The sun., 1893-03-26
4 P.iNTIIER KILLED.
One that Has been n Terror in western
Pcuusylvanin for Months.

HARRISBURG March 22-It is good news. II II
Ia truc, that comes from the Tionesta region.
and rs It Is brough. in by Capt. CLAY. tho ex-
pert hellbender fisherman OF the upper Ale
Eheny waters. 1t is undoubtedly true. The
news is OF tho death. at last OF the big Gipsey's
Rocks panther which has for months been
keeping all that country in q state OF terror
The panther appeared first at Edward Ayers'a
tarpn. near Little Sandy. whcre 1t killed q
| valuable young horse From Little Sandy II
went to Gipseys Rocks. where It was brought
to bay by Marvin Hess and George Best. Both
OF these men had shots at II, but missed. whom
It rushed upon tho two men and would have
killed Hess but for his comp mpanion and several
dogs. As it wns. Hess was SO badly hurt that
he had to be carried home. and three OF the
dogs were killed.
From Gipsey's Rocks the pan ther started for
the hemlock forest. beyond Little Sandy. It
took a course across the Coyle farm. and on
its way killed heifer and three sheep. No
one in that region had eve- seen panther be-
fore. as It was supposed the last one In
the State was killed years ago When pan
theirs were still quite common in western
Pennsylvania two Of the most successful hun
ters OF the fierce beasts were Jacob and John
Gelton Of Forest county. These veterans were
sent for to try their skill on this one. They
took the trail OF the animal from the Coyle
farm and It led them toward the wilderness Of
Little Tionesta Creek. On the Helpless farm It
had stopped long enough to kill two sheep.
but the hunters dogs were pressing It 80 close
a1 PANTHER erossed nes the William
whore 1t was seen by John Myers and two
Some Of its leaps as 1t dashed past these men
were measured. and one was forty feet from
From the Huddleston farm the panther bore
away toward Clark'e Mills. and eight different
shots were fred at It. one Of which drew the
now now ia ken up the chase. The trail was plain.
tackled the panther were killed by It. One of
these was blooded stag hound owned 6y
hunter and he made increased efforts to come
up with the panther to avenge the death Of his
@ Me ,ss II D dos ns
its pursuers at . rocky ledge that stood in the
r rnshsd a. upon % him. fn i Seiore h the animal was was
driven of it had ripped every stitch Of clothing
Gelton was picked up unconscious, and car
Iied to Lineyille. tho nearest point where
From the rocks the. panther turned to the
81 more than dozen mon; Al Prairie hun e
tho tho shoulder. and il made an attack on dsores
Holiday. tearing the flesh from MS shoulder.
dags sn a.sissanSe % WITH three dcss. ' was Va also also
badly scratched BY the panther, and. every one
Of the dogs Was killed From Prairie Run tho
where 1t killed a pig. and at last entered ono OF
many caves in Mllligan's Ledge. out Of the
reach OF the hunters.
These Efforts to run the panther down COW
cred a space Of weeks. during which time he
backwoods settlements. After he holsd up In
the cave ct Milligan's Ledge. he was not seen
sH psce pn nsd up Minds ss
left the country. and that they would hear OF
him no more. But he appeared two weeks ago
at Weaver settlement where he killed calves.
sheep. and hogs. The Gelton brothers got on
his trail. again. and one day last week William
Ledge Tho panther passed by him not three
rods away. and he went no further: Gelton
put three Winchester balls through him. and
his days were numbered.
The big beast measured nine feet from tip
to tip. couple OF years ago q pair OF half
Warren. and one OF them was not recaptured.
1t is believed that this Is that one.