New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-26
FORTY STEERS AT LARGE.
rurv ROAM ABROAD BUT HURT NOBODY.

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rh.,. w.s AN extraordinary steer hunt In the
sitv On Wednesday afternoon and evening FROM
=. m. until long after nightfal about forty wild
Western steers were chased about the streets Gre
st,na much excitement; yet the fact was not
reported in the usual way by the police Even
when one Of the ANIMALS was killed by police
captain after it had been shot at BY NUMBER
Of persons no report was telegraphed TO Pollce
Headauarters The drove of steers had been landed
from barge at East Forty ffth-st in the afternoon.
and the owner was arr angling TO have the animals
driven into one of the saughtering houses at that
no;nt when they broke through a line OF trucks
and started westward. For time the steers all
kant toUether and roamed contentedly through
Forty 6ftb-st. while the frightened drovers and
hu,chers collected in force to head them off; but az
TbIrdaye the drove began to scatter. and then the
trouble began.
small detachmcnts of the drove were driven
hack and forth for an hour more between Forty
second and Forty-sixth sts, on the East Side. be-
ing unable to get past the railroad yard and the
tfacks in Fourthave. above the Grand Central
Station All the small boys and unemployed men
in that popuous district turned out to see the fun
and make the air ring with shouts Numbers OF
them had narrow escapes when they got too close
IN the horns of the animals. but nobody was hurt
seriously. the police say. During the evening the
larger part of the herd was driven back In small
proups to the place at which the stampede had oc-
Cured.
Two detachments of the original drove got be-
vond the control of the butchers and passed into
Forty-second-st They followed each other west
ward past the Grand Central Station and scared
4 hundred or more persons no were on their way
to or from the trains. Two steers rushed into the
car-stables, next door to the Grand Union Hotel,
and created small panic among the employees
there Before the men had made up their minds to
shut the big door Of the stables and Imprlson the
the steers ran out agaa s9e aSe
lungr at car horse in Fortysecondst: as car sitter
car was met in the race toward the North River
way woman who had alighted from fth-ave.
stage was upset bv one steer ana her dress was
torn but she escaped unhurt. One boy was liited
upon pair of horus and tnrown into an ASH barrr
but he received only an insignificant bruise. No
other Casualties were reported In the street,
~ tDe foot Of VEST Fort secondst having passed
entirely across the city. One OF them was deter
mined not to stop short of New-Jersev, apparently
and he sprang from the wharf into the North River
Boatmen went IN pursuit: cot rope over his horns
and towel him into the slip at Fortieth-st He was
helpless in the water and his captorss managed to
get him in sling and raise him on the wharf by a
derrick: then he was tied up to await the ar
rival of his owner Another was driven into
the unfinished ccas-stables at the foot Of Forty
the animals which had crossed the city turned
back a short distance, and then went down to
ThIrty-fourth;st. They had begun to show signs
of fatigue, but logged eastward at lively
rate. and reached Lexinglon-ave: before O'Clock.
Up to that time no policemen bad attempted to
dispute their right of way, but Patroman Henry
Nueent, OF the Twepty-first Precinct, swung his
club and tried to head them off Four of the
brutes were willing to yield to police persuasion
IL. Al In Had hYt<
the fifth boted and ran down Lexington-aye
to Twenty-ninth-st. Turning westward again, he
proceeded TO Fourth-ave. where be encountered
Policeman Michael Heferon The policeman drew
t tbs steeT H ed had sf"n fred d two
three shots without much apparent effect
Sorely wounded but too mad to yield. the beast
ran up the avenue to Thirty-frst-st and there Po-
ceman Thomas ennlngs TOOK hand IN t4 T irav.
frst-st to Lexington-ave., and more shots were
fred but the Workmanship was wretched and
none of the bullets touched the vital part.
Information of the shooting had reached Captain
Ryan in the Thrty-tifth Street Police Station by
that time, and taking revolver of large calbre. he
at. in front of Thomas j. Lockes upholstery estab-
lishment he met the steer In advance of large
brute, which looked at that time as If he
was the chief actor in a regulation bull-fght. His
sides were covered with foam and blood, ana he
RYAN ran up close enough to get q sure aim "nd
sent bullet from his revolver back of the steers
fore shoulder. With loud below the beast fell
helpless on the pavement and soon expired. His
body lay In the street until YESTERDAY afternoon,
when it carried 10 the offal dock by one of the
Health Department tricks.
1t was not clear yesterday what became of all
the steers that GOT loose on Wednesday afternoon.
30 far as the police know some of them might stlIl
be at large. At the Strengthening houses and yards
on the East River at Forty-ffth and
Forty-sxth sts the butchers protested not
to know what had become of the unruly cattle.
They said the owner belonged in Jersey City and
had removed his stock on barge. A number Of
wild stories which could not be verified aftOa
on the East Side Some of them TO the effect
that several persons had been gored by the steer,
ON Wednesday evening The police did not report
any such accidents. and there is little doubt Thai
no person was hurt seriously. Ali accounts indi
Gated that the escape of the animals due to the
careessness of the drovers and butchers. whose
reticence yesterday regarding the ownership anC
destination of the steers may be thus accounted
for,
A MONUMENT TO A DRUMMER BOY.