New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-11
Thomson and Homestead Works, which are controhs
BY the Knights Of Labor.
CAMEL HUN1 IN BROADWAY.
TWO ATHLETES CAPTURE THE BIG BEAST
ONE OF KIRALFY's srAGR ANIMALS GETS LOOSE AND
MAKES BREEZY SCENE.

ONE OF KIRALFY'S srAGE ANIMALS GETS LOOSE AND
MAKES BREEZY SCENE
George Hicks, the wrestler, who recently iert Null
doon's troupe Join Buffalo Bill's Wild West show In
England. was walking along Broadway above Grace
Church about 10 o'clock last evening In company Win
bis friend Bob Brown, an Arizona cowboy. when he
noticed An unusual commotion people just ahead
of him They seemed stricken and began TO scatter
in all directions, seeking refuge In the stores s'de
streets and up the awning posts and telegraph 9oles
awhats the matteri" inquired Hicks as one startled
fugitive hurried past him.
"Don't you soc !" rejoned the other. Tho cameis
are coming"
Hicks looked up the street again carefully ana
suro enough thore was a big ungainly camel coming
tearing along fast its OF l"comotion wouo
permit The beast took the whole street apparently
One moment 1t the cobbestOnes and the next IL
woud take to the sidewalks. Then 1t would rush oack
IN the middle of the again. acting In fact as IL
desired to convince everybody that 1t owned the town.
FLEEING FROM THE COMING MENAGERIE
This ziezag way of coming downtown was what
alarmed pedestrians They fed before the pease as
though 1t had been one OF Barnums tigers ihuee'i
MANY believed that the camel was but the Vahguaru anu
that whole msnagere was coming on its heeis' '"se
before the animal reached the place where HICKS ana
Brown were standing In front OF MITCHELL Vance Co.'S
a portly old woman with big basket OF ci"thes came
around the corner OF Tenthst She turned into Broad
wav and met the camel He gave snort as ne saw her
Heaven preserve us! What's this II shrieKed 'he
woman and the instant she, the clothes ana the
basket we're heap the sidewalk Her shout triR'
ened the beast as much the beast had alarmed her
and away It went again There Is sort OF hgntsc"ooi
across tile way from f. j. Dennings store The pupils
were coming out making the usual amount OF NOISE
ne NJ than say the camel The beast also caught sig
of him and started in to cultivate the boys acauh'
ance IN about three seconds there was not p"pi l"
slgnt.
TRYING To SWALLOW DOWN GRACE CHUhbh'
Coming to the iron fence Grace Church the bras
,,ood a d,snosition TO make meal OF the building.
After few bites he changed his mind AMI started on
dovn toward the City Hall As he reached the car
tracks cab drawn by iine gray horse drove up ine
driver seemed disposed to give the beast uore na ~
the street the camel wanted the same part 'na' W
horse took and driver refined to one se OF Tue
other the IS ship OF the desert" followed most annoy
ngly This sort of thing was kept up Ior aoom. 5mo
minutes and the thoroughly alarmed driVer ae
short turn down n side street
The camel rushed forward and had us head ailnos u
the window of tie carriage where two pale ade
at when Hicks and Bro VII jumped lorwsri anu srase "
the brute by the and piece foroheh natter 'ua "a
hung from its neck The camel tired TO shake them o.
but the athletes were too strong her & noI ,r he
they managed get the animal to its Knees Where Ge
held il with tue assistance Of Policeman Reilly untii
| big stout came rushing along our oi piea'n al
| claimed to be the keeper or the lost anlh"
WHERE THE BIG INVADER CAME FROM.
But who are you and where does thiS cri''er coh'
from ," asked the astonished oficer
"Why from Kiralfy's of course" replied the otnc'
Inst then a negro with donkey and another lelo'
with an elephant camo in sight and everybody unuci
stood the situation The animals are used In the haVt
Pantomme OF Mazum," now being played at Tue Aeau
emy of Music. They KEPT III staoie III fIlhce.s
Coming home after the performance the Gamer pcca'n
unruly in Thirteenth-st The keeper ired 10 snpaue
but The halter broke and the beast AT one ICE s.
| down Broadway at pace too fast Tor the corpuaan
kreper who was ovarjoyed at capturing hls cnarg
satisfied with its frolic as the Keeper nh
satisfied the policeman thai there would DC no ir. y.
| danger TO the public he allowed to go Oh 10 u
| unable .ho,,,oa h,, ba lodi,
I'm the curria ge apd the crowd They took the cal
lre as a Joke particularly the cowbov, whose oniy te
Dret was that he did happen to have lsso wt MI
AT the time Been good as a buffalo hunt nao
he said with a SMILE