The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-08-15
ANIMALS COMMIT MURDER.
Dumb Brutes That Long Cherish
Their Enmities Toward Men
and Finally Kill Them.

In almost every part of the world
man-killing by animals is common
enough, but cases where man is
murdered deliberately by an animal
are quite rare, says the New York
Press. There have been cases,
though, where animals have killed
men in such a manner that had they
been bipeds instead of quadrupeds
they would have been tried for and
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree. Stories of several murders by
animals come from England. A Lin
colnshire bull suddenly evinced a
hatred for its owner, and the farm
er had need of the greatest agility to
avoid the animal whenever he hap
pened to be in the same field with it..
With every one else on the farm the
bull was as gentle as could be and
even would come to the farm hands
to be petted in response to a pecul-
lar call. One day farm hand work
ing in field saw the bull, which was
grazing in a meadow near by, walk
to a gate leading to the yard of the
house, lift the latch with his nose
and pass through. In the yard was
the farmer, asleep in chair tilted
against the side of the house. The
bull seemed to know that the farmer
was asleep and stealthily approached
him. The farm hand, realizing what
the animal was about, ran with a
pitchfork to try to prevent the i'm
pending murder, but he was too late.
The bull paused within half a dozen
PAGES of the sleeping farmer, lowered
his head and made a furious rush,
pinning the man against the side of
the building and killing him instant
ly. Without waiting to gore his VIC
tim the bull turned and strolled out
into the meadow again.
A corporal in a native Indian regi-
ment was murdered by monkey.
The monkey had been caught young
and had been kept as pet by an
officer of the regiment, who was
fond of him on account of the I'M
usual intelligence he showed. It was
the duty of certain corporal to feed
the monkey and one day he accident
ally gave it some food which caused
it great pain. The monkey never
forgot or forgave the corporal,
though another soldier was assigned
to the duty of feeding the animal.
One morning the officer awoke to
find his pet, which slept in the same
room, missing. He dressed hastily
and went out. The first thing he
heard was that the corporal had
been found in his company-room with
his throat cut, the monkey sitting on
his body toying with razor. The
razor subsequently was identified as
one belonging to the officer and had
been left on the table in his room
when he went to bed the preceding
night. To commit the crime the
monkey must have gone out, razor
in hand, into the pitch-dark night,
walked 200 yards to the mems quar-
tiers, slipped past the guard and
made his way down long corridor
to the room where the corporal was
sleeping. No one saw the monkey
until after the murder had been COM
mitted.
A boy of IS was murdered by a
race horse, which had taken a violent
dislike to him. It is believed that
the boy at some time had leased or
maltreated the horse, for it was gen
tleness itself with every one else.
The boy was warned not to go near
the horse, but one day he entered a
loose box stall where his enemy was
confined. The horse at once knocked
the boy down, grabbed him by the
back of his waistcoat with his teeth
and beat his brains out by slamming
him against the sides of the stall.
The horse kept would-be rescuers at
bay while he was committing his
murder by kicking violently. Having
killed the boy, he allowed the stable
hands to enter the stall without try
ing to do them harm. There have
been several instances where ele-
plants have watched an opportunity
and murdered their keepers, against
whom they had some grievance, per-
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