Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-11
THAT PROVIDENCE HAalTlIEa
iastonla Nan Believes sFlangR HH 2
mint is an: Escaped; c0yall 8; =.
WOLF. is PROPERTY Oh; lC'RalR xlIs1f

Habits and Description TaIlfi Exactly,
With Description Of Coyote lfp1ls
Sent to CASTOR from Texas-.8trango
Animal Is Still a Subject: Of intsrett..
That the Providence panther. ":+orf;;
whatever the varmint is that has bsaaf
causing so much talk In Charlotte :aH4s
Mecklenburg county for title. past fsE
weeks, is a ,paitial prodIct of CASTOR
county is the theory lately dtancedsdn.
Gastonia, says the Gast6ni& ahzetta of /
Tuesday. 1t is belieyeI shsfg that the
strange animal which Hal I: cahsed ;sR
much commotion acrosgs ;thg: liver, ist
nothing else than the TexaAt. coyotas
shipped to Gastonia so6s; TWO yeaGf
ago or more to Mr.. Crown Wilson, forS;:;.
merely manager of the, Afmlng ton hotel:
here. The animal escaped from captttsI
ity here and was last SEEN IS; heardll9Is.
CASTOR county down ir::the ,BowhnS.
Green section more than q year ago. III
will be recalled too. that there werFSasi
series of stories in The .Yorkville Enst.
quirer Of strange animal having ,bssAS,
seen in the Bethany; section some;
months ago. It is now; believed that,
the Mecklenburg varmint and Mt.
Crown Wilson's coyote are one and the;
same. It is said by those familiar With.
the animals habits that It has proba:..
bly, ranged up and down Crowdera ;
creek in Castor and York counties 'ul- T.;
Tilt came 10 the point at Wrights fer
~ where Crowders creek empttes INTO:
the Catawba river. and that 1t sWthfs
the Catawba river and took up 3its hab:
ltat in Fort Mill and Providence town.;
ships. g.i sts. -. -. S,.$ So:
The coyote was sent to Mr.. Wilson hy.;.
friends in Texas and was kept BY him.
for sometime in the rear Of the, AIIns
ington hotel. It was the object Of much !
cudiosity to natives Of this SECTION. ;,Tha
description OF the animal sas given .:1ns
the Charlotte papers talllss: :eyaetIy Eitats
that of the beast sent to I astonia: Mfsiss ::
Wilson said that the coyote Sha had: :wass
about the size OF: a dog, gray Sin :solSrs
and had sharp, pointed eaTa IKE asR9ls:s,,
1t fed on raw meat, beef Rpa ellisk sne.
He, estimates that IL Killed fors f shitn
something like 25. or 40 Ggtpkens VINE s
confined in the back yard St ths. .hotAsL e !; !;
He described IT as %,p3ssss s. cur. !
ming and sagaelt ssl1s
~, ;,,, : II, ~ ~ iTr s2fefSh1
"as chaineo' y. ~ Wis sS,t s .sst.s
across the yaro. a aantt!S.,l san;ysss t.e , sfi
ana coiiar pefm't!ea ne 4ntttla Ia;.s z S
tam amount Oh treeeoais: III X!
SAID that tne animal kieHatH ! e t.ss
the length OF the chain .A!o Sao& ~ sit: as
would permit MN 20 ieaRt :aH9a q :t!stto u
en- 1t would De lying nst: On tHs ssgnas i
and apparently asieSp, oaI: "a:
"atchine the uh"arS en!enga.: .,., ~ s1
as the oira came "t.'iih ianss, He ~
mai Win a nSihs 'eaP YIVpu Y1tu' P9.t,. Z:
upon Tue etitoAen anu ,s;;.,, 90
Inc aliiia' esoapea .3m III .a tto: s,rs y. 80
oNu - 80 - - ~ y !;
part OF the county "nere ~ -; VAST 1ssE
eo TO nave oevou'eu cFii9As '4 @ S;es:s
Hunting, parties "ete toii
was ct'aseo se'eiai - ciea'i ~ ny Sssi
were ever round '"Ao Wonu ins go =
nent' hunters A'ie~ DsaI.S eC.uS. 80. -
the hounos "nen d ioA "as::oe.ls .i =,
GU t''io w. ,,,, .e oo'o "t?T. 4f,ii5;;.:
ry' sa'o MI " iisoh' ;:;:ttM ~
When an Ola ioa houiut - s astaAesi te!e'
trail OF q 1oA, ne se'.ies aI9N ,I:Se. ": g :
long chase ne stre'cnes Y a,mseAtt " oe.s'
almost nat on the szoaho anu plsps.sS
ioE al aii-Hi5h' oii i'|S otS etSye: .'ie -: