The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-28
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And Hia cite COL Boore Got li
IN His Arm.


counter B tween Col Boone. the lion
fama ana the fierce. man eating
lion. wallace. Both Col Boone and
be itel will be rememoe ed by the
Hundreds who saw the animal show in
the Ml5way during th Eks Carnival
last fall
Wallace the tef.ibie, untar able
Nrn.u rbrs OF the forest. the man
cate wsich nine years ago is alleged
TO have eaten some horsemeat under
tomrulsion ia a Cram4ycy Park stable
unt1 ia police stopped his trainers
frmn i.oae bis p2qr ventyyeatoid
hide. raised particular thunder yes
terday in Huber's Museum ia East
Fourteenth street II the testimony
OF some fifty odd alleged witnesses IS
to be credited Wallace actually sank
his one remaining tooth into the left
arm Of his owner and trainer Col
Daniel Boone of Bradley Beach. N. J.
After a careful examination Of the
lions mouth By an expert dentist It
was declared positively that the tooth
was absolutely unhurt and that it
would continue in its assistance to its
owner in masticating matted milk,
beef extract and other hard things.
As fer Col Boones arm, 1t was his
left arm and he says II wasn't much
use anyway having been paralyzed
years ago in a death struggle in an
African forest
Wallace. the lion, the man eater, is
said on good authority TO be the same
lion whose teeth werG pulled and
claws trimmed in the days OF Col.
Aesop. the famous geological sharp.
However. that may be. an old news
paper man VINO saw Wallace yester-
day says Wallace is the only and
original Wallace who escaped from
his cage" in 1898 anG FOR two days
held undisputed sway over a Gordon
of police and small boys that sur
rounded The stable in East Eighteenth
street. where the terrible beast roar
ed and yelled in answer to his trainers
prods. while innumerable dime mu
scum press agents unwound their
thinking machines. The police finally
got tired Of the hoax ant stopped Il.
Before it was ended, however. Wal.
lace bit man named Phillips.
After that Wallace went into re
+ircment and yesterday was his debut
under Col Boone at the museum. The
lion was watched carefully lest he
should stop his fierce pacing His wig
was carefully dressed by Third av-
enue barber and the irons heated for
curllag HIS hair over the moth holes
The hour Of $3.50 came Col Boone
clad in a corduroy suit OF military cut,
mis- jaw set like a steel mask. walked
out Of his dressing room ana ap-
preached the lion cage. AS for what
happened next read the manage s
story:
He went into the cage by the north
west door AS he did so he fired his
revolver filed with blank cartridges
snce in the iion's face. The lion
jumped back. A woman tainted. The
colonel wheeled around toward the
southeast door of the cage. the other
door having been closed. The coloael
was In the cage with the most feroci-
Gus lion known TO captivity.
The colonel edged to the oiner door,
The lion crept after him. his eyes
cleaning IKE Goals OF re. Then /
noticed that animnls hind legs were
tense with muscular activity. He
sprang, l saw the colonel pull the
trigger. but the hammer fell with a
little click Again he pulled. Again a
click My Cod" says / to myself.
Then there was a crunch. | closed my
eyes. When / opened them expected
10 sec a horrible sight. but the colonel
had succeeded in opening the door
and had got out Blood spurted from
mis- arm, but he stood. although he
was as pale as death
Then somebody sent N call to
Bellevue hospital for an ambulance
and 81 came with Dr. spetnagie. Il
went away wi Col. Boone The hos
pital doctors say his arm reaiiy was
bitten They ossea il up for him
when the portoIs got 10 the mu
scum the announcer got up on the
stand where The Hon cage stood an,
said
Ladies' and gentlemen YOU se'
what has happened J shudder as
think what might have happened q
the colonel had not got away from
this maa.eating Numidian king OF tn
forest, Wallace, the renowned man
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