New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26

AN AWFUL GRAPPLE N DEADFAII PIT.
From The Tacoma CWash) Daily News

AN AWFUL GRAPFLk ~ bNADi An ] ~
From The Tacoma (Wash) Daily News
1t is doubtful II more vicious nemeniSs were ever
carried about in the pocket Of man man nos
inc possession Of Ambrose Larsen, OF Senolie'
Ss. nov %eS on ,l for fcarfully mangled arm
The mementos are four tushes. taken from t'e l'a
OF brown bear the animal "Alc" I"''0''u '"' -
Sc narrative Of the incidents leading up 70
aronv endured BY the man. and ms cool intrepdlty
under the suffering He was net yrS'edHGy AFTER
IL have PreIemp' niles o' back Of sehome There
have been living with my family for the last six
wears Improving the place raising some stock and
te e1,ihnS two Of NV pigs were killed by bears
hunted and waited UP OF nights for the bear, b pt
nlacnc il directly in the only trail the marauders
could reach the pigpen BY acpir'nncn ~ on {'',
the iarrcst have ever seen during lifetime spent
' bau TC and broken its back ANNA
syT nGwTE9T SM nto s head and the bef
II then climbed down into the pit TO see the best
means Of getting 10 work al sklnnng the animal
In doing this it was necessary for me- TO pass my
right arm under the bears head. no sooner had
was no aVoul , hn' he lboW sinking lis Pushes
claws into the leg Of my right boot Fortunately.
and and had leaned it against the side as happened
within reach Of my eft hand. The bear had me
securely pinioned. and J cond ZEE ms llsles
crunching on the bone Of my arm What ne agony
Ugs Won can only imagine. cannot describe IT,
Getting the rife stock between my knee. man
aged 10 work he loading lever with my left hand
and pscns NE pe nI"c 6o sbo SEN, The bg brute
into It's dying throes. Like a vse It's Jaws settle
mai ocsh and bone must sunder. and the weight
OF the bea s head and shoulders would tear the
However. endurance could not stand M under r, a
ri0o bv The same tactics as before ! rammcd tho
barrel Of the gun alongside this. where space
faf II arc
mark ~ tho rifle barrel upon 10. and. showing m"
weanon as far down the brutes throat my fail
ing strength would allow Of. fired.
The bear was undoubtedly already dead, put
only slight ree%anon % us Jaws Io"& Thc bniG
Of the claw on ny boot. however. relaxed. With
mis- i've I 6 EnnGd AS P forcfd ny The
laws omen Cod only knows the awful agony en-
aured dprns I ha PyffF W6 mH ref at NV I grit
gave out and tainted. The next knew my wife
and nclghhorlng rancher were beside ne IN the
nil endeavorine 10 stanch the bleeding from my
arm My wife had become alarmed at my long alb
sence. ard. knowing my GRAND When ieii IN ne
morning had made her way 10 the bear deadfall.
Unable on account Of her feeble streng,h 10 raise ,
next cabin adjoining ours TO procure the n"ighbor
q was taken to Fairhaven and thence TO Vic
toria Everything has been done that tho surgeons
OF the Northwest are capable OF. ana thai - Prod
had good doctors The crunched bone Of my arm
VIII not Knit or form FFe time one OF fh rag rag
nents OF bone comes 10 the skin u forms an I!crr
nv arm where the bears Il shes penetrated, Is a
mass OF useless flesh. The pain comes from II
Constantly ! had decided 10 Undergo an ampuia-
ION when n friend told me o. a surgeon In san
Francisco who had performed several difhcut oper,
at,nre In cutting away and peclnC out OF diseased
bone matter. and am going 10 him ne last hope
~ he cannot help me the arm must come on TOT
: cannot stand this awful constant pain much
longer , 49,. ....A.o .h,.
a News" reporter secured one 81 me tushcs IN, :
us sunk into Larscn's arm. Looking az the
vicious deadly fang IL Is not hard TO Imagine what
the woodsman endured while III MS Iie-'"o-' e"'n
rrapple with the bear