Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-02
BULLIN CHINASH0P
THIS EXCITING SPECTACLE WITNESS
60 ON BROAD STREET.
An EnraRed Beast Goes on Two-hou's
Rampage. Does Much Damage
and Then Dies.

Few persons there are on this mundane
sphere who have not at some time IN
their lives heard the expression "A pun
In a ehina-shop." Fewer there are VIM
have been treated to such scene
Those belated pedestrians whose COCO
fortune II WAS 10 be on Broad street sun
day night about the witching hour OF ih'u-
night were, however. given surfeit vi
such Measure "a bull In china-shop
WAS not n marker to what they saw
The bovine quadruped who is the centrai
figure of this narrative not only Visl'eu
a china-shop. but paid his respects 10
almost every establishment on Broao
street between Adams and Third.
Shortly after II o'clock maddened
steer. rushing headlong and followed by u
favv men and boys halloaing at the top
NJ their voices. made his appearance at
First and Broad. The noise made by the
few soon attracted many, and In an IN
credibly short space OF time tuiiy Vv
men were gathered around the Ha'e
beast But they kept at respectiui u.s.
lance. or at least put forth their peSt
endeavors to do so.
MADE THEM SCAMPER.
After paving the earth or rather INC
cobhe-stones, for Few minutes t'e
steer. moving at a terrific speed with head
lowered and tail aloft, bore down on
those Immediately In front OF him. Every
body scattered, but one unfortunate nesro'
not so nmble as those about him. man
aged to get directly in the Dull = pain
He ran directly toward the large show
window of Mr.. Joseph Laube's under
taking establishment and the steer with
his hot breath tanning the negro'S nether
garments Immediately behind him. When
the window was reached the negro Win
muttered prayers. threw himself down.
The enraged animal tried TO gore him.
but failed, and instead, from the velocity
which he had gained. was precipitation
head first through the window. Ills
throat was badly cut by contact with the
heavy plate-glass. which was smashed 70
smithereens, entaillng a loss Of about so.
but his ferocousness was not az all
abated. The negro. while the steer was
extricating himself from the window
made good his escape.
Again did the animal charge the crowd
but with the result only Of buttng down
an inoffensive Chinaman who was wend-
ing his way homeward probably from
some fan-tan party.
HIS THIRD VICTIM
Continuing his mad career down Foul
shee street 10 Grace. he caught another
unwary individual. and down 70 Mother
Earth both the blped and quadruped went.
Down Grace to Third street the steer pro-
ceeded, with the crowd in hot pursuit.
Turning Third street the now Or)ughlv-
craZed brute went as far as the engine
house. when he again turned and charged
the crowd. He was given tho whole street
with degree OF alacrity seldom witness
ed, and after a short delay continued up
to Marshall. and thence TO Second whence
he again emerged into Broad. Going up
TO First he again made a charge at seVe-
raj gentlemen standing in front OF
Laube's. They scattered and the steer
stopped. Mr.. Jake We'll. OF the firm OF
Well IL Hellstern. butchers, appeared on
the scene about this time, and stated that
the steer was his property. and had bolt
ell from a drove that he had received
over the James-River branch OF the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway Saturday night.
POLICE FIRE on HIM.
The animal now started for another
assault upon the spectators. and Mr.. We'll
instructed the police to KIN It. Almost
simultaneously two shots rang out on the
air, one from the pistol Of Policeman
Frazer, and the other from thns Of OH
Ger Gibson. Neither took effect. and the
steer took refuge in tb" doorway OF
Messrs. r. Il. Taylor & Cs.s cl;r stab
lishment. After some little til Ie was
driven out Of this. and he doubled back
to Hammond's fiorbi-stsre. The -reen
plants seemed 10 be TO his liking .,1d had
the plate-glass window not extra
strong. he would probably has gotten
into them. He did not larry there very
long, but, doubling back. first going into
Buchanan q Sons jcwelry establishment.
and then that OF the Domestic Sewing
Machine Company he returned 10 f. b.
Taylor Sc Co.'S From there he went 10
Levy & Davls's, and. after some delay,
smashed one Of their windows. This
frightened him still more. and, rushing
out Of there. with blood flowing from his
many cuts, he ran down to Grace street,
then up Adams to the alley between
Brood and Grace. and through this he
continued TO Madison. Emerging on
Broad street at this corner, hH stood
dehantly In tho middle Of tho sidewalk
The wagon OF the Richmond Railway and
Electric Company came up Broad street
at this time, and. being driven as near
as was safe TO his bovine majesty. a
colored man, who claimed 10 be a second
Texas Jack. clambered up in IL. and
making a lassO threw IL at the steer.
1t had no other effect than 10 cause HIM
to again charge the crowd. and as 4.
result one man Will be rattle: sore for
several days 10 come.
BECAME QUIET, AND DIED.
The animal, in an exhausted condition.
then went into the alley between Broad
and Marshall, and containing to Brook
avenue wsAt into a stable-yard just in
rear Of Broad street lie was lassOed
here, and thrown down. and. after being
securely tied, lapsed into quiet. lie had
bled very freely from his wounds, and,
In a very short time he expired thus
ending one OF the most exciting chases
which has occurred in this city for
months.