Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-25
TELEGRAPHIC.
CHASING A STEER.
COWBOYS and Police OnCtrS Join in
a Wild Pursuit.
EXCITEMENT men IN CHICAGO
Alma Hundred Shots fired--A Dog Goes
Mad and Horse Is
Killed.

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-A Texas steer
ave some VI tue policemen VI Chicago
,howildest chase last night they have
had for many n day. IL was nlso the
cause Of tho meet intense excitement
.notg the people Of the STOCK yhrif,
Eprley God, Grand Crossing, Wood
lawn, HYDE Park, Windsor Park AMI
s,u,h snorr, through which 1. paced
IN lie wild career. Toe steer was one
.uopg a dozen catloads OF the widest
.,imals that ever came Into the stock
,efis. Tho Auimal escaped while
.,Iut unioaduI nj the pens.
d, vrfai mOuHtod cowboys started IN
...truit OF the animal aud CuaFtd u
.l.u until " was lOst M EngirwoOd'
fb.r, tburlul ltBt the beast might Do
. l,u pefuUu harm, the pOliCc were
.uHnud aud requested 10 aid Ia tue
t,utuil auu capture. The message was
.,tttuAiI the stations on thu south
adj, aud transmitted 10 tue tnlcufs.
fhy order was issued to shoot tue aui-
utatuu eight. Several lHltOl Wagons
Cd Ulcers took VI tue cunse anu ir,-
uuuut suuir IA the direction % 5l0Acy
i.,nud avenue aud luuI IOlicu calls
rnuwtl ~ winch direction tue bovine
wAs hradtu aud tue Wagon uasuci
lfuux In hos Iufsuii. Soon tue animal
and lin purusfs entered tue pivciucts
Hyub Park aud tue Gathering hOUiH
Und The rafting wagons woke ~ Tue
rltety pAttolmen, anu another cal lot
hsli was made. rnls time the HYDE
lhik wagon rtStOndtd'
bay Utgan 10 lawn aud the tired
ami worn out poiiu- nually ssw lhr
ulImnl going IN gallJp along
.tryruty.ntth street anu turn IOWA
Bonn avenue. They started IA pur'
fuu and aH they lufued down Bond
avenue, they cav a unild Eud tie Au''
nal war making direct liuu Tor it.
tuo mon lirW thuir whistles nul utUw
IU, attention OF the enid anu Htttug
The dauAeii tau screaming into.a yEtd.
4ur u Ger IhuH KEPT on Bona avenue
iud tufnud iniD south 1uufe. Here
t.U1d "A Cmc.RO patrol wagon directly
iu Il, path. Not hvBi,atiLgH moment
the steer lowered ~ head aud made a
uharso. Tue police drew their fov0lv'
e.. aud began iifiug, while tue ufiyef
turned the nOtsts about Auu dove intu
the NDuls. Ia tho uiultC Sergeant
Guunty Lust his helmet anu several vi
luo POLICEMEN lost their nerve. Nhen
The wagon reached the shelter OF the
.oDlA the POLICEMEN got Iut and pre-
UatpI TO ambush the enemy. Police
men McCauiIey, BeiiIutH aud TtAdduu
came up Ia the rear aud firod NOuey
INTO the animal, but tue latter hat
caught eight Uf Policeman O'keeiu'i
red head sticking out from bchlnu .
tfvs mud Immediately mado "a uhATg,
and the antics OF O'keeiu anu tue steel
distracted the minus II tue other met
20 they could not shoot. O'keei'
played hide asd seek with the steel
uulil no could get chance to run
when he lodged behind iOiher tree
Then all msu opened IRE aud nj clos,
range. fired u hui ured shots before theJ
Ihil tue enemy low.
Here come IN curious part Of III,
cha6r. Residents Of Windsor Patl
aud south Shore had witnessed ia,
chase and they turaed out on foot anu
in carriages TO baslst. A butcher hat
set his buil dog on the trail early IN thu
game au1 II hAu hung ON. When IN,
steer was killed the bull dog suddenly
went stark mad, and, iroIhinI
tho mOuth, attacked n horse ant
feizpd Il by the throat, held on with
death-iike grip. Halt n duzsn bullet
Ia his head mado u release It's hold unt
the horse terribly lAcctated, WAS 10,
away to be killed.
Lieutenant Wagner had onCs beer
butcher, aud thinking no ought 4
have something for his pains, ho tool
out bis knife and neatly dressed tn
animal and hung II upon tree. IL
went back with nn express wagon an
took the beet TO meat market n
ltoudnle. IL viii he distributed tOdR!
among tho hen VINO assisted IN IN
capture,