The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-14
PANTHER LOOSE
Panic Among wild Animals on the
Steamship Pisa.
BRUTE KILLED BY A KEEPER.
stesrage Passengers Badly Fright
ened, But No One Was Hurt-A
Record Cargo of Beasts.

NEW YORK. May l3.-As the steam
ship Pisa, from Hamburg dropped an
chor Oh the South Central Pier, in
brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, there
came from that part OF her known as
mo. 2 tween decks" q chorus Of ami
NAL sounds. They were from a cargo
OF beasts sait to be the largest ever
brought across the Atlantic. In II were
elephants, Tigers. leopards, camels and
other kinds of animals, together with
a large assortment Of birds and rep
tales.
With the exception of one night the
trip was outlet in No, . tween decks"
But In that one right, Jake, the unruly
sacred panther, caused enough trouble
10 throw the whole ship into a panic.
As was afteIward learned, he had been
enawing the wooden edges Of his cage
for days, and enough progress had been
ma lie by that night to dislodge two OF
the iron bars that separated him from
freedom. Creeping out stealthily. he
made his way to the elephants corner.
and then. uttering n piercing Shrek he
leaped in the air, and landed on the
trunk OF the Goddess Diana, 4 three
year-old elephant of mild disposition.
Then pandemonlum was turned loose.
Diano reared and kicked as the pan
theirs claws tore long strips of flesh
from her trunk, and all the other ele-
plants, ten in number, sent up answer
ing bowls. Over in the far end OF the
menagerie six big tigers growled and
tore at their cage bars, while boa-con-
strIctors hlssed bears grunted. and
more than 1000 canary birds emitted
terrified cl,lrps.
Kangaroos, camels, leOpards and the
rest. Joined in the chorus, the only ST.
lent members OF the party being
pair OF flyIng foxes. which were swung
10 the ceiling In a wire cage. They
played their part, however, for one Of
them managed to open the door OF his
prison in some way. after which they
few, head downward, according to
their custom, straight toward the cause
Of the fracas. Alighting on his back
they bit him about the ears and head
until he relaxed his hold on the Goddess
Diana, and fed to corner. Then the
1ying foxes returned to their cage.
MeanWQllet OVV AiAAhbAAAlt9' "iiS "NaS
in the rear OF the ship, and only sepa-
rated from the animals by thin par
tition, were trying to offset the noises
made by the animals. The men
howled Justify. uncertain whether the
boat was sinking, or the last day at
hand. and the women wept aloud or
tainted, as was most convenient. Siren
uous efforts on the part OF the officers
in charge of that quarter were neces-
sary to keep them from crowding up
through the hatchways and stamped
ing the decks.
Four men. Second Officer H. Won
Marbouf. and the three keepers who
had the animals In charge, had rushed
down. into the menagerie meanwhile.
Hardly had Won Marbrcm reached the
foot Of the ladder, when Jake, the
panther. dived at him, tearing away
the front Of his coat, but not striking
the flesh. The officer lodged back up
the ladder forthwith. preceded by the
keepers, and then the four held a coun-
ell Of war. Lanterns were swung down
into the darkness below, in order to
locate Jake, who was seen making for
his corner at the first approach OF
light.
Karl zeller. one Of the keepers. then
procured 4 Mauser rife and cautiously
descended again. In less than min
ute after the escaped beast lay dead
where he had sought refuge. and the
trouble was over save for the cries OF
the other animals, which could not be
Quieted for hours.
After most OF the noise had died away
one elephant sin refused to be paci-
fed. He was the biggest Of the lot,
named Canuri. and his cage was on
the upper deck. because there was not
roo. for him below According to
the ships officers. his yells. which he
VIII utter on a commend from his
Reeoer, did away with the necessity Of
fog horn when they were sailing
along the Banks.
Most OF the animals came from the
FAgentack Geological Gardens, in Ber-
lin. ard nearly all were consigned to
William B7rtels. OF this city. Ultl-
matcIy they will be divided among
Phlladeiphll. Pittsburgh. Cincinnati.
Chicago and the Glen Island Zoologlcll
Gardens. The chief keeper during the
voyage was George Springer.
In the cargo were eleven elephants.
six tigers, 1000 canary birds, one yak,
two trained gnus. 800 monk 4ys, twelve
ostriches. two boxing kangaroos. pu-
ma. an ibis Cslcrcd bird Of the NIle),
fourteen leop1rds and fifty boxes OF