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Show , . I IHUGE I HUGE SHEEPKILLINGBEAR SIEEPKILLINGBEAR SHEEP-KILLING SHEEP KILLING SIEEP-KILLING SIEEP [ - BEAR KILLED KILLf.D KILLfD . BY BRONSONTITUS BRONSON BRONSONTITUS TITUS ON WILSON MESAA MESA MESAA A huge blown brown blo beai bear eal ealhich \ which \\hich hich \ fOl for fOlsome forsome foisome some time tlme past had been killing killingsheep killingsheep killingsheep sheep and lambs in the A M MRobertson MRobertson MRobertson Robertson sheep herd on WIlson WIlsonmesa Wilsonmesa Wilsonmesa mesa met its Waterloo Sunday Sundaynight Sundaynight night when L Bionson Blonson Bronson Titus Titushilled TitusI Tituskilled I hilled killed the animal ammal ' with 'wIth a 30 calIbre calIbrerifle calibrerifle calibrerifle rifle Dead sheep and lambs had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been found in 111 the herd for some sometime sometime sometime time , but Mr Titus and his helder herder helderere herderwere heiderwere I helderI \\ere ere were \ ' unable to determine determme what whatvvas whatwas vvas \ \ as committing committmg the depredations depredationsdue , j I due to the rocky ground and the theI theI theabsence theabsence theabsence I , I absence of tracks Mr Titus was wasscouting wasscouting wasscouting scouting around the hel held herd d Sunday Sundaynight Sundaynight , ' mght night shortly after dusk , when he hesaw hesaw I Isaw 'I I saw something moving in 111 the thebrush I brush He thought the object was wasa wasa I , ( a porcupine , and he started toward towardI towardit I ( ( It to investigate The bear stra1 straight straight- straightened straightened ht- ht htened - ened up and came to\\ to toward toard \ ard him , and andhe andhe andhe he shot at close clos & . range , killing hiUing theanimal the l I I"lnimal iinimal "lnimal lnimal animal " with Wlth a single cartlidge cartrldge cartrldgeThe cartlidgeThe cartildgeThe The bear measured eight feet 111 in 111length inlength inlength length as it lay way on the grOtmd ground grOtmdThe groundThe groundThe The bruin brum had been killing klllIng sheep sheepat sheepat sheepat at the Robertson ranch for the theP"lst thepast thepist P"lst Plst past " ) ' year 'ear ear or two ( I I 1 |
