The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-07-20
A FIGHT WITH
A MAD BULL
A Busy Saturday Turned IntO
a Scene Of Panic.
WOMEN FOUGHT HIM
AlI Business Was Suspended
For an Hour Several
Severely Hurt.

The pretty and thriving little city
ol NlHita, Ind Fer,, certainly ds.
serves national and International
recognition Tor lts absolutely unfiyal
ed record 81 collective effort o save
life aud prevent human suffering
Never before has history recorded la
fact or fiction where town of $500
people unanimously left their noon.
day meal 70 give battle 20 an uusns
pected enemy tnat threatened Go de-
stroY life and property, regardless ot
right or previous conditions. rhls Is
what Nlnlta dld last saturday
a mad ball weighing almost a ton
aud standing nearly say feet high bad
entered The town un a husy saturday
when the streets weFe thronged With
cuuntrym0a and prospective home.
seekers, and with one loud bawl as
a warning oi hls mad charge, be BE-
gan bis work 81 destruction
AZ first bis presence gave little
alarm and pedestrians meeting him
GA the way objected to giving him
more than half the walk So one
young lady attempted to give battle
with her umbrella, when The Wild
animal sprang toward her knocking
her % the ground A youpg brave,
se@sng 'a'e ladr's precar,ous condition,
aud the thoughts Of tier being torn %
pieces torlllcd his humane mind. and
running at top speed, he dealt the
beast saperhuman blow, bat the
bull sent him sprawilng on tho ground
rhe.monstef then entered the main
thorosghlarc and his madness became
more intensified as he ran toward the
screaming crowd
A general alarm was given through
out the city aud soon the whole pop
ulace vas upon the scene. Fise aan.
drcd men ran through tie streets
yer'ng aan foF your lives and
carrying little children 70 places Of
safety
One unfortunate victim, John 1ens
klus. was knocked dowu aud goFed III
tie face and tfampled upon He Nas
carried q the doctors oaice and s80n
his little hoy vas brought ia. though
not s. seriously injured luthe mean
time the hull Nas dashlng IA and OUT
o. stores and cracking hts horns
against plate glass fronts
The street ioafers were chased from
their ieudekYou, The bankers closed
their door without request AID al
business stopped Instantly A negro
riding white male jumped from lis
saddle and skinned uea nearby tele-
phone pole. Horses tied along the
street began pIauglng ami mans rum
awaqs we're narrowly avefted
Soon 3 crg Of XIII him Shoot hImi
XIII him eas heard eyeryshere and
men with Winchesters and Craig Ter
gesen rifles etae running from THE
United States marshals ofiice aud
hardware stores VoIieY after golley
vas fred into the slid animal without
seeming efert Some spent bullets
passed through Office windows and
buildings A hose standing Ga the
street Was shot. bat fortunately no
person aas killed
Tie excitement continued for az
hour wien a. hat the ball raa 6e'.
lowing lhto the street aad fell - hls
knees. Before he could gef ~ another
bullet struck hlm In tie back d the
head and he stretched himself upon
ground dead,
Il took several hours Tor the tovn
70 regsle lls composnre The side
walks we're strewn with watermeiloas.
vegetables aud grDcerieS which had
beeu trampled uuderfoot Men with
tern shirts and flped paufaloons went
about hooking ZOE their hats ons
lady had left her hahf up tie stree,
and Nas almost frantic. bnt the LITTLE
one was found unhaft
4 fullhlood Indian that had beer
CHASED aefos a yaeanl lof vas trying
"a explain that be wasn't afraid of /
wild buffalo. bat that mad bull make
bal fight
What was ztId and done during tn
short spare uf an hour cannot be 70
tod Eseu tbs path ol tie bun can
net he felraeed. haI Is the event uil
b long remembered and the stor
ofteu Feiold The ohleliaiu gives III
second account. that Il mag not b
enlarged upon 100 mneh. and that Yo
may sena lie sane % Touf friend
afaf that 1heg may knoN hos -
brave VInlanz fought tie mad hu
Is lls kaod old d4Fa