The record-union., 1892-06-22
GORED AND HANGLED.
Farmer Leafs Terrible Battle With
an Enraged Bull.
His Body Pierced and Horribly LAGER.
ated-Another Mans Narrow
Escape From Death.

Charles Lea, well-known farmer and
widely esteemed citizen of this county,
residing some three miles north of the
village of Elk Grove. had terrible ex-
perience yesterday with an Infatuated
bull, and suffered such injuries that it
was thought last night he could not pos
sibly live many hours.
According to the story of the affair, as
received by telephone from DR.. Mckee,
who attended the unfortunate man, Mr..
Lea was engaged in some sort of work
about his farm which took him into the
field where large and powerful bull was
kept. The brute had often demonstrated
its vicious nature, and some time ago il
was found necessary to attach an iron de-
vice to its horns, to which was fastened a
chain for use in controlling him when
necessary. Still, it was not thought he
would openly attack anyone unless pre-
viously enraged.
The ferocious animal did, however,
make fearful onslaught upon its owner
as soon as the latter went near him. and
gored and tranpled upon him in shock
ing manner
Three times the bull caught the unfor-
tunate man upon his horns and tossed
him high into the air, rushing upon him
with furious rage each time his mangled
victim struck the earth, and driving his
horns into the latter's body.
A neighbor named Carlisle witnessed a
portion OF the terrible affair and FASTENED
to Leafs relief, armed with a shotgun
loaded with small shot. With this he
shot the inturiated bull in the neck. The
charge did not hurt the animal much,
but it caused him TO leave his victim long
enough to enable Carlisle to rescue him.
A doctor was sent for as quickly as
possible, and in the meantime everything
was done to make the sufferer COM
Portable.
When DR.. Mckee arrived he found
Lea to be horribly mangled. In one of
It's onslaughts the bull had driven one OF
It's horns through LEAFS chest, above the
heart, tearing loose several OF the ribs
and decorating the chest III fearful man
ner.
Other portions of the body had also
been gored and torn, and the beast had
trampled upon its victim until the Iatter's
flesh was bruised and lacerated in many
places.
While awaiting the coming of the doe
tor several men had arrived on the
scene, and three Of them went out into
the field to recover Mr.. Leafs hat, where
it had fallen. The bull again showed
fight, and the men sought, with
sticks and stones, to drive it away.
Instead, however, the bull charged upon
them, got one of the men down, and was
proceeding to vent its rage upon his pros
trate body, as it had done upon Lea.
when the victims companions resumed
their attack upon the beast so success
fully as to withdraw its attention from
him and enabled him to escape.
Afterward rifle was brought into
requisition, and several bullets were
shot into the beasts body before it could
be killed.
To make the situation even more dis
tressing, Mrs. Lea was confined to her
bed from illness, and it is feared the ter
rible affair may have the effect of causing
her death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lea have lived long in
the vicinity of Elk Grove, and have
grown children, but from what could be
learned none OF the sons were at home at
the time.