The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-28
THE LION is SAFELY pENNED.
HF YIELDs To BRE"s IND nor
rBoy pERSIS7ENILY .IPl MN.

I,,peeior Nviiiams's Thr-nt I" Cab with
Is,r p,-toi May HIVE Hrh nom Eneet
Cpon His Ownrr-turioa- Crowd About
the stable In East E'=h'""",h Street.
We'll. that lion has becn cngch. renag u, and
cnrted awny, Granercy rark hits lesu nd IL
pastoral quiet. the candy tac3ory . rls no
longer din boiled chcstnuts int liiuid rhoco-
Into in n futile effort to pru,tuCo mRrrOAs
glncds and tho bluecoate OF the precinct will
return to ,hcir peaceful pursuits.
II took another workin. day Ia accomplish
these happy results. rs it was after j o'clock
when the stable doors werr swaIS open ami
tho shifting den containing Wallace Was
transferred to truck. All nEh' long curious
persons hung about the stable. i;"epns the
guard company and rh:ly in tho 10 oralns The
crowd so increased that fnrcn u r"!re had
to he stationed in Eighteenth street 20 Keep a
narrow lane ccar along the single ear track.
Scores OF private carriages drov" rs near as
they could. and their women and childron oc-
cupants stared at tho crowds. winch was all
of the show that could be seen.
Owner Bostock received word in To morn
ing from Inspector Williams that unless tho
lion was safely out Of the stable 10y dark he
would make o coll with a big nsto!. The
force OF tanners was increased 10 two yolUn-
teors from Bhrnum's winter qoar;ors, and
those with Bostock. Bronco. anal Izan. rea-
soned and worked with Wallace Until nearly
O'Clock before they induced him to enter hle
big cage. This wns accomplished by partly
Supplying the lion with drugs. after which
considerable force was used. and at last the
hHli.dszsd halfc91wed ANIMAL hi i9T, tne iron
accom- lished without the offer OF much un.
available assistance from the crazy crop Of
cranks whom the excitement had brought to
"A cowboy" made his appearm,c" early.
he seemed to think he was willing t" fight Q
rattlesnak and give the snake the nr,t bite.
Wallace When the reporters decline i to take
his name and address no wandered sadly
The Health Department sent q covered
wagon around in tho afternoon to take away
the remnants Of the horse Wallace has killed.
Consequently the police had a hard tine Il eIs.
ing back the crowd which surSeu forN ard for
The next work was to get Wallace from his
and M UGH hard work to do that. Two bars %
inch iron ten feet long we, were he a 'ed p red
took and Ian to drive the lion toward no open
door opening into the open door OF the den;
Mr. BOstGa zen s the ae door Il. and
ieEtiy safe n rs here ae said land am
for that would crowd us"
Exactly two reporters. TIE Sun Ian and
he was not comfortabIe. Wallace had almost iin
recovered from the drugs. This was the sltuas
ton: The lion had the free run Of his seven.
With It was was pushed the shifting ' den. fas
red-hot irons were slashed at him to induce
him to enter the den. He dashed from end to
biting at the irons. At door at the opposite
end from the den stood Bronco and what
made the reporter wish he was not there was
the fact that the door was not fastened. II
opened In. and Bronco planned to get inside
at the proper time and help the men with the
hot irons.
There was An odor Of burning hair and flesh
ed again and this time Wallace was driven by
them to the end OF the cage opposite the den.
Then the irons were held across the cage and
in front Of the lion. and Bronco entered from
the other end OF the cage and the Lion was
slowly driven into the den. which was fasten-
cd. locked. roped and driven away.