The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14
CAUGHT this uOEESS ALIVE
BTFPILO JONES HERE 10 SEE
ans PREY ARRIVE.

sheS 81 the MRaeapslla and e Gslng 10
1--we n the RranK Zee lIe Tells tIsW
Ne and llh COmpahisas lRasOetl
the beast IN ths African Jungle.
II anybody has a lingering doubt that
Buffalo Jones aud his hardy cowboys
lirecFackered and laasOed fierce Wild
beasts in the Fast African jungle all he
has 10 do 10 10 90 aud peep into the hold
Of the Minneapolis and .ee the big lionea
down there. That ID about the way Col.
Jones put Il Yesterday when he called
up IN report that the animal had arrived
and 10 Uher 10 tell how II was done.
you see SAID the Colonel LITTLE later
at the Grand Hotel. i have been al the
way OUT 10 the ranch in New Mexico since
got bach from the other side. and when
some coyotes began 10 cast aspersions
relative 10 the authenticity II our adven-
turra I felt Il was zap 30 mo o. come
back Ne a committee u reception and
show folks that the lion W. got WIS
rial. she IN a twO-year-Old. finest Of her
sci and kind. aud the keeper on the boat
tells me Is anticipating an interesting
event. In other words explained the
Colonel. shes about 60 have kittens.
But you want the adventure. Well
IL was near kiiaba. k-i-j-a-b-a,. which
" lOO miles on the railroad from Nairobi
We were twelve mikes from the station
Our trained dogs. which had educated
Ia follow lions In the United States. got
her trail and followed she turned and
gave fight | was up with the dogs Love
lace and Meana, my companiona. and
he two moving picture men were three
miles In the rear When the liOnees rOared
Il almost shook the earth and l,ovelace
and Means. hearing. rode az once 10 my
aid. Twas mounted upon a tr'Isty mus
tang
We'll. chat critter then stood there and
dehed US Then she ran into a 1sauTe
in the around, and threw the rOps a.
her twicevere she disappeared II hit
her. but did not catch When she had
got into the assure ! took a big cannon
cracker and threw u into the opening
and she came cut The other boys threw
the rope first one and then the other. but
she went first into a olump Of bushes
aud then into the tall grass Then u
was tied . big rock 81 the end II lassO
aud pulled IL over the place where She
lay. She began 20 understand she was
pOWerleas against M.
Then Means threw laasO over the bOugh
Of . tree. the moose falling shove her as
she lay in the grass Next. mounted
stin upon my steed. | went toward the
beast with a fOrked stick and pushed
the nO0ae down over her head She
leAped into the air. but passed on She
all but jumped through that moose. but
one Of her hind feet caught Then We
laRaOed two Of the other feet in turn,
and she was helpless She roared and
wiGgled A. she was drawn clear n the
ground. hut | took . pair ~ iron tpngs
constructed for the purpose and fitted
10 one II the stuffed lions In the British
museum. clamped them upon her nose
and she was helpless Theu We made
q sledge. lowered her down upon H. and
hitching Il n our saddles. cowboy fashion,
rode ~ ~ the mountains 4
And. concluded the Colonel N any
body doubts u now, we've got moving
pictures describing the whole thing
We are going 20 take the animal 10 Bronx
Park to-day