The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-11
Tales Told ON Teddy.

A. S. Trude, a well known lawyer Of
chicago, says the New York World, IS thus
quoted by Chicago reporter VINO inter-
viewed him on his return from a hunting
trip out west:
I can give you an amusing version Of
now Theodore Roosevelt. the New York
police commissioner, killed that big CHINA
mon bear he talks about in his published
stories had been hunting for bear with
out success, and Old Beaver, my guide,
suggested that he trap a bear and let me
XIII II IN the trap. i objected, as IL was
not my idea Of sportsmanship, but the
guide said that was the way Mr.. ROose-
Welt killed bear. l learned that Mr..
Roosevelt had found big cinnamon bear
IN trap one morning, and the guide and
az! stood around TO watch the New York
er Workmanship. He fired at the captive
bear and wounded il. The bear yelped as
only wounded bear can yelp, and the
New Yorker cut for tall timber, falling
over a pack saddle in his fight. The bear
came near getting free, and the guide
urged Mr.. Roosevelt to fire again. Mr..
roosevelt raised mis- gun, but 1t wavered
50 that the guide and his companions took
the bear.
well. found out that it took five more
shots to kill that trapped bear. OF course
l don't know anything about IL, but / am
inclined TO accept the story told by the
old guide, Beaver"
That's a lie" said MIR. Roosevelt yes
terday when shown this story, and that
man Trude, whoever he may be, is a liar.
l never shot a trapped bear in my life,
Beaver. the only guides with whom 1
have ever hunted bear were named Willis,
Merriield and Griffin. 1 have Killed bear
with these men, and they all know me. /
repeat emphatically that Mr.. Trude of
Chicago is a liar
Chicago, Oct. ga. S. Trude is still ridi-
culing the prowess of Police Commits
sioner Theodore Roosevelt as a nimrod.
lie says the story of shooting the trapped
pear IS told by Guides Ed Marian anG
But they tell another story about Mr..
roosevelt which Is even more Ridiculous
SAID Mr. Trude. He was hunting with
these same guides on Percimeri creek
Whlch IS the Indian name for a stream
that rise and falls again Mr. Roosevelt
wanted to Kill mountain goat, and after
several days hunting which proved ru-
tile, he said he would give $50 10 bag one
Marian went out one day and killed d
goat de and Beaver placed it at the top
OF the MIL, sixty feet high, so that IL
seemed to be looking over the edge ana
braced 1t up with a stick so that any
snght disturbance would make the goat
tumble over
The following morning the guides led
roosevelt to the spot. The goat was sight-
ca ana Roosevelt was afforded his long
Of these animals. He fired three times
turbed. ~
Then a change of base was suerestec
Ed slipped around in one direcfio5 snc
Beaver and Roosevelt crept aWav in an
other; Beaver kept Roosevelt engaged I'm
bi,d u i@"leu up the ledge and hid be-
nina the goat. Then Roosevelt blaz-
go away. Ed: pulled out the peg ana
me goat tumbled over. When Rooseve,r
anu BeaNer reached the spot Ed. had re-
moved all traces of the little Job that had
Deen set up on this mighty hunter.
We will get you a goat is a common
oppression among guides in that Section
Roosevelt is no hunter / have heard ina
ms Elk hunting consisted of driving re-
nales and young elk into a ravine ana
siauSnter them. l would be willing to her
that l could get any pnfda IL, az 3 1870 -
70 stand within 800 feet of Roosevelt and
let MIN blaze away at him ali dav'i5