Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-08-04

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heat IS their application to his skin
would bring the elephant to subjec-
ton quicker than anything else. Two
runners on horseback started for town,
and loped down Main street, yelling: |
"Samson is loose-smashing things. |
Get some guns to shoot him!"
All this time Samson continued his
devastation. After the tool wagon,
he upset the machinery wagon contain
ing derricks, tackles, etc., as if 1t were
= mere toy, breaking the backs of two
horses and roughly tanning another
with swoop of his trunk. He then
turned his attention to canvas wagon
in the rear, and seemed bent on wreck
ing the whole procession, which stood
in line watching things. But the cir
Gus hands managed to head off and
turn him back just as he had struck .
Decline for the United States Land
Office, and he ran against an ORE
wagon of the heaviest make, upset
that, caved in one of the sides, and
threw down two horses that were
hitched on the opposite side of the
wagon. This was at the door Of the
Iron Works, and a circus hand now
came out with red-hot poker or
short crow bar, and applied it to Sam
sons leg. He howled with pain, and
started back toward town.
At this time there were fully 5000
persons on the ground, looking on and
following the movements of the man.
moth with the most intense interest.
At every movement of the brute the
crowd, consisting of men, women and
children, would run toward the tents,
the houses in the vicinity and into
town. The most intense excitement
prevailed.
Samson seemed to enjoy the fun,
and 10 get more and more excited at
the sight. He walked lowing to his
hobbles) at steady, measured tread,
describing a circle from one to two
miles in circumference, the rim or
further edge of which would almost
touch the foothills, brakes ranch and
the race-track. As he walked II
seemed as if the very ground shook
beneath him, and as if nothing could
stay his onward march.
CHASING THE ELEPHANT.
F., The cavaliers who ran to MAR
4 street to look for gun-men did no.
! search in vain. Instantly Is or Il
: guns Of all description, from the small
bird shotgun to the heaviest two-ounct
e Winchester, were produced, and start
, ed for the scene of the rampage. Al
n elephant hunt was just what the sport
n of HALEY had longed for for Ions
time.
: Hank Lufkins jumped on his hors'
+ with a trusty double-barreled shotgun
and rife, F. 0. Harding started wit
his Winchester rife, and about
9 dozen others followed suit. A minut
!. or two later they began pumping lea
into the brute. The shot-guns mad
a no impression on him, the shot jus
II glancing on his hide; but every tim
It a Winchester ball struck him it coul
u be plainly perceived, as no woul
t. pause moment, flop his trunk abou
E. and then resume his walk. The gu
"a men we're all around him and so e!
" cited that they shot at him whenev'
* they could. The bullets could /
heard whistling all over the crow
r. and it is a great wonder that no OF
n, was killed or wounded. Twice vi
ne Samson turned toward town by Il
g shooters, and scatter the crowd wou
OF until hardly a soul remained out
TX cover-but each time other she
IN turned him back in the directit
III whence he came. Finally he struck
X Decline for the track There c
e. loaded with ties was in the way. Sal
10 son first run his head against the G.
y knocking off the ties, and then put
trunk beneath the car and turned
in. wrong end to. He then passed o,
nd the wreck to the second track, whs
he he forced passage between two oil
he tie cars. Earring the ties and c
INST off the track, and attempt
his to climb onto pile Of ties. Bel
son unable to get a firm footing
led halted him, when more lead was puu