Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-15
FIRST BEAR FALLS TO KNIFE
President Gives Up Too Early and Will Not
Shoot RUped Beast.
LATER wANDtRs OFF AND MAY BE LOST
GuIdes Fear Roosevelt May Have
10 sleep on Trail, a. He
Faus TO Return 81
Dark.

bear which weighs 225 pyunds is hanging
in the presidents camp on the Little sun
flower, but did not fall to him.
The bears trail was struck by the hounds
soon after the party started this morn
ing. The members Of the party, except
the president, Mr.. Foote, Mr.. Parker and
Holt Collier. had been stationed ct the
various crossings and as soon as the dogs
gave tongue. the president and his guides
plunged through the dense underbrush In
pursuit. Within a few minutes the dogs
showed the direction the quarry was TAX
ing and Holt Collier. Immediately made up
his mind we're the animal would come out.
To save the president needless hard rid
ing through the brush, He directed Mr..
Foote to take the president along the
trail to a certain cutoff. This was done
and the president and Mr.. Foote, rode to
the assigned station. On their way several
swamp deer jumped UP, but no EFFORT was
made to get a shot at them.
Then for several hours they waited.
Gives I'm and Goes Home.
The trail Of the bear carried the yelping
hounds out OF hearing and shortly after
noon Mr.. Foote abandoned hope that the
quarry would come back their way and
he and the president returned to camp
tut luuCH'. q T1du lhtg lChihAhou AhoS "pNAN
have had a shot, as the bear with the pack
at Its heels crossed at almost the exact
spot which Holt had indicated.
About a mile beyond this point, exhausted
by the long race, one. bear ran into a water
hole and turned upon the dogs. They were
all over him In an instant. The poor beast
was too exhausted to make much OF a
fight, but he grabbed one Of the hounds,
killing It instantly. AS the bear was maxi
ing a swipe with its paw at another, Holt
Collier jumped from his horse and, clutch
ing his rife. knocked him over with a blow
on the head. Meantime he blew his horn
in token that the quarry had been brought
to bay. A messenger was sent back for the
president.
Then Holt roped the bear and tied him
to a tree. When the president arrived
he would neither shoot 1t nor permit II
to be shot.
Put it out Of its misery" said he 10
Mr.. Parker, and the latter ended It's life
with his knife.
bear the dogs struck a fresh trail and the
president. Mr.. Foote, MIR. Mangum, Mr..
Cortelyou and DR.. Lung followed It.
"If the colonel had stAid whsr I put him, -
said the aggrieved Holt, "be would'er done
got this yere one"
Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Parker also returned
to camp, but at dark there was no sign OF
the president and some anxiety was mani
tested lest he In his enthusiasm, would get
too far away and be forced to sleep on the
trail.
Reporters stopped by Armed Men.
None of the small army of newspaper
men and photographers who followed tht
l nNoGfdAnN hAea
today. The only reporters allowed wer,
the three Associated Press representative,
who came. with the party. All kinds o
expedients we're attempted by the others I,
get to camp,-bNt without avail. Ever,
& trail leading INTO the woods was gusrdet
and no negro could be found who caret
to risk making an ATTEMPT to guide visi
tors in.
Two outside newspaper men did, however
succeed in getting within half a mile O
camp. They procured horses and foIloweI
a blaSed trail until they we're stopped b.
two negro guards with guns.
"You have no, legal right to stop u.s." de
clsred the correspondents.
This is the only law we know" reptile,
the negro, tapping his shotgun.
The newspaper men started back and the
tried the ruse Of riding around the guards
out the latter' VINO had mules, knew tn
woods better and cut them of almost 4
sight OF camp. This time Freedman Wal
lace, one OF the guards, turned the dis
committed correspondents back at the poin
Of his shotgun.
The correspondents left with vaEu
threats of legal. proceedings against Wa
lace, but as the camp and country for mile
around is the private property OF tn
Illinois Central. 1t IL not probable that
: legal action would hold. Besides. Mr.. Man
gum, who is managing the hunt. lie tn
magistrate before whom the case would b
= tried.