Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-26 | Page 14 | Mountain Lion Slain by School Teacher

MOUNTAIN LION SLAIN BY SCHOOL TEACHER Hy lily II the ChI 5 St Ul N Se MARYSVILLE Jan 26 26 Miss Miss Bessie Bessie Bes Dos I sie file Alberta Kane teacher of ot the Lone Lono LonePine Pine Pino school killed a mountain lion at atthe atthe the doorstep of ot tho the loner lonel schoolhouse according to reports that have ha reached here For several days das a lion driven d desperate des des- s- s by hunger had been following i tho the school children to and from school Miss Kane secured a a. shot shotgun un from Hen Henry Keefe a teamster and kept It at the school house for tor protection Tuesday the tho lion became becHn more desperate des des- than usual and started to enter the school house honse while school was In session Miss Kine telling tho the children children children chil chil- dren to J keep their seats seals went to thedoor tho the door and fired both barrels into the tho face of ot the lion killing it Instantly The animal measured nine nino feet teet from tip Up to tip Up