The evening world., 1894-09-25
POLICE HUNT A WILD STEER.
Patrol Wagons Chase 1t Through
Suburban Chicago Streets
/, bulldog Joins the Pursuit and
Finally Goes Mad.

| CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-A Texas steer
rave Chicago policemen wild chase
,,s, night and caused intense excite
.,snt in the Stock Yards. Englewood,
Grand Crossing, Woodlawn, Hyde Park,
windsor Park and South Shore, through
hitch II passed In It's wild career. The
.eer was one among dozen carloads
a the widest animals that ever came
into the Stock Yards, and escaped while
hing unloaded at the pens
several mounted cowboys started in
,nrsuit. and chased 1t south until 1t
.as lost in Englewood Then the police
| rere notified and requested to aid in the
,earch. The message was sent to all
south Side stations with an order TO
,boot the animal on sight. officers In
several patrol wagons took zip the chase,
and frequent shots and calls in the di
rection Of Stony Island avenue showed
rbere the bovine terror was heading,
and the wagons dashed along in hot
pursuit.
tered the precincts of Hyde Park, and
The Gathering hoofs and the rafting
wagons woke up the sleepy patrolmen,
and another call for help was made.
+ This time the Hyde Park wagon re-
ED0uueu. lay utSdb W anu,
fred and worn out, the police finally
saw the animal going at gallop along
Seventy-fifth street and turn down
/ Bond avenue.
turned down Bond avenue they saw q
little child in the street and the animal
making n direct line for It, The men
blew their whistles and attracted the
attention of the child, which, seeing
lis danger, ran screaming into a yard.
The steer then kept on Bond avenue
and turned into South Shore, Here
stood the South Chicago patrol-wagon
moment, the steer lowered it's head and
made a charge.
The policemen drew their revolvers
and began firing, while the driver turned
the melee Sergt. Cooney lost his helmet
and several of the policemen lost their
nerve When the wagon reached the
shelter of the woods the policemen got
Policemen McCauley, Beilfuss and Trad
den came up In the rear and fred vol,
ley into the animal, but the latter had
red head sticking out from behind a
tree and Immediately made charge
and the antics of O''Reefe and the steer
distracted the minds Of the other men
DO they could not shoot.
OKeefe played hide. and seek with
the steer until he could get a chance, to
run, when he lodged behind another
al close range fired one hundred shots
before they laid the enemy low Here
came in curious part of the. chase.
Residents, of Windsor. Park and South
turned out on foot and in carriages to
assist A butcher had set his bull dog
pn the trail early in the game, and 1T
had hung on. When the steer was
killed the bull dog suddenly went stark
mad and, frothing at the mouth, seized
horse by the throat and held on with
ieathlike grip. A half dozen bullets
Il Its head made Il release its hold and
The horse, terribly lacerated, was led
away to be killed.
Lieut.. Wagner, had once been a
butcher, and thinking he ought to have
Iomethins for his pains he took out his
Knife and neatly dressed the animal
md hung IL up on tree. He went
hack with an express wagon and took
The beef to a meat market in Irondale.
Il will be distributed to-day among the
men who assisted in the capture.