Year: 1879

How General H. g. Bull, n veteran Wet


Violent Death--TwO other Men


HiIled--The Pet OF n Private Park In


flicts IfO Antler wounds In Five


Minutes.


The Philadelphia Times condenses
from the Osborne (Kan.) Fdrnler the
following graphic account of the fatal
struggle at Bulls City, Kan, between
General II. G.. Bull aided by several of
his employees, and an infuriated elk.


ills well known all over Kansas that
General Bull, several years ago, in
closed aud fitted UP at great expense, a
magnificent park, through which hum
dreds OF visitors have walked during the
last summer. The general was in the
habit of strOlling about the inclOsure
before breakfast every morning. About
half-past eight o'clock this forenoon he
went in as usual and attended to the
feeding of the wild animals, of which
there is a number. Among the animals,
are three elk, one a large, antlered male,
q royal specimen of the moose family,
and the generals particular pet. This
elk never before exhibited any hostile
signs, and the writer, as well as num-
berless others, has time and again patted
him on the nose and rubbed his glossy
coat. But when, at nine o'clock this
morning, Robert Bricknel., one of the
hired men, was standing near the main
gateway he heard cries for help in o
voice which he ut once recognized as
that of his employer. Bricknell ran for
ward. AS he approached he saw that
the elk was endeavoring to paw the
general down-whether in play or not
he faileda at the first glance to see. Gen
eral Bull evidently was on his guard,
however, and SO seizing two clubs
BricknelI was at the generals side in a
twinkling. Both men grasped their
clubs, the general saying: Now, Rob-
ert, I'll soon test his mettle." Without
% sign of warning the now infuriated
beast made a charge at the men, stIik-
ing General Bull and knocking him down
with great force. The elk then drew
back and made D second attack on Gen
eral Bull, this time with increased force,
using his antlers with terrible effect,
piercing the PROSTATE body of the gen.
eral through the breast until the prong
protruded, then tossing the form high
into the air and thrcwing him over its
head. The elk then resumed his attack
on Bricknell, inflicting terrible injuries,
whilst doing which George Nicholas,
another employee, who had witnessed the
occurrence, ran to the rescue with
a heavy club of hard wood four
and one-half feet long, and about
two inches in diameter. with which
he expected to so disable the ami
NAL as to compel it to desist.. With re-
doubled fury and madness, however,
the elk caught the club in its antlers,
making indentures in it and rolling it
upon the ground with great force. At
this time there were two bodies lying
PROSTATE. and with equal heroism and
s,,l
ployee, hastened to the combat. The
elk served Sherman the same as the
other men. catching him in his immensl
antlers and throwing him over the fence.
Mrs. Bull was meanwhile q Mortified
spectator of the terrible tragedy, and
wild with grief and terror ran to the
village crying for help. A number of
men made haste to reach the scene of
the disaster, but arrived too late to be
Of any service. They found General
Bull terribly .mangled and quite dead.
Again and again did the beast charge
the rescuers, but he was stoned oil and
finally driven to the extreme end of the
park. There he was lassOed and tied to
a tree by means of stout cable rope. In
captivity he still paws and stamps the
ground with undated fury. Poor Brick
nell died before the elk had been cor
raled. Nicholas breathed his last about
eleven o'clock. A surgical examination
showed that General Bulls wounds num-
bered forty-four. The wound that
caused his death was from the antler,
which entered the chest at the right nip
pie. passing diagonally through the
body and coming out on the left side
about the fifth rib. The heart itself was
torn and both lungs pierced. Bricknell
received thirty-twO wounds-one under
the right arm, penetrating the cavity of
the chest, and one in the groin, ripping
open the bladder. Nicholas was
wounded in sixty-four places-One being
over the stomach, penetrating the alb
dominal cavity, and one in the right
side, opening into the chest.


General Bull was one of the most able
and popular men in the State He was
born in Wisconsin, and ut the breaking
out of the late war was a member of
the Wisconsin legislature. He went
into the army, served gallantly in Il
number of engagements, and at the bat
tie of Pea Ridge had his thigh broken,
which misfortune terminated his career
rs soldier. but left him brewer briga-
dior general. After he had attained I'M
age when men usually retire from bust
ness, he came to Kansas, and after some
Cll'bllSto lllldlly WtHL III ~ lllt HCW county
of Osborn and established himself. He
selected a naturally beautiful spot. On
! the north side of the river the wide bot
tom is shut in by few line of hills; on
the south side high bluffs, rising almost
from the waters edge, shut in the pros
pect; up and down the valley may be
seen the fringe of timber which marks
thewindings OF the south fork of the
/ Solomon. In this beautiful but lonely
spot the old general and his noble
hearted wife selected their home.