il was opened
fell into the arms Of his friends. M
ordinary man would have lived five
minutes in this terrible position. No
man without mn iron will, undnuntod
courage and hcrculcnu strength could
ever hnvo left the cage alive, Tho cN-
preston of Dmyton's face ms hc stood
holding hy the throat his terrible an
mgonlst was something ncvert to lie for
Cotton Blood WINS flowing IN streams
from his wounds Fear, hope and de.
termination were mingled III one cN-
preston u noble specimen of Gods
noblcst work. Few men have passed
through such M ordeal and escaped
with life MIR. Coup and Manager +.
y. Colvin Immediately ordered every
thing that could possibly be done 10 nj
levintc his snllcrings, lie was immc-
dintclv removed to the Hart Hotel,
where Drs. Holiday and Williams
were untiring in their attentions They
express belief that no serious cense-
pucncos will occur.