The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-10
LION is ROAMING II

uart OF h county and &pecla1ly IL
proximity to the oil fields on Cherry
Camp Run and Indian Run, where
Col Luther Raymond has 1900
acres of woodland, adjacent to other
Woodlande of about 1000 acres ex-
tending into Wetzel county.
Parties on Grass Run claim they
have e the lion and a night or 50
ago Is held a cleaning out crew on
Indian Run on the boiler house
AL might. One person claims to
have seen the lion and shot at 1t
twice A horse ridden by a mar
named Rodgers scented the lion and
ran away with him. Rodgers was
frightened into almost unconscious,
ness. A Mr.. Kunkle heard the roar
Of the lion IN his horse frightened
and ran away, too. He was scared
nearly to death. -
The animal was last seen on Elk
Horn near the head of Indian Run,
and Is still at large, though parties
are organizing to systematically run
him down Away from the rail-
road the people claim the lion es-
capped from a circus train some time
ago as it was passing through
Lynchburg, while at Lynchburg the
people claim the animal came +,
through the country from Wheeling.
All the neighborhoods in the oil
fields are intensely excited and 1t
IS with difficulty OH operations pro-
coed as the men are afraid to go to
work =,
Others contend that it is n big
kam----I. L~0@l-a - g tho nTUh ThnfI
escaped from Ice brothers on the
head of Tenmile creek a year ago
and has not since been seen, unless
in this instance. Still others say :
it is a bear that is supposed to have
escaped from a circus
The track of this animal IS said
to be of immense size, measuring
about As inches. Strange sounds
have been heard frequently in the
vicinity at night, ranging from the
screech of a small owl to the roar
of a full grown lion. The people
of the vicinity have been in Il state
of intense excitement for several
DAYS and hundreds of men are re-
ported to have been securing the
country with hounds and guns in
search of this ]ferocious animal, but
the dogs are so awed with fear that
they refuse to leave their masters
to follow its trail. 1t Is claimed
that the first appearance Of the
animal was on Skeleton n night
where a crew of men were pulling
casing at an oil we'll and that the
roar of the animal drowned the
noise of the machinery. The men
became 50 frightened that they
climbed on top the engine house and
remained until morning, nut be-
fore daylight the animal disappear
ed and they did not get sight Of 1t.
Some think it a fake story, while
Others claim there Is an animal OF
come kind running at large. Peter
Gain says he discovered a bed of
leaves where an apparently large
animal had lain. Among the many
coniectures as to what kind of an
ANIMAL it really It. Newton Law IS
of the opinion that it Is n bear rs q
lion only roars-once every five wears
and is confirmed by Jimieson
son. an old bear hunter.
The people of Salem became m
terested in the exciting reports n
eleven ofthat towns brave and
popular Young men,. Jake Flesher,
Chester Wilson, John Gainor, !
oliver .Snfder, William Waters,
Harry Beatty. Lott Hansford,
James Scott, Jim Ferguson, Lew
Hartman and Cronin Lovett decid-
ed that the time was at hand when
this monster should be brought to
task for the scenes he had been
causing. After a hurried consulta-
tion they hied themselves to
PowelTs hardware store Mt Salem
where they secured guns of all de-
scriptions, from the little % sqiur-
rel rife to the steel bullet winches
ters. Now being amply supplied
with firearms they yer seen wend-
ING their way to the Palace livery
where they secured their mounts
and Mt nine O'Clock at night amid a
roar of cheers for good luck and
te9rs from several of the fair sex
their safe return, they swept
ywn Main street in a style that
,lyouId have done credit to the James
and Younger boys in the palmy days
of Missouri.
On reaching the haunts of the
lion they were Joined by about 20