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Show AUTOISTS MEET ' MOUNTAIN LION ' Oakland. Cal.. Nv 5 Julian Hurd and wife of this city guc an account i today of an encounter with a mountain moun-tain Hon near S:in Gre?nrio. Cal. In which Hurd killed ihe lion after, it had pounced upon thc automobile in which they were driving. The animal ani-mal leaped out of the brush as tho i automobile was roundlm: a turn on the mountainside and hurled Itself I aga'nst the machine. It was thrown back and Hurd shot the car ahead at j top speed, with the Hon close behind. be-hind. Fearing It would leap Into the ton-1 neau ou Mrs Hird. he stopped tho car and gave battle with the Iron starting crank. As thc animal sprang at MrsT Hurd It was felled by a blow witli tho crank, but renewed the at tack Hurd carried only a small revolver, re-volver, from which he fired a shot that killed thc lion after he had been unable to dispatch It with the crank. He was painfully lacerated and his injuries were treated by a physician. Hurd Is a well known insurance man of Oakland |