St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-18
WORRIED BY WOLVES.
A Thrilling Experience Had
by Actresses at the Har-
ris Theatre.
The Hungry Menagerie Gets
Loose and Terrifies the
Girls.
A Young Wife's Escape From
Weak and AmorouS
Husband.
The Federal Authorities In
vestigating the "Home
Chin aS."

The interior of the Harris theater
yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock pre-
scented spectacle of the widest i'm
aginable disorder. Miss Mack, of the
company playing in the house was call
Ing at the top of her voice for assist
gnce, whilst fighting fiercely against the
l.. combined ferocity of three grey wolves.
A fourth animal of the same species
was chasing other mem bers of thescom-
pany all over the house, while men and
women alike screamed and yelled in
their effort to frighten the three snarling
Drutes away from Lottie Mack, OF
whom they seemed determined to make
a meal. To the spectator at
safe altitude there may have been
something humorous in the scene, but
to the little lady who was fighting a
single-handed battle with three hungry
coyotes there was nothing at all funny
about it. AL Wilson, the warbler, upon
whom the wrath of the fourth wolf
seemed particularly Greeted, had been
chased over the orci eStra rails and
across the house over the seat tops, I'M
til, finding he couldn't get to cover. he
had Skinned with remarkable alacrlty
up one of the columns of the balcony,
and there hung like monkey on
a stick, while the grey wolf sat
down below and waited for the
inevitable. Miss Bland, with her skirts
pulled tightly about pair OF dainty
limbs, was perched on a chair at the eX-
tremity of the stage in the attitude OF a
woman who suspects the presence OF
rats. Mile. Fogardus' yellow cockatoO.
the most highly educated of the cult
waited birds Of her troupe, stuck his bald
head through the bars of his cage and
shrieked: whats the matter? what
in h-'s the matter" In fact, every one
in the house was scared to death. and
the wolves were holding the fort. Miss
Mack had laid out the larger of her
assalants with club when another
by the throat, and, in spite
of the scratching and snarling that
followed, held him until the arrival OF
the keeper, who had beeh sent for.
That worthy arrived when the pande-
monlum was at It's height. He was used
to the wolves ana they to him. Three
or four sharp cuts from buggy whip
sent them sneaking back to their cage,
where they were at once secured. Miss
Mack, while she saved herself from
being bitten, was badly scratched, and
she tainted after the excitement of the
encounter had passed. Wilson came
down from the pole, and the rest of the
aggregation loOmed up one at time
from different hiding places. The wolves
are the property OF a company to play
at the Harris this week. They had
broken the wire netting in front of their
cage, and the result has been described.
Much Indignation was expressed that
the animals are so insecurity housed.
There was nothing playful about the
attack they made on the people in the
theater. They were hungry and savage.
In addition to caging the animals more
securely, it might be as we'll to feed
them little better, so that in case of
their escape in future they will be less
menace to persons encouutering them.