El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-15
AN IMMENSE JAGUAR
KILLED NE,R EN6LE. AND AN
OTHER ONE ENCOUN TERED.

II Is E,Ident That there Is Some
Good bunting In That Sectio on,
and the Natives Are Getting A
Trlfle Excited Extraordinary
Dimensions of the Beast Killed.
special Correspondence Of the He AID
ENGLE, N. M, Dec. 10-Yesterday.
sunday, December 9, Louis o. Morris,
being camped in the hills, doing some
assessment work, was walking over
the hills. near the camp, when he dis
covered an immense jaguar or Amerl-
can tiger coming straight toward him.
He opened fire on him with a 3O-3O
rifle. and after firing eleven shots, the
monster lay dead, with three mortal
wounds in his head and body, not more
than fifteen feet from where young
Morris was standing.
The measurements are as follows:
Length from tip to tip, seven feet, nine
inches; height, thirty-four inches;
around head twenty-five inches; length
of tusk. two inches; length OF tail,
twenty-five inches; around fore foot,
nine inches; length of foot. eight inch
es: length of hind foot, ten inches.
The hide was taken to Engle today,
to be shipped Immediately to taxi
dermist in Kansas City to be dressed,
and while there will be exhibited at
the Manual Training High school. and
will then be returned to New Mexico.
While such ferocious animals are
roaming around these mountains. 1t
will be we'll for prospectors, and visi-
tors travelling through these parts, to
be we'll armed.
The immense tracks that have been
seen so often in these mountains. and
attributed to mountain lions. have
finally revealed their identity. as the
killing of this animal will show.
The worst feature of this animal, is
tnat he did not wait to be attacked,
but when he first saw young Morris.
started after him, with leaps from ten
to fifteen feet at a line, and the slayer
said he lost TO time in working the
lever of his gun.
IL
prowl around these hills without his
gun and plenty of cartridges. and his
eyes we'll opened.
LATER. Dec 11-Today, Dan O'Shea
while passing from Engle to Las Palo-
mas. just at the west foot of the noun
tains, encountered second tiger, about
two and one half miles from where
the one was killed last Sunday.
he fired two shots at the animal, but
his horse and burro, seeing it, took
fright, and ran away, jerking O'Shea
over a steep bluff, badly bruising and
skinning his left arm. The burro, go
ing over the bluff. smashed his pack.
so in the fray. O'Shea lost sight of
,-e animal.
At first, the idea prevailed that the
animal had escaped from show that
passed through the country some
months ago, but now 1t is known, that
it was not alone.
During light snow about two weeks
ago, the tracks of three were seen in
the snow about two weeks ago, the
tracks of three were seen in the snow
within less than a mile of where the
one was killed.
We have sold four Winchesters, and
an order is out for three more, and also
we have sold four hundred and forty
rounds of cartridges, and have ordered
five hundred and fifty more. So It.
seems, from all indications that the
miners and prospectors are determined
to rid the vicinity of such dreaded ami
mails.
ed loss from these animals and have
been charging it to the account of lobo