| Show TIGER BREAKS OUT IN CIRCUS CROWD Huge Bengal from Floto Flota Show Kills Little Ruth Rozell at Twin Falls I. I I. I S S S I SPEC SPECTATOR AT R KILLS BRUTE J J. J WI W Bell Belli With Small Revolver rl Heroically Pursues Beast and Ends Panic Twin Twirl Falls Ida Jda May i. During S time the performance of or the thai Sells Sells-Floto circus in fn Twin Fall to today tolay to lay day a huge Bengal tiger Us broke front his ca cage cago o in iii lie Hie tent anti and charged Into tile tho crowd killing u a. I I year girl Irl a Shetland pony ni-i. ni and mauling several ral other spectators arid antI ponies before It was Va shot eliot anti and killed ii b by ti it man In iii the tue audience For a w minutes a punic panic was wall threatened in the then menagerie Women omen screamed an and fa fainted The tugged elephants s d at their thell chains and trumpeted wildly and amid there thele was great commotion until the 1111 rolled over ovel dead In front of the hue main entrance itt Markel the tiger an and his ills mate S Agnes gnes had hall been restless J some om time Ume before till the accident accident- ent They hc were about I ii to In be lie fed Ced and amI at the sight of or the neat meat arkel beat furiously with his hison PaS pa on the door of or the cage case The gave c a wa way nn and the tI tiger er sprang from rom his cage caso to the neck neel of or a a. Shet- Shet I and pony 15 ii feet leet away awny Th The The- animal I keier seized d an Iron bar and anel struck the he tl tiger CI between the eyes Markel released el ed his hold hol on the pony's lons neck neck- anti and nd leaped upon the back hack of another 5 2 pony Again the lie keeper tolled felled him 5 wIth the iron Iton anti and he lie l' l relinquished his hol hold o of tho lie second pony pon only to elzo i a third Another sUIT stilt blow from the till theron Ef trout 1 ron drove ello the tiner his hit pre prey hleY an and andic lie he ic leaped heaped into the crowd Tent remit Was us Well Filled l S The The- tent lent was vas well tilled filled an and tho the I I people tied lied in Iii eVer every direction most ot or I hem crowding out nut under the tho canvas ean S SOne One woman set scrambled ambled to 0 the t top p. p ai itil animal cago caso and refused to lo corn com down untIl unlit long Ionic an after r thy l el t fh SLit Ill m th I Ito 1 f lJ th I. I UJ to lo Tn w wt we t vI 7 h Jun I pl by U R e dl fj ll e 75 a l I la ba abeen a u Lp been beell used m on account of the tho d dan dan- n v r er I to the spectators Women om n grabbed eLI their ir children and dragged d them from rom 5 the tiia path o of the maddened maddon r. r Hundreds Hun Hun- o of little children clung citing to the skirts of or if their terrified mothers anti and j earned ct named Markel el headed for or the tho main entrance en n trance forty feet teet away In his J rush he lie struck several people VI with h his shoulders knocking them down clown Mrs rr Tr S. S i E. E of oC Twin Falls and hot her hittIe lit little hit Ht- It j. j U tIe tle daughter Huth could not c escape c time the lf tigers tiger's er Iu rush h ant anti and W wore were IC borne 10 lo lothe i ith th the ground The lI tiger cJ held heid Mrs airs nozell Ito Ilo- 5 zell with his paws while his ills fangs ans sunk sank into huito the lie neck of the child 1 Bell 11 Hut 1 J kern IU of t lie J 1 J J. J W. W Boil Bell a i Twin Foils Falls blacksmith 5 was ittS st standing be betides besides i ls l's Mrs Mis noell when 1 she ho was wa attacked his hula wife and und chili chili- Iren with him antI and at the hue mercy of or A the beast Thrusting his family aside Jell hell drew drca a a. 3 32 calibre revolver re anti ami tt u it opened on the tiger at of or three UlI e feet feel When the first filst bullet struck Markel behind the shoulders lie ho ic winced an maid opened his Jaws growing growling growl growl- I ing ng viciously and amid lashing his tall taIl against the thc wall of spectators The rho 1 second bullet caused him to release Mrs III'S Hozell and amid lice her daughter from rein Ute the grasp of or his paws and the third put jaiL him lim on Oil the thc hue run Dell Bell followed herol- herol j jall ally all firing three moie bullets into 1110 the J th he the fleeing ti tiger tr as it ran outside the taut ent Mai keU was sorely hit hH hut but he Ite managed to crawl some sonic distance l neo tt he- he 5 Q fore lore he collapsed Recovering his hla strength for mi an ami Instant Instant the tiger timed and started back toward tOWal tho the stampeding spectators Bell was there lucre Co for I tho ho attack with his re revolver le ie volver t reloaded but hilt the big beast hind had enough 11 II i rolled over 11 snarling tn and I r. at hi lib his wounds wound and amid expired in a few ew m moments Meanwhile I the news ney's 1 that lint the thC tiger ha laud had escaped was mas noised name i about and spectators continued to ne flee J I from the lie tents many of oC them fell con or Were Je knocked lu down ion in lii the Uie confusion but untie none serious injuries I J Mrs Rozell and amid her hI daughter were wela j La taken Ien to the hue of a a. physician 1 wh where I everything possible was done for ci 11 the thur child It was found that the teeth of the tiger US ha had fearfully lacerated the he neck anti and br brat bratt ut of or the time little one an and amid much blood was lo lOst t before the wounds wound could be lie closed j The rue little girl gimI dJ died two hours later latem 41 Mrs JIN Kozell hl Is in reported to lJ be shaken up badly but lUt otherwise unhurt Was ll IlS e Animal Markel l w wa iVitS reported to he one of 01 the largest goat and bet best t proportioned Sigel's u- u gels gel's on exhibition an and was umas the thc pride t of the manager lie He had shown no lous til signs of ill iii and the S. S management of ur If tho tIme circus was dumfounded dumfounded dum- dum There was founded over o his behavior no den demonstration against tho management man mn- 5 because e of the thu unfortunate occurrence Many thought that the doors of oC the tigers tiger's cage cago have lu r been Jeen more secure he rho Tho keepers were t on account of oC the tho contusion confusion I. I and ha lund had it IL not been for Cor Bells Bell's presence 9 of mind und and prompt action in risking 0 J Jau an au encounter with rIth th the JY tiger Cl i more nuoro li eo might taught have been lost Boll Bolls Boll's olla s saim t taim aim wa was good as UI was shown when 1 when lien tho the li tiger er wa was skinned antI and nd six wounds lillY any one of or which ml might aught ht have been fatal were found in Iii the carcass carca o The father of or the tigers tiger's victim victim victim-Is is en cn engaged engaged en hU ed in the lie transfer business an arid and 3 s S i highly respected S S J |
