Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
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Az about hslEpsst 7 o'clock last
MICH, a steer, with q big X branded on
each hin. dashed out Second street and
turned into Girard avenue. AT his
heels was a hooting crowd OF men and
BOYS. Just below Second street the
steer stopped and. turning, faced his
nuysuers with lowered head. A boy
threw a stone which hit him on the
nose. lie beloved With rage, shook
his head menacingly, aud started down
the avenue on . lope. As he dashed
on men shouted, boys yelled, and
women screamed.
Officer John Pidgcon, Of the Eleventh
district, was on duty at the corner OF
Sbackamaxon street. lie was looking
down the avenue, but. hearing shouts.
turned. to be caught on the horns OF the
steer and thrown heavily to the ground,
breaking three of his ribs, cutting his
head. and infctipg serious internal IN
iuries. His clothes were torn from his
body. lie was removed to his home,
2504 Salmon street.
John Birch, who drives wagon for
his father, a soap-manufacturer, at lZi'
Shackamaxon street, was passing at the
time, and, -leaping from his wagon at
the corner of frankfort road and Gi-
rsrd avenue. seized the Infatuated ami
NAL by the horns and endeavored 10
throw him to the ground. His foot
slipped, and the steer tossed him IN the
air. He struck upon the cobble-stones
heavily, sustaining severe bruises about
his body and leg and spralning hrs loot.
The steer by this time was wild with
rage. and when William Walls a
butcher, who keeps a shop at G2S east
Girard avenue, rushed into the street
with long rope and attempted to lasso
him the animal turned upon walls, ana
he was knocked TO the ground and
picked I'D in semi-unconscious condl-
ton. being cut and bruised about the
face and head and severely shocked
internally. After his attack upon Walls
the steer took the middle Of the street and
stood paving the ground and believing
hoarsely. Mrs. Rebecca Penn forty
two years old, living at 912 Montgom-
cry avenue, attempted to cross the
avenue at Crease street. The steer
caught sight of her. and, although she
ran frantically toward the sidewalk,
overlook her, and catching her dress on
the points of his long horns tossed her
a dozen feet into the air. When she
struck the ground she was unable to
rise, and lay bruised and bleeding.
The steer eyed her PROSTATE body
for a minute, and then backing
prepared for another attack. The crowd
shouted with apprehension, children
screamed. and several women tainted.
Sergeant George w. Gilbert saw the
fallen woman's danger, and, rushing
into the street, seized her in his arms
and bore her safely to the sidewalk.
The steer started toward him, but the
bows threw stones at him, and he turned
and walked toward the other sidewalk.
Mrs. Penn was removed to the Episco-
pal Hospital, and the surgeon who at
tended her found that she had been Sc
verely cut and bruised about the body
and head and had sustained internal in
lures, which may result fatally.
Andrew Rudolph, the proprietor Of
a saloon at 24l East Girard avenue, who
is a great deer-hurtcr and dead shot.
took down his double-barrelled breech-
loading shotgun and poured handful
of No. 6 shot into each barrel. Ser
geant Gilbert procured wagon. and
entering it, the two men were driven
toward the steer. lie awaited them,
sullen and motionless. The crowd
was so dense that Rudolph's first
shot. which hit the steer in the
body, only served to cause him to stag
ger. lie ran into Grease street and the
two men pursued him in the wagon.
The crowd followed them, and one man,
whose name could not be learned, was
thrown down and had his arm broken.
Rudolph fired five shots and the last
one, which struck the steer in the neck,
severed his jugular vein, and he fell to
his knees and dropped dead.