The sun., 1894-02-04

WILLIE JUDGES.
On Nov. !. when the Chicago Fair was over
the animals were getting boxed and Gagged for
trans portation to this city. the group in ques.
tion had not been rehearsed for ten days so
Mr.. Mehrman ordered that the tamo ami
mails. which were to bo shipped first.
should not be taken through the cage oi
their wild fellow performers for fear OF
an accident" This necessitated TAX
ing down some OF the bars In front
OF the cage where the tame beasts were kept.
TO make new exit for them. On Tuesday
cago hospital. where be has been Tor eleven
and q hnf weeks. told o SUN reporter what
happened when they began to make an open-
Right alongside OF one OF the bars we
fastened the bars on the nside without burning
said I'd run around back. GO through m the other
cage. get inside. and loosen tho bolts there
and eopards we're was fastened on the inside
by three chaine picked up stick. went into
Know e % What % fastened @ the % chains on the inside.
the dGq5 d III ;aa1s ss %ss
GOOD bGy Gha,lss sogd SOy whgn heard
PIT. with my left leg nearest Prince. the
did 60 Pfinee sprans at me: His, fore paw.
tore into the calf OF my right leg. grabbed
one Of the front bars OF the cage with my left
and beat him over the head with my stick in
my right hand. The men outside attacked
Ss T snS s.aS aaS Nth vi
fore paw at the man who was standing nearest
that mans hand. % and nd thea came e1 at S me- again %
THIS % tine he he grabbed grab ed, me roIpd my thighs
q lions cage again
Mr.; Mehrman called at me to beat Prince.
time heard another man trying TO get into tho
cage door from the back. Then l reme bered
The men were lighting Prince from the front
with the forks and iron, and drove him of Just
break open that door that the men in front
could not % Keep ;s trinse & on Hnd SO when he cane
the ss nGa s i.ps Ss 1Rs s
open. you know. SO he couldn't bite him. The
third third tine Inc no came he bi. into my right cali
his mouth and down his throat. was working
around in his throat and had Just made him
don't know how he did il with those chains up,
but he did. and came in with iron bars, andt
WAY before dropped from weakness.
There Mr. Darling picked me up in his arms
sent Tor two doctors directly. in case one
should not be at home. The first doctor who
my leg. fhsd on a pair Of thick drawoTs and :
stout t ,on palr t ot t1ToGseTs So the lions te"th m
oe see Ills Claws ad done 5SIn the SANE
stout iaetst on Mr. MshT%an wouldn't
saaterifed ali tie 'woSnds IS wstG sun
grounds hospital am bulance cano hut there
was s some rule which wouldn't lei them tako
man offered them any price 10 do IT, but they
wouldn't; 30 was takento the cars and rode
telephone ed for an ambulance from the Alextan
brothers Hospital That was an awful ride;
We went ioltIns along o over err them EN- til thought
Ia go crazy: The policeman with me asked 4
I, ne c1HldnI put pillow under my leg or holl
IL IN MS lap, but begged him not to touch H.
as thought il was falling OF.
was in bed in the hospital seven weeks.
weeks. There were four doctors treating me-
and for three days they gave mo up. because
heart. / had twenty wounds In most u
them Princes teeth had met, and where they
drew piece OF cloth through each one. These
eIntns had 70 be changed each day aEd that
Willie had told his stosy thus far. smiling as
Il he were TssoSnting some tIiiiins accident
iwss cured By brandy had q big glass
every hour BRANDY you know, aud whisEsy
cobSt and aS ae6e Ai IN. k hEe ss
poison 9f the brandy and the poison in ny
When asked II the lions teeth had Injured
any bone. he answered;
No; you know a lion whom he has n piece
OF meat TO eat. leaves the bone to the last,
What were your sensations when the Ion
had you with both claws and teeth -
Il, lhere was no pain then. The doctors SAID
i hurt SO much ! couldn't feel the PAIN then.
was pretty we'll scared for thought II was
all up with me but didn' I lose my senses
heard Mr. MshrmAn telling me 70 hit lru'a
watched the men lighting him with the forks
the door didn't even feel faint until -"ttO
picked me- up"
Young Judges is handsome little fellow,
white teeth. lie said no lad always liked Rpi-
mails and wanted TO be with them lie luiusi
a trainer with BaTnum BAiley's show tU luu-
ion. when he was sixteen and half years OH
lie stayed with him six mOnths aud then went
WITH Nh Mohrman TO Hamburg. and cane
with him To this country In the HagenbanS
Omblnatton. lie can walk now without canss
or crqtchss. but his left leg drags painfully
StI he showed IhE suN reporter tho woqnis
made by fTinces teeth They are three
months old nov. hut aTs yet long cruel oeep
ashes Snleh look as II they would never i.I
J, OF course, you'rs done with lions now"
on, no. I've come heEs TO report for iutE
ind shal! 20 10 work again In a few DAYS
nom OF tho boys hands are q laDeWHTk -
ears from tigers and lions teeth ana claws.
! hose who saw Judges with Mehrmau in ,ul-
'Hgo Will TsmOmbs that whenever an animal
,lApped q hin witt a paw II would get smart
.e1 y n, % me ears In return. he bears lTincs
We had not worked With the group for ten
ilsgekS thing Tor ne that the hssrs did--