The evening world., 1895-05-17
BIG BEAR BIT A GIRL.
Amelia Heintz's Encounter With
Tame" Animal
Bruin Had Escaped from His Keeper
at Ridsewood.
Chased the Girl, Rugged, Bit Her
and Tore Her Clothing.

Little Amelia Heintz. the thirteen.
year-old daughter OF Herman Heintz,
lies tossing in feverish half-delirium at
her home, 1928 De kalb avenue. Brook
lyn, as the result OF an encounter last
Sunday with a tame" black bear In
the streets Of the City Of Churches.
The little girl had been with her
father part way on his newspaper de-
livery route ou' ewards RidEewood.
and was returning alone to her home.
when q man emerged from one OF the
many picnic parks that abound in this
neighborhood, leading a young black
bear by a chain.
The bear was two and half feet high
bigger than 81 Bernard dog, the
little girl thought. Its little. blinking
black eyes caught sight OF the child.
who. full Of fear Of the animal. was
qulckening her steps. She was In WyckofI
avenue. the bear suddenly made q
break for freedom and got away from
his keeper. He rushed towards little
Amelia. his mouth open, and his long,
sharp teeth glittering.
Amelia was almost paralyzed with
fear. and 1t was not until the beas,
was within few feet Of her that she
regained her power OF motion. Then she
ran screaming towards the corner OF
Greene street.
Just as she turned the corner she felt
heavy paw on her dress and her
skirts were torn into strips. Strength
ened and made desperate by fear, the
child turned and gave battle to her
assailant. She fought bravely to free
herself. while a crowd Of men, gathered
by her screams. stood off, afraid to 60 to
SHOUTED to the air 10 get a club!'
The bear had Rugged the little girl in
of. when his attendant, having recov-
cred his senses, rushed up, and seizine
the chain, tugged vainly at II In ar
fought He sank his teeth into the cali
of Amelia's leg and hung on for some
seconds.
AT last the beast was overpowered ant
frenzy Of fright. her clothing hanging ii
shreds and stained with blood tina
trickled from an ugly wound in her let
and from many minor cuts an.
scratches. ran screaming down Wyckof
There she met her father. who ha'
completed his route AMI was returning g
At sight Of her father the child's cour
age and pluck collapsed. her over
wrought nerves gave way, her muscle
wilted, and she sank In a dead faint a
his feet.
It was the fathers turn to be fright
ened now. He gathered his little girl Il
his arms and d.d his best to restore he
in agoni.sd tones to tell am what ha
Xt last her eyes opened. The colo
began to return to her cheeks. and hsl
she exclaimed:
=. "oh. papa p &, . ,,s, s,,s bear got me in hi
.,"Nonsense. it must have been = dos,
Mr.; Hsintz replied much nd rei1sved nas ma,
But the child Insisted that it was
bear. and, carrying her IN her arms
came Upon the crowd Of men and boy
at the corner, where he learned that sh
had actually been attacked by bea a;
from the msnaEer,e Jacob IN thf asIner plen
Hotel. known as Ridgewood Grove.
Heintz went stra.Ght to Benner
where Amelia's wounds were fixed up
to walk home. Benner said: -
Saly SsnSsd Y IS I,t ,G play with the lille girl
But the neighbors are indignant. 70
don and Is too dangerous In his mood
| to be allowed 10 i've IN CITY. 1ney Sd
the animal has recently attacked sev
eral people. including his keeper.
Meantime Mrs. Heintz. the child
mother. who runs a little bakery in he
house, has had five days Of anxiou
worry and watching beside her, darling
, bedside, for when Amelia got home sh
was faint and weak and went straigf
to bed. That night she complained {
; pains in her leg and pains in her heat
. and tossed and raved all night.
In the morning she grew worse, an
was finally. SO III that Or. Willial
in. The physician dressed the wound
and prescribed a sedative. He Quiete
the parents, telling them the chilli woul
, be all right in a little while, but that b
thought the child'e condition was yer
serious is eviderc ced by the fact that +
carefully watched her case ever since
DR. Neuss said to-day, however, ths
= little Amelia had improved from tt
first, and he felt that all danger WI
1 past, and she would now recover raj
. Idly.
I There is a "menagerie" connected wit
: nearly all of the picnic parks. be,
gardens and the like at Ridgewood, II
collections including bears. lions. tiger
wolves and other uncanny beasts, ar
I the neighborhood is thoroughly wOrke
0 up against them by the troubles I
Amelia Heintz.