The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-03
NUMBER 40.
MENAGERIE LET LOOSE.
WILD eEAsyS AT LARGE IN A SOUTH
AFRICAN TOWN.

| a Fiend Opens the Doors OF Cara. co,a
Ing Wild Animals and Set Than r,..
Terrible Scenes .'olIow-Men and wo-
men Torn to Pieces.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-Mail adyices from
Kimberly. South Africa, tell of an awful
occurrence there at midnight on the lat
OF June last. Some person, evidently
one bearing ill-feeling to ward the pro-
prietor Of Fillis's menagerie, opened
the doors of the cages confining the
wild animals and set them all free.
The most terrible scenes followed tbis
Liberation. Four attendants sleeninp
on the premises were mangled beyond
recognition, being torn actually limb
from limb, bitten and gashed in the
most s:ckening manner, while the en-
tire population within a radius of n
mile was aroused by the roaring of the
lions. the trumpeting of the elephants.
the growls and shrieks of the leopards.
chetahs, Jackals and frightened horses.
-Four enormous mail lions-Pasha.
Abdul, Caliph and Mustapha-sprane
from their cages and made for the
stables, where Pasha leaped upon the
back OF Murat, the great jumping stall
lion, and buried his teeth in the AMI
maPs neck. The screams of the horse
aroused the attendants, a Scotchman
named Patterson and three Kaffir bows.
who, armed with stable forks. rushed
to the relief Of Murat.
From the dying words of one Kafir.
WI was the only one able to sneak
when aid came, 1t was learned that they
rushed to unspeakable torture and met
1earfui death. He and his mates en-
deavored TO beat Pasha back, when they
were attacked in the rear by three other
lions and one chetah. They were thrown
to the ground, their arms and legs bit
ten and dragged off, their bodies man
gled "1d torn open, their bones smashed
into bits, and, with the exception of the
single katfir. their heads crushed into a
pup. The one man, who lived lust
long enough to tell the story, was with
out either arms or legs, and his body
was a mass of lacerationS.
Having tasted blood, the lions, che.
tabs. wolves and leopards regained all
their natural ferocity and sprung at
everything that came in their Way.
Four performing Hungarian horses. Of
which the equine beauty. Black Bess.
was one of the number, were killed al,
most instantly, and number Of ponies
were devoured.
An enormous elephant, known as
Blood, burst through the heavy iron
gate In his fright and rushed into Curry
street, followed by nearly every animal .
that was in the menagerie.
hiSe4fIHge Uerors tIne r}urrarrsitst, i~4.- OPP
paHed by the uproaf within, but did not
suppose the beast could escape beyond
the walls. Suddenly, as he describes it,
he saw the animals come forth, first
the elephant loudly trumpeting, closely
followed by a tumbling. writhing. snarl-
ing mass of lions, hyenas, jackals,
balloons and every other quality of
brute.
Nelson sprung for post that sup
ports an awning around Glover's athlet-
ic bar and climbed into safety, while
his horses dashed madly down the Du-
toitspan road, snorting with fear, clo-
sely pursued by two lions and four
imals distribut> d themselves in every
direction. A little child of James
Grindley, happening to he in q rear
room opening on garden, was pOunced
upon by chetah and dragged into the
open air, where its agoniZed mother
saw it torn to pieces and devoured
without any power to help it.
Other and equally narrowing Incl.
dents are reported, among which Is the
killing of FIVE women, who were fear
fully mangled. When the mails left
there were at large four lions, two
lionesses, two tigers. three bears, two
wolves, one hyena, two chetals, one
elephant, one camel and seventeen
balloons. The police were organized
into hunting parties and the town was
almost in condition Of siege.
| Reed Outd0ne.
w WAsmNGTON, Sept. 20.-In the House
to-day O'Ferrall objected to the app .ov-
al of the journal.
| The Speaker counted only thin ty-sev.
en- Democrats, not enough to order the
yeas and nays on the question present
ed.
The yeas and nays were demanded