The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20

Travelled up and down IN grooves with
a big fy-wheel attachment and multi
plying gear that gave force TOTS stroke
so that II would cut through a pie OF
pper two feet thick. like shclng
cheese.
We had taught Gooro 20 run this ma
chine and used 20 make use OF MIN
often. saving ourselves good oeai OF
work bv putting him up on the iron
table and letting him twist the cutting
wheel while one OF Us arranged the
piles of paper on the table below he
used 70 enjoy 1t. and got 50 that ne
would twist the wheel like sandwich
Islander. and raising or lowering the
knife as we told him
One evening we had q lot Of big, six
foot MANILA paper TO cut. Just about as
big - the machine would take, and Is
it was a long Job Ned and | stayed
after the rest OF the force went home,
70 finish il M. We let GOO-O work the
wheel. and got along beautifully. We
had nearly finished the job when we
ran mt OF tobacco. and Ned told me to
r,,r IN and look in his desk, where I
would find some. We were down N
the basement. and it was rather long
trioup 20 the front Office. and when I
I cot NJ there found some odd work on
nv desk TO put away, 50 that ! mast
! have been gone nearly quarter OF an
hour.
( When came back paused ~ the
/ easement door, and Won can imagine
/ NV surprise to see Ned stretched out
across the table OF the cutting ma
+ chine. pinned down bv the knife and
/ the big ape dancing around him and
occasionally running over TO pinch him
/ or pull his hair or turn The wheel and
( TIGHTEN down the knife 4 tritie. Il vas
/ an awful scene. almost rs though one
/ had dropDed into the torture chamber
Of the Inouisition. where the fanciful
cruelty Of the priests was devlsinT new
/ and rrotesque tortures for theirvlctlms.
Ned told me afterward how 1t hap
: pened. He had been changing the set
/ OF the gauge on the cutting table, and
after loOSeuinT up the screws on the
side where he was st.OdinP. had
thrown himself across. without think
inc. under the blade Of the knife. to
loosen those on the opposite side. That
was apparently just what Gooro had
been looking for. and he spun the
wheel around and caught Ned with the
knife right across the back. The ape
could have cut him IN two just rs easy
a. not and he doubtless wOuld have
done il before ne got through, but he
| seemed 20 want some fun out OF the
performance first. and he sat down on
the end OF the Ia pie. jabbering and
chucllling and pulling Ned's hair, and
every now and then taking another
turn on the wheel.
Then he would loosen mp the knife
till there was almost a chance for Ned
to wriggle ont, but the first move Ned
made the hairy devil would pin him
down to the table again Is | say. !
could not have been gone from the
room more than a quarter Of an hour,
but Ned declared II seemed like two
DAYS. and when l came back Gooro had
lust about made up his mind to finish
the Job. and was screwing down the
knife.
saw what was up as soon as / got "a
the door. and I knew that if | went "a
making any row the gorilla was likely
TO finish Ned of hand and then take a
turn at me, and knew / was no match
siugle handed Tor him in a rough and
tumble fight. I did not have q gun,
and there was not even q pen knife
around the place, 50 far as I knew. but
as was looking around my foot hit
against a big iron scale weight thai
was propping open the door. j
weighed about five pounds. but pickle
It up and threw it a hard as ] knew
how. and it got the ape, a. luck would
have it, right in the back Of the head
ne dropped on the tsbie as though M
had been shot. and l let Ned up IL
hurry But there was no need .
hurry. for the gorilla never kicked
When we looked at him we found th'
blow had broken his neck.
Mr.. Boulder never said word abon
the killing, ard I think ne was rathe
glad to get rid OF the beast but
don't want any more fights with go--i
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