Show l ff MAN IN THRILLING FIGHT WITH OWL FIERCE BATTLE IN A STABLE r if CAUSES A PANIC AMONG 37 HORSES i BIRD ATTACKS A MILL MAN Beaten Off By the Plucky Watchman In the Barn the Owl Files to the Street and Viciously Assaults a Pedestrian r Plttsburg Battling desperately for almost an hour with a gigantic owl that sank its talons Into his arms and shoulders repeatedly at tho same tlmo trying to quell the excitement ot 37 big horses thrown Into a panIc by the wild pranks of tho big bird was the experience of Michael McConnell night watchman at the ArdaryBurn Companys stables Sixteenth and Pile + streets McConnell plucklly continued to beat at tho bird until it was compelled to retreat out of the barn Into the early morning air Flying across Sixteenth Six-teenth street tho big owl without provocation attacked a mill man oa his way to work With his dinner bucket he fought the owl off Finally Final-ly it disappeared in a vacant lot near the Sixteenth street bridge It was McConnells presence ot mind and rare pluck that prevented a serious stampede among tho 37 bis dray horset in the stables About three oclock while he was making his rounds In the rear of the building he was attracted bystho horses jumping rearing and kicking McConnell J turned on the lights and saw the big fil w owl on the back of a horse sinking j its long and sharp talons into the animal > fi ani-mal The owl sprang at McConnolls ft ahead a-head 1 I v McConnell tithough an aged man 1 Is Vfc v itgtle and sidesteppedthe bird f1r which Traded against the side of a stall y Againend again the owl attacked at-tacked him jfThe < sight brtnb giant J bird flntterinK Jefor > iiJUiJl to etc 1 Vited the 39liorsksy and It1c O n i k found it neces tfryy < o forgethi8 own J fi safety and pacify the horses to prevent pre-vent a stampede J < J n Finally the owl flewao the tgp of a stall and placing its head aunder its < wing seemingly went to Bleep Taking I Ta-king advantage of the opportunity McConnell I Mc-Connell approached and about was t to I land a deathdealing blow with a broom when the bird made a dive at him It struck him in the chest with l all its force and nearly knocked him t off his feet The fight continued until a un-til the bird flow out Into the street j where it attacked the mill man 1 McConnell said thaw judging from its wealth of soft lax plumage and t size ho is inclined to think the owl J JI I te I 1 g f I r + Y l I 1 i 1 II I I 1 j if tJ I t J i I Y I 1 f The Owl Sprang at McConnell Head ° rl was of the American Tawney species f This species of owl Is known for its fighting qualities and is said to bo 1 next to the eagle in strength and ill t temper When several employes of the M big stables reported for work at six oclock in the morning and heard Mo y Connells story they began a search for the owl but wero unable to loc tIt t-It |