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Show PRISONER IN BEAR PIT. Indian Policeman Makes Sure of Detention De-tention of Suspected Man. All night In tho benr pit at Silver Lako and handcuffed, while two bears poked their noses through tho wldo bars of the grating at him was tho trying try-ing oxperlenco of Johann Vaellnskl of Kent last night. Poto Bey, a full-blood Indian v.nr recently enmo from Canada, Is doing special pollco duty nt tho Silver Lako resort and his opinion of tho law's majesty Is very elevated. When ho found Vaellnskl and two other men nosing around tho cottages insido tho grounds late last night ho gavo a whoop and caught two of tho follows befoto they could start to run. Tho third escaped. Another got away whilo Peter was putting tho cuffs on Vaellnskl. Whero to put tho prisoner bothorcd tho Indian for a while, but nt last ho thought of tho boar pit. Thcro Is an entrance to tho pit three by four feet, nnd with wldo baried gates on each Bide. Into this tho prisoner pris-oner was pushed and though ho yelled with fear as tho beurs cama trotting toward him It did no good. By putting put-ting their feet through tho grating tho bears could come within nn inch ol touching their vUltor and they made things Interesting for him for soven hours. After an investigation this morning Vaellnskl wns released, it being found that ho and tho man with him had becomo lost In going from Cuyahoga Falls to Kent. Cleveland Plain Dealer. |