New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
STEERS CAUSE TERROR
OFFICER NEARLY KILLED
Nan Driucn into Rivcr-T Thousands
Join ia Chase.

Five fur grown steers escaped from their
handlers 20 Fortieth-st. and the North River
yesterday afternoon and for three hours ran up
AND down the avenues and streets ca the lower
West side. causing terror - pedestrians. Patrol
man Daniel Muilane Of the West 'Thirty-sev-
cnth-si. station. and Michael Ellis. q livestock
handler we're tho only persons injured ry tho
animals bat several persons had narrow escapes
crowd 81 about five Thousand chased the
steers through tho streets shouting ana throw
INK missiles az the animals. thereby making
jhen I'll the more frantic
Several hundred ~ the animals arrived a. the
pier 80 Portfolios. in cattle barge early in ;h~
day. Ia he transported on = New York central
'rain. limo of ropes WAS stretched along the
7ier from one end 90 the other. and between the
-opes the cattle guided. Nearly all tho
animals had been taken Of the barge when the
eve which caused the disturbance Were led to
the pier The first 81 the I'VE steers TO walk
Gown the pier was very large animal IL had
Sone about haIfray when II stopped and de-
Hheratelv placed i;s head under one - The
cuide-opps and threw Il over SITS back II then
walked % The edge of The pier and stood still
The -four other steers apparently grew fright
ruei as tho crowd shouted. and plunged through
-he ropes. Tho pier Mas then IN an Uproar.
Tho lives;o-z handlers surrounded tho 7ai'nals
pu6 tried 70 drive thcrn back 10 tho rope-.
suddenly one 90 mo staers covered its heaa ana
mace for JOIN Brennan. one or the handlers.
Rr-0i a. waved his hands and tried To head the
animal or bat whom he saw that it was deter
mined 70 do him injury no to the head 81
rho pie- and 59wpcd into the river. Brennan.
who good swimmer. swan - the pier AZ
Thirty hist. a05 was helped out of the
vs-e~
TWO or TIRE ANIMALS CAPTURED.
THE steers. after running down TweIfth-ave..
separated three running through Thirty-ninth-
g 20 Eleventh-ave. and the remaining two hack
20 the pier from which they had escaped. There
they were captured and safely lodged in the cat
'Ie pen attached to Joseph Stern's slaughter
house. near hy.
The olhcr animals were met at Eleventh-ave.
De- tho reserves Of the West Thrty-seventh-st.
and West Thriieth-st stations which had been
summoned. and were under the command 81
Eounds,nen Atberron and Walsh. The police
men waved their clubs AT the steers hut this
only had the effect Of frightening The animals
su the more and they ran down Eleventh-ave.
~ TWeuty-ninth-st. Tire crowd had been in
creasinc al the time until the avenue was black
with people.
Al Twenty-ninth-st. one OF the steers turned
east and the other two west. The one that went
east ran into = lamppost and fell down. Will
lam Brock of No 4q7 Eleventh-ave-. who was
or "a horse. lassoed the animal vhen Ct arose.
and took 81 10 the slaughter house OF solomon
lew at West Portfolios.
A. Tv-enty-nirth-st and tho North River. and
running south TO TNerty-eighth-s are the
milk Yards ~ the Ner-- York Central Railroad 4.
INTO which tho steers ran. The wards are in
closed h., = high fence on the sides. and a.
-s--er. ond are big gates. The gates were closed
"re0 the steers were inside the yards. leaving
.-.-l in IN Enclosure about 80 feet wide and 10
S-sr -o0g. Livestock handlers and policemen
.r.-s-al the cards 80 capture the animals, while
-.a crowd climbed onto the fence, making a
.7e not unlike arona AZ Spanish hullHght.
-r. steers we've lassoed without difficulty.
ENABLE TO THROW STEER.
rr7o log steer that had chased Brennan into
---e voter ~ Tortieth-sf. alone remained ~ Hh-
.-t-. Michael Ellis. ? handler. went close NJ
-n -h~ animal and threw the lasso he held in
his hands The loop went over the steers mead
md satr'ed on its shoulders. Ellis gave p pull
md tried 10 throw the steer but was unsus-
ressful. Then the animal started 20 run AROUND
tne ward. Ellis tried 20 let 60 OF the rope hut
ft had become entangled with his legs, and he
was thrown off his feet He had been dragged
over the car tracks for about twenty feet. when
man. who was known to the crowd as Piggy
wiCgy" got in front of the animal The steer
stopped. and Ellis managed to extricate himself
Piggy Wiggv" had no coat on. and his under
shirt red. This seemed TO taunt the steer
and the animal rushed AZ him with roar
rstrOlman Daniel Muane rushed TO the man
and pushed him away. The steer ran against
The policeman and knocked him down II then
lowered its head and hutted the PROSTATE man
for about thirty feet rolling him over and over
until he lost consciousness MuIlane was PUSHED
b. the steer until his body struck the fence
on the river side. Then Patrolman John De
laney rushed 10 the side OF The steer and fired
shot into its body. This had the effect OF turn
ing the animals attention away from Mullane
and il went otter Delaney. He escaped boy
climbing the fence. and in the mean time Mrl-
lane was carried away TO safety. Ellis. who had
been severely bruised by his experience, recov-
cred somewhat. and managed TO laSSO the steer
again. This time he managed 20 tie the rope
around a post and the animal was brought q
q stop. Il struggled so hard to get free, how
ever that Ellis. afraid that the rope would
break fired two shots into the steers head. ana
then cut its throat. The animal died In Few
minutes and the excitement was over.
Charles Metzger. Of No. 2O2 West Sixty
eighth-st. Ievy's cashier. arrested on the
charge Of violating Section 1227 Of the Char
ter which states that live cattle must be in
closed securely when being removed 70 a slaugh-
ter house.