New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-28
THE RAGING LION Gagged.
popprD OF HIS SUMPTUOUs FEAST, THE
KIM; OF BEASTS RETURNS TO JAIL
A FRIVOLOUS AND FRoL1csoME CROWD "'oo'
THE LAIR ALL DAY-FINALLY THE KhhrH'''
,,.xE A RIG UPROAR-THE ABYssiNiAN
MAN.EATER DOES THE RESI-
HE HUMBLY WALKS BE-
HIND THE BAl.S.

MAN.EATER DOES THE REST
HE HUMBLY WALKS Be
HIND THE BAES.
u ,,o h,s African lion which was loose IN
A.. s,ab,e at No l2s East Eighteenth-st Oh ~
INC So -. Lu,od and parity devoured n horse'
oa' hased hack into his yesterday !" e'i'ie
90 cave him from being killed by the poiee a ap
tain Gallagher. of the police In has ,on n.os
o,dst had got the impression tha' NV -
not nuite so dangerous to hanoie as W. - f.e;,a
80 Tho beast had said and that the decay Ii.
OF '''e sa, ~ his cage was partly for the pur-
w. ~ giving MIN a free advertising III au'"n0e
-, b,s appearance at dime museum III '"e 49,
u breatened to shoot the KING vi o
Z q Bostock the manager, ana pio -
ao,o the Iion-tamer. still maintained 'ha' '. o =.
- L,,led men in his day and was worth S''VV ~
80 cash In response to PETITIONS '"e' ~
- ,,ma 10 coax him back TO captivity
-. ,era reinforced yesterday morning py TWO
uortamers from Bridgeport. VINO aeoo'r
,har, into the stable and a large cro"o vi men III
,he street danced about with excitement VIM CIV
as ~ blows and the roaring OF the non lnui-
o,ed a combat At length BostocK sa'u '''"' INC
,a not be dubbed back to the cage whiie
=, va tho carcass Of the dead horse near hi"'' -
ono rvas fastened to the horses head' anu tue men
,r,ed N drag the carcass up the rear s'ai u NV
stable Then they said the carcass "oulu nave ~
no emf IN pieces before removal Convoy WIN
n coil OF rope asked permission 10 30 'h'o VI. "
go ,osso the lion but he was not permitted 10
so In. ,- -,
MOTHERS LOCK THEIR CHILDREN CF.
~ .o.o.o roon CAPTAIN Gallagher went TO
-..ra, Oace and consulted with Superih-
tendant Byrnes He said that the peopie n,i's
near the stable had become alarmed anu ."'u ,
rere kent in doors by anxious parents IL "e nv.
,,as allowed TO escape from the stable nuihoer Vi
."er.ons Mich, be killed Mr. Byrnes said the non
80 =. cot back into its cage or be Killed cap
.",~ ella cher saw President Wilson. Of the Health
poard and got a permit from Sanitary Super IN
enden' Ko9 Wilson said later that the Health Board
might make an amendment 70 'nn ,maIs into the
forhjdding the bringing OF wlid ahiih"iS INV -"
captain Gallagher went back to me s ssaple ~
Eighteeih nrgs cabre He asked what had happened
IN his abssnce and told that the men IN TN, the
stable u hsn out Of the reach Of the lion
SUPERINTENDENT BYRNEs SPEAKS HIS MIND.
"veu" he said If that lion is not back IN MS
cage before another hour will kill HIM
about the same time superintendent Byrnes called
1nsnector Williams and told him TO go up 10 'he
stable and have the lion killed II 1t was not PACK
In II the seSssd T 1os 0S y
his orders but before he arrived at me sab had
made naa great Shouting and had DISCHARGED num-
Der of shots with blank sace the had s been
scared back into his cage and that the door nad
been shut Inspector Williams and Captain Ea,ia.
CHER looked at the lion In the cage and said that
Wallace must be removed from the stable WITHIN
q reasonable time be shot: anyhow BostocK
said ne expected to have the beast removed 10
museum late in the afternoon or evening .,o-
The dead horse removed to the onal pier
early In the afternoon, and large crowd watched
The work of loading the mutilated carcass upon
a wagon. Several persons who noticed that anou,
expressed surprise that the lion could have taken
so much meat in his stomach. particularly as the
lion did not appear TO have swelled In SIZE mucn;
You haven't heard the story OF the farmer and
his little pig" said Inspector Williams The
farmer took a tubful of meal for the pig TO eat
and the pig ate all of the meal. Then the farmer
put the pig into the tub and there was room
IN The rub for two such pigs
The doors of the stable were kept closed While Will,
Rostock and his assistants transferring wal
lace 10 a small cage. That work was completed IN
a short time without accident and at p m; the
lion was on his way to museum where he Will be
on exhibition a large weekly salary People living
near the stable breathed easier when they Khe"
the lion was out of the neighborhood.