The evening world., 1893-10-26
MANCLED
BY A LION.
The Eater Escaped from
His Cage in a.
Stable.
CIRCUS ATTACHES FLED.
A Horse Fast in a Stall Attacked
and Its Flesh Torn.
KEEPERS TRY TO TRAP HIM.
Intense Excitement in tho
Vicinity of l2o East
18th Street.
A Horse Fast in a Stall Attacked
and Its Flesh Torn.
KEEPERS TRY TO TRAP HIM.

A crowd that blocked the thorough
fare from corner to corner was attracted
to the vicinity of the barn at l29 East
Eighteenth street this morning to wit
ness the removal OF part of the wild
rrimals belonging TO Bostwick's Aus
tIalian Circus.
Almost Mt the beginning OF the inter-
esting proceeding an event occurred that
temporarily scattered the crowd IN all
directions.
Sultan" III" big lion, who has a rec
ord OF two human victims during his
cer-or CO twenty years. escaped while
bong transferred to the portable cage,
and with n roar that made the frail
structure trrmble and the blood of those
within the barn run cold, began tearing
things upside down.
There were four other lions and q
number of wolves in cages downstairs,
and a horse in a stall. Upstairs there
wore I lmber OF kangaroos.
A keeper, two women and two children
were the Only persons inside the barn
when tine big portable cage. with cas-
tors at each of the four corners. was
backed up to the door of 'Sultan's'
cage and the doors, were thrown open
for the big brute to walk into his tenn.
porary house.
The lion indicated his disploasure with
fierce growls, and finally. throwing his
weight agalnrt the portable cage pushed
1t away and jumped out into the barn
with a roar.
one Of the women was a lion-tamer.
She ran through the front door scream
ing as II Satan himself were after her.
The others, VINO are also attached to this
circus, scampered upstairs, almost fall
ing over one another in their fright, and
closed the door after them.
The woman, who had escaped into
the street, had presence OF mind
enough to close the door and yell for a
rope to fasten II.
The people outside realized that some
thing wrong. and when they found out
hi It was every one Of them got on
the move instantly, and didn't stop
until they felt that they were at a safe
distance from the man-eater.
sultan seemed quite as surprised as
any one else at the new condition of
thinsa, ard he roamed about exploring
boxes, barrels and corners, and occa-
sionally humping against the front
doors and roaring. The doors are frail
aNa,rs. and they shook as II about to
.~glllrse when Sultan ran against them.
IT., horse tied in the stall nelghed and
trCnh.el with fear DIS Sultan passed
nr.r and finally gave a loud. pitiful
sQu"ll as the zion leapcl upon 1t ana
buried its claws and fangs into its flesh.
It was a hard struggle, the sounds Of
which reached those outside and caused
their faces to blanch.
The women and children upstairs were
rescued through the hayloft door. A
cage was backed up in front of the
stable and the keeper handed them down
to "A man who stood on the top of the
cage.
NJ ll@D Lion Tanner Bostock arrived
and with two keepers entered the barn.
The mdn-eatcr had been aroused by
the taste of blood, and he seemed as
wild ass il half famished for food in his
native jungle,
What the tanner n the two keepers
We're doing was not known by those
outside. They could hear the lion tear
Ing about ana occasionally roaring, and
Sun missed that the men were exercising
all their strategic skill to effect a cap
ture, but with what danger or what suo-
cess, they could only guess,