The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
LI0NESS STANPEDES THR0NG.
BOUNDS FROM CAGE AND rs SUB.
DUED BY ARMED MEN.
women and Children Trampied IN . Wild
Rush for sarety-voiieys Cow the Big
Beast and Torch Drives Her From Her
Hiding Place Int shipping Cage.

Beast and Torch Drives Her From Her
Hiding Place Int shipping Gage.
Escaping from a cage in which she
was confined with her mate. full
grown lioness oausei panic among Ave
thousand persona last night In Electric
Park. Newark. The cage is CUP shaped
structure. in which a performer known
as Tourbillon does cycle whirl above
real live. lions The lioness, known to
her keeper as Louise, made her escape
about 10 O'Clock, Just after Tourbillon's
act had come TO q premature finish.
Tourbillon is the feature Of the week
at the park. His exhibition Is given In
the open, a short distance from q row Of
takers booths known a. "The Pike The
people crowded close around the cage,
except on one side, where there was not
a good view Of the lions. The act went on
we'll until by some accident the rider was
thrown from his wheel, which fell Gathering
to the bottom Of the cage among the lions
He grabbed one OF the ribs Of the
structure, olambered out through small
opening or doorway and dropped to the
ground. keeper went into the cage to
get the wheel. As he started to drag 1t out
the lioness sprang on his back. He man
aged to shake her OF, and as he did 40 an
assistant opened the door BY which he had
entered. Like fash the lioness sprang
out Of the doorway.
The crowd had stepped back as the keeper
entered the cage, and from the doorway
there was an open space through the crush
OF people. Through this space the big
beast bounded. looking neither to right nor
left and heading for the western side Of
the park. Instantly shouts and screams
arose and the terrified crowd rushed pell
nell for the park exit to the north. Men,
women and children fell over each other
in the stampede.
The women and children were In the
majority. Many Of them were roughly
handled or were knocked down and
trampled. A number Of women tainted
and lay on the ground until they were
carried of. Meanwhile the lioness had
crossed the "Pike" and hidden herself in q
dark space between several buildings and
the high board fence which forms the west
ern boundary OF the park.
The takers deserted their booths or slowed
themselves away in closets or any other
hiding place they could find. Employees
of the park, the keeper and his ASSISTANTS
and others secured the neighborhood for
guns and pistols and soon formidable
array Of men with weapons had drawn
themselves up in semi-circle around the
place where the honess was known to be.
Once or twice she showed hcrsek and
was promptly greeted with hail Of bullets.
After two Or three experiences Of this sort
she wisely adopted the tactics Of brer rabbit
When it became evident she did not intend
to come out the shipping cage In which abe
and her mate were brought to the park was
brought out and showed up close to her
hiding place.
She was finally cornered between build
ing and the fence. A man went behind
her with a torch, and waving it close to
her scared her into the cage. The keeper
slammed tho door behind her and her little
outing was at an end. Meanwhile her
mate, solitary IN his captivity, gave vent
to his feelings Of lonesomeness with terrific
roars which kept the neighborhood for
over mile around In a state ofexcitement