The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-08
TALE OF MAD COW.
Milkman Wolleon May Die
Of His Encounter
With Her.
POLICE PISTOL PRACTICE.
Pedestrians Chased and Wild Com
motion Reigned in G~reenyille
on HE Peaceful Sun
day Morn.
PISTOL PRACTICE.

The pedestrians VINO were On ocean
Avenue, Greervillo, at half-past ten
o'clock yesterday morning witnessed a
sight that they will not soon forget. The
s.sight'' was a mad cow, which rushed
from one side Of the street to the other
and Iunged with It's shnrp horns at every
thing that blocked It's path.
The COW belonged to Frank Wolleon, O
milk dealer, living at No. 9S Pamrapo
avenue, n for over an hour it caused no
small amount OF anxiety to the Fifth
precinct police, and the pedestrians who
happened o be on the thoroughfare.
The animal broke away from a herd,
which was grazing in a pasture on PAM
rapo avenue. and ran towards Ocean ave
nue. and raced down hat thoroughfare.
Mr. Wollson gave chase aud before ma ny
minutes elapsed.a bowling mot was in
pursuit of the frightened creature.
FooLHARDY WOLLEoN.
When tile COW reached Ldnden avenue
she executed a right flank movement and
ra n to the New York Bay Shore. She
lay down TO rest in front of the one story
barn owned by Mr.. W. +. Vreeland.
| Mounted Policeman Cummings had in
| the meantime heard about the affair and
dIsltSd Ut IAC Ii y JASS
| was trying to drive the cow into Vree-
| lands barn. Cummings at once saw that
| the animal W 8 mad and warned Wolleon
to LOOK out, but the milkman
did not heed the warning. His
| attempts to drive the COW only
seemed TO infuriate her Gil the more. u
| turning quickly she charged upon her
owner. Que of her horns pierced his
! chest and he was tossed high in the air
| over the barn. When Policeman Gum
mings picked him up, he was uncon-
| scious and i'll a precarious condition. He
was taken to MS homo and DIR. Lime
| uurner was summoled. After All ex-
| aminatiou the doctor found that four OF
his ribs were broken and that he was ill.,
jured internally.
In the meantime, Cummings was Intro
ducing himself TO the bovine. He fired
I'VE shots luto her. but failed to strike a
vital, and she ran up Linden avenue Just
| as mouuted policeman MacKey was CO IL
ing down the tlioroughfare to help him.
| AS Macksy saw the animal coming up the
road be Thought that a shot gun would be
d handy article, and he jumped from his
| horse, went iuto e. Vreeland's residence
on Garfield avenue. and borrowed the
large double-barreled shot gun which
MIR, Vreeland uses for duck shooting.
Armed to the teeth, as he was. Mackey
Joined Cummings in the chase after the
dangerous brute. Cummings chased her
into the bushes near the new station
house Oh Oeeah avenue. and held her
there until .Maekey came mp.
DIDN'T WORK RIGHT.
"Ill fix her this tlne." said Mackey:
lust watch me knock her over"
He then d~ismounted, walked up to the
cow, took deliberate aim, and pulled the
trigger. The report that he expected
would follow failed to come. He looked
down the muzZle of the guu aud saw that
1t wasn't loaded. The 20 in the mean
time twisted its mouth into VIII a5 looked
very much like a smile. Dricked I'D its
ears, gave IL loud snort aud rushed for
the chagrined copper. Mackey didn't
have time to run, SO he took one
leap, that would have done credit
to a circus performer, cleared the COW
and in another second lay ~sprawljng on
the ground amidst the thorny bushes.
Cummings had reloaded his revolver
by his time, and fired five more shots
Into the animal. As before. the shot
| Failed TO separate COW and life. and oniy
infuriated the former all the more. Down
Ocean aveuus she went like a race iIoFse.
The ladies who were on their way TO
church., forgot bhs rules of etiquette TOR Il
few moments, and without ceremony,
clambered over fences in q manner that
would ave been creuitabie to the charac-
teristic small boy.
MARROW ESCAPE.
John Taylor of No. 263 Oak street dart
ell behind a lamp post at Woodlawn ave
nue. as the cow came running up tile
st rect. The animal charged the post and
wrehched IL from its fastenings. Taylor
took TO his heels and secured a haven Of
safety iii a doorway at Dwight street.
Mackey having recovered from his ad-
venture at Gator avenue again joined
Cummings and helped him in warning
pedestrians to keep out of the way.
The COW ran on towards lower
Jersey City. Among those who followed
was Arthur Simmons, OF Linden avenue.
Slmtnonds had Il shot gun, unlike Mac
KEYS, inasmucn as it WAS loaded. AT
Bidweil avenue he caught up with the
animal and fired both barrels. The AMI
NAL staggered and fell heavily to the
ground. Roundsinan Mcintyre who had
heard of the rumpus here. arrived upon
the scene. He sent the COW to the happy
grounds, by firing three balls n ner
heart.
1t is said that the COW was suffering
from rabies.
WolIeon has not yet recovered con-
seriousness, aud DR.. Ltmeburner expresses.
but little hope for his recovery. His lung
was pierced by the horn, II it is the
doctors opinion that a ifemmorhage will
set In.