The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-01
MENAGERIE LET LOO s..
WILD eEASTSAT LARGE IN A SOUTH
AFRICAN TOWN.

ing Wild Animals and Set Them Free.
Terrible Scene: Fol1ow-Men and Wo-
men Torn to Pieces.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-Mail advices from
Kimberly. South Africa, tell OF an awful
occurrence there at midnight on the 1st
of June last. Some person, evidently
one bearing ill-feeling toward the pro-
prietor of Fillis's menagerie, opened
the doors of the cages confning the
wild animals and set them all free.
f. The most terrible scenes followed this
liberation. Four attendants sleeping
on the premises were mangled beyond
recognition, being torn actually limb
from limb, bitten and gashed in the
most sickening manner, while the en-
tire population within radius of
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 llons-Pasha,
Abdul, Caliph and Mustapha-sprang
from their cages and made for the
stables, where Pasla leaped upon the
back OF Mucat, the great jumping stall
lion, and buried his teeth in the ami
mails neck. The screams Of the horse
aroused the attendants, a ScotcLman
named Patterson and three Kaffir boys,
who, armed with stable forks, rushed
to therelief of Murat.
From the dying words Of one Kafir.
who was the only one able to speak
when aid came, twas learned that they
rushed to Unspeakable torture and met
q fearful death. He and his mates en-
dcaYored to bea- Pasha back, when they
were attacked the rear by three other
loasand one cnetah. They were thrown
to the ground, their arms and legs Bit
ten and dragged Off, their bodies man.
gled and torn open, their bones smashed
into bits, and. with the exception Of the
single kat1ir, their heads crushed into
pulp. The one man, who lived just
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 aud 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 4 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.
a cabrnan named Nelson, sitting on
his carriage before the building, was ap-
palled by the uproar within, but did not
suppose the beast could escape beyond
the walls. Suddenly, as he describes it,
ne saw the animals come forth, first
the elephant loudly trumpeting, closely
followed by tumbling, writhing, snarl-
ing mass of lions, hyenas, jackals,
baboons 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
wolves. The remainder of the wild an.
ilnals distributed themselves in every
direction. a little child of James
Grlndley, happening to be 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 deyoured
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
one camel and seventeen
balloons. The police we're organized
into hunting parties and the town was
almost in condition Of siege.