| Show MAN EATING illG LIONESS SUBDUED BY WOMAN 1170 MAN DARING FEMALE FORCES BEAST BACK INTO CAGE AFTER IT HAD ESCAPED oxford pa this town received a bad scare arien it became known that spitfire a ferocious lioness belong ing to a traveling circus wintering on the fair grounds in oxford had es 4 0 J the maddened brute leaped at her from its ca cage geland and was at large residents fled in terror from that sec see tion of town for it was known that the animal had already killed two trainers and lasi last summer so badly in aured its keeper that he absolutely re fused again to undertake its train ing it was found that though the lion ess had escaped from her cage she had not got from the compartment which was in the quarters occupied by the circus employed emp loyes in one of the buildings on the ground escape had teen been effected while the beast was be ing fed one ot of the pieces of meat was so large that it would not go through the bars of the cage and the attendant carelessly opened the door to push it in instantly the lioness threw her huge body against the door forcing it 01 01 en eri and rushed into the outer room which had only a slight door as a bar to perfect liberty the terrified tei rifled man together with several companions comi anions who were seated near made a dash for safety and got out of the room before the animal realized its bearings barring the frail door as best they could a telephone message was sent for the manager and trainer madame lascelles who is a daring english woman who has been in charge of spitfire for the last few weeks every man around the grounds refused to go into the room and she bravely undertook the perilous task it being the first time she had been unprotected by the iron bars which separated the small cage in which her charge wao wa confined the place was in perfect darkness and alone ani an 1 single handed madame Lase lascelles elles carrying a lantern entered the room and drove the beast into the cage she found it lying upon a cot used ba b the men while the furniture tables cupboard and chairs were scat in all directions broken into late pieces indicating that the honess lioness had tried to make a break tor for fr trdoe dom and was exhausted by its efforts As the woman entered it made a lunge for her but she prodded it with her sharp pronged pole driving it off again it came at her catching its claws in her band hand with the other madame fired several pistol shots and finally was abe able to force it in the cage after repeatedly using her train er a |
