The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-13
Harry Day of Vernon in
Serious Condition in
Hospital Here
CRUSHED, GORED AND
THROWN OVER FENCE
Enraged Animal Later Ripped His
Stanchion in Pieces Secured by
Ropes and Chains - Has Shown Bad
Disposition Before.

DlSpoS1U1on BEFORE.
An enraged Holstein bull on the farm
in Vernon owned by Mrs Charles Rich
ardson of New York city, formerly
known as the Fred Brown farm, attack
ed Harry Day, who was leading him,
yesterday and inflicted very serious in
juries, after which he hurled the man
into the air, throwing him over the
barnyard fence.
Mr.. Day was brought to the Memo
rial hospital late in the afternoon, and
he is now in serious condition He
was gored in the right thigh, the
bull S horn making an ugly wound
there, both bones in his right leg were
fractured so that they protruded
through the flesh, the left side of his
iuries were inflicted. The man was
all but killed.
| The bull, which previously had shown
an ugly disposition, later was roped and
chained, but during last night his
/ Iugliness again manifested itself and he
ripped his stanchion in pieces, but the
chains held and kept him from roam
/ ing about the barn.
Mr.. Day, who is unmarried and is
about 10 years old, lives in the farm
house occupied by Mrs. Richardson.
Another house on the farm is occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spears, who
also are employed by Mrs Richardson.
This house is located near the barn
where the bull is kept. The owner has
been in New York few days.
Yesterday forenoon Mr.. Day went to
the barn to care for the stock as usual
and led the bull out into the yard to
drink, as he had done many times be
fore, first attaching a staff to a ring
in the animal s nose. In addition to
the staff the bull carried rope and
chain.
What caused the bull to turn on his
keeper is not known. but the trouble
started apparently at the trough, as
blood was found there The bull is
six years old and weighs 1900 pounds,
and when he had become enraged Mr..
Day was wholly unable to restrain
him. He threw the keeper down near
the trough, and marks were found
showing that Mr.. Day was dragged
across the yard to point near the
fence. Then the bull lifted the man
: on his horns and threw him out of the
yard.
Mr.. Day lay exposed on the snow an
hour and a half before help came. Mrs
i Spears saw the bull wandering about
the yard, but she could get no re-
sponse to her calls to Mr. Day Then
she telephoned to the other farm house
thinking that he might have gone
: there On learning that he was not
+, there it was realized that there was
: trouble and Mrs. Spears summoned hel
husband and F. H. Newton, neigh
! bor About that. time Sullivan Barbett
of Brattleboro, lineman employed by
the Connecticut River Power company
came along. A search revealed Mr.
: Day in his serious condition.
/ Dr. n P. Wood of Northfeld, Mass.
! was summoned and he sent to Brattle
!. boro for the ambulance, which arrived
about 3 clock. The wounded maj
!. was brought to the hospital about
! o clock
i His wounds were dressed by Dr
g George r. Anderson, and today x-ra
{. photographs of his injuries were made
u which showed that one lung was pune
7 tured by fractured rib.
Mr. Spear induced the bull to com
k to the fence by holding corn out TO hir
e and thereby was able to grab the staff
% Between them the three men had
IS shotgun, revolver and pitehfork, bu
e they managed to get the bull into tn
barn without injuring him.
e Sometime ago this same bull attacl
p ed a Mr.. White, who was caring fo
to him, throwing him up on manur
r. spreader and tipping the spreader owe
n but Mr. White escaped without seriou
n injury.
so The farm is mile or two south c
Of Vernon, on the main road to Brattlt
ne boro.