The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-27
SKIRTS BRIGHTEN
TIMBER WOLF
Brute Attacks Masquerader
Disguised as Carrie Ma
ton, but Turns Tail.

A serious state of affairs has de-
veloped in the northwest corner of
Hennepin county, in the region for
merly known as the big woods dis
trict, along the banks of the Grow
river. There are several thousand
acres of timber and swamp country,
inaccessible to ordinary traffic, Ell
Their in summer or in winter, ana the
entire region is infested with timber
wolves of enormous size and great fe-
rocity. Farmers travelling out of Has
san are compelled to go armed, and
there is a village regulation which
provides for the carrying of firearms
by persons leaving the limits at night.
The wolves are Of the gray variety.
They are nearly as large as New
foundland dogs, and the same type
as that which infests the northern
woods. Several years ago these wolves
became so thick that hunting parties
of several hundred men were annually
organized in Minneapolis, and siren
uOus efforts made to eXterminate the
brutes. But there is no more subtle
dodger than the gray wolf, and these
expeditions usually resulted in nothing
more tangible than the hides of a few
rabbits and a fox or two. During the
day these wolves lie in the swamps and
may be within fifteen or twenty feet of
a person passing them without his sus-
pecting that there is anything alive
in the vicinity.
w. H. Lammas, 1909 Aldrich avenue,
a carpenter and contractor, is the lat
est victim Of the wolves in the big
timber" Lammas started out Monday
evening to go to a dance at Hassan.
He drove to house on the outskirts
of the timber, several miles from town,
and there donned his masquerade suit,
which was intended to represent Carrie
Nation.
He wore voluminous skirts, a poke
bonnet and other female impedimenta.
He also carried a Ratchet with which
to destroy the bars, which do not
exist in Hassan township. After he
had left the house of his friend and
gone about half mile into the tim
Der he was startled by the bowls of
q pack of wolves. Realizing that he
might have difficulty in reaching his
destination If confronted by the pack,
he attempted to retrace his steps, when
he was attacked with the utmost feroc-
tty by large gray wolf, which evil
IDENTIFY had been suffering for some
time with hunger. Lammas is an old
woOdSman, and he recognized the des-
peration of the animal, being aware
that creatures of this breed do not
attack human beings unless pushed to
desperation.
The contractor struck at the wolf
several times with Mrs. Nations hat
Chef and succeeded in wounding II
badly, but the weapon, which really
frightened the animal away, was a
purely feminine one
Lammas lifted the skirts he was
wearing and shook them in the face
Of the wolf, at the same time Shrek
ing like a Siwash river on a Vancou-
Yer bust. The wolf promptly turned
tail and skunk into the forest, where
upon Lammas gathered his skirts about
him and linked" for the Woodmen's
hall at Hassan at a three minute gait
His wounds were dressed, and he was
taken care Of The only danger now
existing is that Of hydrophobia, but
Lammas appears to have no fear OF
this himself. In conversation with a
representative of The Globe last
night he declared that this was the
closest call he had ever had in his life.