The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-30
a LION AT LARGE.

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Prom london Times.
The .astern suburb of Birmingham was
yesterday the scene of y prosracseh and
exciting lion hunt, which res.slteh happily
without serious a in che Pecapsure
Of the animal. In connection
with the loral celebration Of else Michael
mas fair. MessPs. wombwell had estal-
lished their well-known menagePie on .
piece Of waste ground known N the Old
Peck AT Aston, where the caravans were
drawn zap in q hollow square. One of the
caRes contained u young, black-unaned
Nuhian lion. about Z years old. which
arrived in Birmingham from Liverpool
keeper entered The den W clean 10. aud
while engaged in this duty his attention
was momsntarily diverted ny q fight be-
tween All ostrich and q deer. When he
Looked around he found the cage empty.
the lion apparently having Slipped OUT
through ON opening I'm the side Of the den
caused ny the ~displacemens Of . Movable
ter, il seems. had been withdrawn by an
elephant i'm tine next den.
The lion. having passed unohserved un-
on the fair ero"n.l: A. first the animal
seemed quite bewiltlcred with the noise of
the people. the blarc Of the steam trum-
pets. the clashinR Of shc cymhals and the
believing OF the organs. and 10 remained
for some time rDotssd "a the spot. The
people were too busy VI observe is until
wells men. who hurried " she spot
armed with ropes and iron bars
Men, women and children scanpercd of
in all directions as the lion dashed across
the ground. a group OF children were in
and made straight for the ~nciRhborinR
brook. After wading up the stream for
about fifty yards the panic-stricken ami
NAL. seeing it's ptirsiIcrs close az hand. APP
pears 10 have crcpt Ina an open sewer,
where il temporairly disappeared from
view. The drains IA tlle right of the brook
had been explored for several hundred
cess, when Marcus Orenzo, she chief lion
tanner. heard the fugitive lion roar. He
traced che sound with difficulty 10 the
fnsarasa 's ~ ,n. .ro.n y, sn a.. sn M',.ass a. s h:.
brook where tlIe lion first entered. and he
AT once arranged NJ crawl through the
drain i'm pursuis Of she beass. A transfer
cage WAS obtained and taken ~ the brook.
when tl,e drop door was lifted and tl,e
mouth Of the rage placed against tine
opening Of the drain.
clotllcs. and armed with q heavy ~revolver
and accompanied 10y a boar hound he de-
seconded through tile manhole into the
yer shots echoed through the underground
passages. and 10 tile daring explorer the
roar showed that he was on the
i E,x ! ' sassh. sisS. oY .S S.' asi@ osrn Which n
AT first turned 70 hay. hut quickly He'd NJ
the discharge Of thc ~rcvolvcr and made
toward tls. cage at the other end Of the
sewer. The lion tanner crawled after 10
with all haste, and the faithful boar hound
kept close at hand. When the mouth of
the rage came i'm view the dog WAS sent to
the front, and mt tllc word of command
gave vent To a tlcafcning bark almost
simultaneously there WAS II ~scraInbling
noise in the underground channels. and in
another Instant the lion bounded into the
trap set for him and WAS promptly Gagged
and cartcd back to the n~cIagrrie.