The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14

| the terrible effects of that unerring ain
were telling by seconds on him, and he
himself did not know it. He had brave
ly withstood an equal foe but now brute
force was in conflict with the subtle but
| telling power mans brain.
| Suddenly as they watched he threw UP
his massive head and turned and delib-
erately walked across the pen. But his
steps, at first so confident and well placed,
became more and more unsteady. He tot
tered and staggered, and his movements
showed a growing weakness. Then the
scene was intense and all hearts beat in
sympathy with the death of the stricken
brute who. five minutes before, could
have easily put whole regiment of them
to flight. A look of beseeching, pftiful en-
! treaty seemed to come from those swollen
eyes, as he looked up into the faces of
the strained and watching audience. Then
he staggered fearfuIly once more, whirI-
ed around twice and gave up the unequal
struggle.
The shot from the faultless gun in the
hands of a. half century adept had done
, its terrible work. Internally there was
working the effects of death. With
YEARLY, stretched out his massive frame,
kicked a few times convulsively, and with
last dying gasp was gone, the most
magnificent specimen of his species. Then
the crowd rushed in, but Fred Dold and
his men and the policeman warned them
that a last spaem might revive him
enough to kill some one yet, and they fell
back. Henry Giraffe with belt of sharp
knives, was promptly on the spot and
with two thrusts of the knife had severed
the Jugular vein. Five stalwart men
threw themselves on the almost lifeless
body and crowded out the gushing blood
Then two big white horses. Fred and
Jim" of the Dold plant came UP with a
large stone boat, and under the personal
supervision of Mr.. Fred bold the carcass
was loaded and taken over TO the packing
plant. There a force Of men was IN wait
ing and with specially tmprovised tackle
the carcass was hoisted up to the cattle
killing floor and the foreman, Henry
Giraffe, commenced work to remove the
hide from the body under the personal
supervision of Charlie Payne, who is the
most expert taXiderrnist this side of the
Mississippi. The work there demonstrate
ed that Buffalo Bin was right in his aim.
The ball pierced the blood vessels of the
lungs, cut the main artery of the heart,
and landed between the fourth and fifth
ribs, slightly grazing one rib and fatten-
ing Itself to the size of a quarter The
shot entered the body Just behind the
right front leg and was imbedded on the
opposite side, after piercing all the vital
organs, thus proving the unerring skill
and craftsmanship Of the firer.
The bison weighed 200 pounds; meas
ured 10 feet from tip of nose to root of
tail; feet 10 inches from tip of toes to
top of withers; and feet inches girth.
Buffalo Bill had not snot at a buffalo
before in twenty-four years, and had not
fired that gun before in ten years. II was
not his buffalo gun, either, but one he
had used for antelope and deer. Never
theless it did the work and he showed
his prowess.
Many kilograms have been received for
steaks from the animal, but Mr. Payne
has determined TO first serve Wichita citi-
zens. The buffalo was IA years old and
was the largest in captivity.