The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-12
SISTER SAVES LIFE
OF YOUNG BROTHER
Kills Wildcat Which Had At
tackled the Lad In
Barn.

PUEBLO, Col, April lin on of
the most thrilling battles with a wild
beast ever recorded, either in literature
or in the imagination of the pioneer
hunter, Mrs. M. J. Warden, of 1121
Beulah avenue of this city, shot and
killed an immense wild cat and prob
ably saved the life of her brother
Adam, d boy of seventeen years.
Adam arose early in the morning,
as was his custom, and went into the
barn to attend to few necessary du-
ties. The dawn was just breaking, and
the light was dim. No sooner had he
opened the door than a great object,
with a savage snarl the like Of which
the boy had never heard, hurled itself
at him. He was struck full in the
chest and borne to the ground At first
Adam was so badly scared that he lost
his voice. When he did recover pres
ence of mind enough he let out yell
after yeH for help. The bobcat was
meanwhile clawing at his breast as it
stood on his PROSTATE body
Hearing the cries, Mrs. Warden. with
great presence of mind, seized a So
caIiber revolver and ran out. The sight
that greeted her eyes was enough to
scare the wits out of the braVest of
A.
warden was for the moment thunder
struck, as we'll she might be, by seeing
what looked like a tiger claWing her
brother to death Instead of losing her
wits, however, she rushed straight to
the rescue. With a cry and a plucky
run straight at the beast she scared
1t from its perch on Adams BOSOM
She then lifted the heavy revolver and
nred twice. In spite of the half dark
ness her aim was unerring, and the
animal, after a few cOnvulsive leaps
and twists, rolled over dead.
Either of the bullets would have
brought death. The first passed
through the brain and the second took
effect in the heart
The boy arose apparently unhurt as
soon as the wild cat leaped off him
lie is pretty badly scratched about the
chest and arms, but the wounds are not
serious. For some reason the cat did
not use its teeth, otherwise the harm
would certainly have been serious The
BOY apparently in his fright protected
his throat and face what the tradt-
tlonal wildcat is supposed to make it's
points OF attack The nervous SHOCK
was SO severe that Adam has not yet
FULLY recovered his equilibrium
After dispatching the wild cat Mrs
warden coolly walked to the animal
and looked it over, still holding the
gun ready in her hand in case life re-
manned. When she first fired she was
not sure what the animal was So
immense was the body that she could
not, even after a close examination
decide what it was. It had the mark
ings of a wild cat, the fangs, the point
ed ears and the stubby tail. But the
body was nearly six feet in length,
large enough for good sized mountain
lion. The weight has been found to
be little short of ninety pounds.
Mrs. Warden is the wife of M. j
Warden, well known Pueblo con-
tractor. She is a handsome young
woman of the athletic type. She has
pract1ced good deal with the pistol
and is considered a good shot. She is
not, however, in the habit of hunting
and this is the first time that she has
ever killed a dangerous animal She
mOdestly denies any claim to excep-
tional nerve and courage.
The skin Of the wild cat will be kept
by Mr.. Warden as a trophy of his
wife's courage, and of the almost UNI
precedented visit of a wild beast to
the city. The skin is already in the
hands of a taxidermist for mounting.
The mild winter Of Pueblo, and the
severity of the weather round about
are supposed to have driven the animal
to the outskirts of the city. A severe
storm ragged to within a few miles OF
Pueblo recently, and the wild cat prob
ably came to the barn for shelter from
that direction