The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-01
A TIGER OWNED THAT CAR.
Ho Got Out Of His Fiimsy Cage on nm Ex-
press Train.

press Train.
CLEVELAND O.. April 8O.-Agsnt II. II.
MeMahon. OF the American Express COM
pany. received the following telegram from
Gallon yesterday: '"ligst for New York
loose In Cincinnati express car" The sin-
pioyss OF the company were notified and
proceeded to arm themselves. They got
q variety OF weapons from n formidable
repeating rifle 10 wicked looking pitch
fork. Meantime the train with the tiger
looss IN the express car was speeding to-
ward Cleveland. Before the train rsached
the station tho doors of all the waiting
rooms were locked and the people in the
outer portion OF the depot were notified to
md safe places. The train steamed into
the station and the passengers on board
lost no time in getting ont OF the cars and
behind the stronR iron fence that sspa ates
she tracks from the waiting rooms. They
were pretty badly scared. The employees
OF tne express company approached the car
oautiously and peeped through the crack In
the door that the agent had left in his pre-
cipltate flight. They could see the eyes Of
the tiger cleaning In the darkness and
shsy did not know what was best 10 do. Az
the others. opened the door little further.
and discovered that the tiger had gone
Dack into his cage. Then O little strategy
was sufficient to confne him there.
Iho tiger was shipped from Sells B Of.
winter quartes at Columbus, to W. A.
Con kiln. Now York. He was placed in an
Old iron oafe covered with wooden piano
box. Beside his cage WAS that of u lion
aimilarly Gagged. Soon after the train left
Columbus the express messenger and bag
RnRemaster heard q mysterious gnawipg
and scratching within big box. They
knew that some sort of . wild beast was
inside. They went into forward car. A
coffin was among the baggage that was des-
tined for CardinQton, Ohio. The train
stopped at the station, and the baggage
man ana she express messenger opened tho
door OF the baggage car. In another mo-
ment they had slammed it partially shut
and fled to the passenger coach for life.
The cofan was on the floor. and alongside
OF 1t. stretched at full length was the tiger.
When be saw tho men he made frightful
, ,oar. The lion answered in the other cage.
Inc tiger crouohed ready to spring
IT st, the men men' but they did not Civ,
left the car en'nss to is nh'' sas 'd rhsrs sns
was no express delivered all the way to
Cleveland, and the coffin went on with the
train. At every stop the trainmen warned
the people to give the car a wide berth.
The passengers learned of the trouble. and
they were as badly frightened as the rail-
road employees. for only q thin door separ-
ated them from the tiger.
For the remainder of the journey the
tiger and the lion serenaded every station
along the route. The trainmen expected
the tiger would set the lion foe and fight
would ensue. Fortunately that did not
happen. 1t was only luck that enabled the
mon to secure the animal with 10 little
Il ouble in this city.
The tiger and lion left fo- the east on the
Lake Shore and the New York Central an
hour after their arrival here. But the ex-
press messenger on that car saw that the
cages were we'll covered with all the freight
he could pile on top of them.