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Show Brave Men Stop Two Runaways Their Action No Doubt Saved Lives, as Also Damage to Property Prop-erty Two men stopped runaways yeaterdOJ morning under exciting circumstances. Richard St. nsel "i the fur store bearing his name seised the bits of a team of horses attached to a Royal Bakery delivery deliv-ery n.ii; m on South State street, corner 1 bird South stn et, after the team had collided v itii another vehicle George Cosgrove, who eras mounted on n spiiit-ed spiiit-ed horse, by excellent horsemanship nnd no little nerve, succeeded in bringing runaway delivery horse to a slop on West Second South street, near Fifth West street. Collided With a Horse. The Royal Bake ry hones started .'ii State n- Fourth South and ran north a block. At the corner of Third South while making '"r the curb, v collided with a horse hitched t" a telegraph pole, and knocked the animal half Way across the street. One of the runaway horses fell from the shock of tho collision nnd as he rose Stensel grasped the reins and got both animali under subjection. Seized by a Horseman. The other runaway was galloping toward the Rio Grande depot when cos-grove, cos-grove, who was riding in the same dlrec-tlon, dlrec-tlon, ran his horse alongside one of the animals and seized the bridle Thus he rode for two blocks, finally bringing tho team to a stop. |