Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-15
First Victim of the Hunt Did
Not Fall a Victim to the
Presidents Winchester.
RETURNED TO CAMP FOR LUNCH
BY Moving From His Position Roose-
welt Missed Chance For Shot at a
Lean 235-Pound Black Bear-Execu-
tive Not In Camp at Dark.

SmedeS, Miss, NOV. lo.-A lean
black bear, which weighs 235 pounds,
is hanging up at the presidents
camp on the Little Sunfower, but to
the regret of the entire party the
first trophy of the hunt did not fall
to the presidents Winchester. The
bears trail was struck by the E.ounds
soon after the party started -yester.
day morning.
AS, soon as the dogs gave tongue
the president and his guides plunged
through the dense underbrush in pur'
suit. To save the president needless
hard riding through the brush, Holt
Collier directed Mr.. Foote to take
the president along the trail to a GER
tain cutoff. The president and Mr.
Foote rode to the assigned station.
The trail of the bear carried the yelp-
ing hounds out Of hearing, and shortly
after noon Mr.. toote abandoned hope
that the quarry would come back
their way and he and the president
returned to camp for lunch.
About q mile beyond this point
bruin, exhausted by his long race,
ran into a water hole and turned upou
the dogs. Holt Collier jumped from
his horse, and, clutching his rifle,
knocked the game over with a blow
on the head. Then he blew his horn
in token that the quarry had been
brought to bay.
A messenger was sent back for the
president. Meantime Holt roped the
bear and tied him to tree. When
the president arrived he would neither
shoot it nor permit it to be shot.
Put it cut of its misery" said he
to Mr.. Parker, ana the latter ended
it's life with his knife.
"If the colonel had stayed whar I
put him." said the aggrieved Holt,
he would 'er done got this yere one"
Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Parker also re-
turned to camp, but at dark when the
Associated Press correspondent left,
there was no sign Of the president,
and some anxiety was manifested lest
the president in his enthusiasm would
get too far away and be forced to
sleep on the trail
All kinds of expedients were at
tempted by newspaper correspond
ents to get to camp, but without
avail. Every trail leading into the
woods was guarded and no negro
could be found who cared to risk max
ing an attempt to guide visitors III.
Two outside newspaper men, how
ever, did succeed in getting within
half a mile of camp. They were
stopped by two negro guards with
guns.
"You have no legal right to stop
u.s." declared the correspondents.
This is the only faw we know, "
replied the negro, tapping his shot
gun. The newspaper men started
back and then tried the ruse Of riding
around the guards, but the latter.
who had mules, knew the woods bet
ter and cut them off almost in sight
Of camp. This time Freedman Wal
lace, one Of the guards, turned the
Q1SCOnHIeQ correspondents UdCh at
the point of his shotgun.
Some of the negroes Of the sur
rounding plantations have knocked
off work at cotton picking since the
presidential party arrived and are
spending their time hanging around
the telegraph Office in the box car Oh
the siding. When one Of the planta,
tion managers demonstrated with one
Of them he replied:
Deed, marsa, l can't work till dis
excitement is over"
One of the newspaper men here
yesterday morning tried to bribe a
darkey to show him the way to the
presidents camp. He offered the ne
gro s25.
Deed. mistah," responded the
negro, 81 wouldn't take you out there
for a million dollars. Mistah Man.
gum told us any of us who took white
men there would be shot or hung, an
amt goin' to take no chances"