The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-08-20
EATEN AirvE BY BEARS.
The Horrible Death OF an Old Idaho
Rnncher.

BOISE CITY, Idaho. Aug. l..-Wm
Easton, aged 6s years, who came to
Idaho in 1865 from Cairo, ILL, was
while alivo devoured by two cinnamon
bears on August 8. His aged wife,
who is m invalid. witnessed the dread
full tragedy, but she was powerless te
assist her fated husband. The scene
OF the horrifying occurrence was las
toms ranch, eight miles west of Elb
City, in Idaho county. Tho unfortu
natc rancher and his wife were eating
their breakfast. when they heard s
great commotion in the calf pen
Thinking the hogs had broken into
The pcn to rob the calves of their food,
Enston picked up al ordinary carriage
whip and went forth to ostrnightcn mat
ters out lie climbed into the pen and
seeing black snout inserted between
two fence rails struck it sharp blow
with the whip A sullen snarl ap.
prised him that he had encountered a
bear instead of hog, and he started
to leave tho pen to get rifle. Before
he had succeeded in getting over the
fence male bear ran around the pen
and seized him by his right leg. lie
screamed with pain and the animal
released him. AS quickly as his
wound and his age would permit
Easton hobbled to q smoke house and
tried tc crawl through a window.
The bear pursued him. and, seizing his
hip, commenced to ravonous!y tear the
flesh. Agonizing screams issued from
the old mans lips. His invalid wife
wheeled herself to window, and
when she saw what was taking place
she, too, commenced to Shrek. Her
husband, already terribly wounded,
cried out:
DO not make a noise or you will be
killed"
A moment later he fell to the ground
and another bear, half-grown cub,
joined the first animal in tearing at
the prostrate man. Mrs Euston,
almost transfxed with horror, could
do nothing to essAt her husband. She
heard him moan:
"Oh, Lord, help me to bear this
'enth. Oh, God, protect my helpless
wife.
At this point she became uncon-
scious. and when she revived she could
see only fragments of her husbands
body and clothing, while the bears
were frolicking in the orchard. -Four
hours later Easton's hired man came
in from hunt He heard the wife's
horrible story, and after little search
he found Mr.. Easton's head, spine and
thigh bones, but no other portions OF
the body. The poor mans fuce was
not badly Scared, but his ears had
hoAr 1,;ftar op
speedily killed. Mrs. Easton is rapidly
.'nHing beneath the shock and hel
death is momentarly expected The
'anchers of that locality will have o
bear drive next Sunday in order tc
GOING THE WAY OF SCANLAN
Harry kerncll, the Irish Comedian, Men.
tally Unbalanced.
NEW YORK. Aug. l2.-Bad news has
reached the theatrical fraternity il,
town. 1t calno from Asbury Park, and
It asserted quite circumstantially that
Harry Kernell, the noted Irish come
dian, had become mentally unbalanced
md that his friends and relatives al
That watering place were greatly con.
:erned MS to his condition. The re-.
port was circulated by group OF
actors. friends Of tho comedian, who
had visited him several days ago at hi.
seashore residence. 1t had been ru.
nored prior to their visit that Kernell
had given unmistakable signs OF
mental collapse, and these actors
had called upon him, hoping
to be able from personal observation
to conclusively deny the distressing
story. 10 their sorrow and surprise
they found that there was substance
in the run:or. One Of the actors said
last evening: before we called on
larry we had been told by Mrs John
kernell, the wife of his brother. who
also lives in Asbury Park, that Hurry
was really in o bad way, both mem
tally and physically. We found that
to be only too true. In the past few
months he has grently changed for the
worse. happened to talk with George
Knight few weeks before his demen-
tia became known, and his case, /
think, is not unlike Kernell's. knight,
however, was in much worse shape
than Kernell is at present, for the lat
ter can enunciate distinctly and can
frame his sentences intelligibly, though
his mind seems to wander at intervals +"