The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-18
TRAINED LIONS
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wnen the lions escaped as they were
aoout 10 be transferred from the
steer exhibition cage TO their shipping
ooN, Andree screamed, Turnauist
sssooed a whip: cracked II loudly and
s nou,eu AT the lions. while frightened
began climbing stairways. Suddenly
one OF the lions walked into the
wings and peered at the quartet. The
singing ceased abruptly
AS the singers started to retreat
into the wings. Detective Peter Cabiii
who was in the audience. saw the lion
anu shouted to the entertainers TO 20
on: one singer returned and began n
SOLO. suddenly a lion came into f,ll
view and all control over the audience
Orchestra Kept Playing.
The orchestra, neyertheless ron.
tinued 10 play. The first lion ambled
upon the stage then the second. and
IN minute more. several of them
We mvre laundering into stage boxes and
IRA kept nlaying. until several lions
went right down into the pit. Then
me musicians fed under the stage
Almost everybody in the audience
,h had a different version of what
the animals did after they got among
the crowd. but nearly ali acconnts
agree that they did not live up to the
DANGEROUS name of the king ~
beasts One of the beasts caught up
Win mark McDermott. while he was
down. The animal clawed al him a.,
the head and his wound appeared 70
De the most dangerous that any Of the
peasts inflicted. He was taFen to a
The last Of the audience 70 leave tho
theatre were several women fonnd
couped up in a second floor dressing
room. They signalled firemen from
nearby enginehouse who carried
them down ladders TO safety
Trotted Across Street.
throng was gathered outside tbs.
.neatre when Alice emerged and
trotted slowly across the street
heachlng the corner of Eighty sixth
street and Third avenue, she calmly
set down.
a crowd began to shout and ten
poicemen with revolvers drawn. came
Iusning across the street from the
sheatre toward her. She turned and
neu INTO an apartment house.
Apram Glaser. a photographer. was
MorkIns on the FIRST floor of the build
ing when he heard a peculiar noise
in the hall. He opened the door TO
investigate and stared into the face or
the noness. SlamminR the door
quickly. he shouted for HELM
Inc beast turned to a stairway and
pounded up flight. There two wo-
- iioul a DOORWAY, saw the
animal. shrieked and slammed the
door Again Alice fed. this time to
me third floor. When the police ar
rived she was at the top of a stair
way seeking egress to the roof.
Tor more than ten minutes thereafter
t,tre waged in the narrow hallway a
selerce battle between man and beast
Shot after shot-thirty in aII-were
airsd into the now raging animal. 10
anu down the hallway she raced. Rrov5i
nhnk ana snarling, clawing striking ana
olthk Al her aSsailants Several fines
IN. lsaped over the bannisterS that pro-
tscted the stairway and HURLED thronsb
n rnS aiidNonly TO land with a thud on The
End OF the Fight
IN. END came with one OF her spectac-
uiar leaps. Bounding over a bslistrade
SSne passed between the limbs OF AIfred
Nlnter, policeman. who stood with one
Ioot on the railing and another againsf
a wall. flring at her. The force 81 me
htsil ana the leaden hail that rained into
ne, body ended the battle.
u was while the firing was nj fts
nelsht that Glenn was shot through the
bach ana the bullet was said 10 ho.c
tntered MS stomach. N was thouvhf 20
night that he would die W -"
=, LON Edward X Keavery and lanes
McCraik. patrolmen. were ciawed nv tbe
non keavery was taken 70 a hospital