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Show I FARMHAND KILLED I BY A IIS BULL HJ FRANK HALLMAN, ATTACKED DV C ANIMAL. BATTLES VAINLY M FOR HIS LIFE. AX HANDLE HIS ONLY WEAPON HI BE la Trampled to Death at Help Arrlvee H Drute Oreaka Out o( Pen and H Punt Wild Through the HJ Fltldi. H Uhlraajn -Arnta-I only with nn a H handle, ('rank llllinn, a farmhand. H fought fur Ma life villi a madd'nnl H bull on the farm of (' (I llosloy, at H l'nrk Hid, the otlifT afternoon H For It minutes tlm unequal Initio H waned, both man ami twill uelng all HJ 1ho running; In thflr makeup In win H a victory, and thoii the man, sihaiiatnd H from pi I'll Ion and l of blood, fell H tineonsclou at the fr-t of lh animal H to bo Rornl to ilrath and tnMisl orer M a fence al tlm fret of follow workmen H who had como to hie asslalancw M Uladlalorlal ronle! In tlio heyday H of tho old lloman empire, when H trained wnrtlor went forth to do bat- H llo with wild lieasls, were hardly mora H dramatic than llila flftlit on tlm lonoly H farm, whero I lie cuinlHitants wcro H alono, each aiwirrlnic for tlio telling H blow, lha hull diamine;, tlm man dodg H Inn, with horn and hoof pitted nxalnsl H human Ingenuity and a lilrsory sties', H and each contestant fighting to tlio J d"th H Thn bull, a huge Durham, was H known to Ih a dangerous animal, and H " was kept tint lo a alakn In a amall In- B cloture. Tlio other day (ho hemp fell H from tlio Iron rlnK In tlm twist's nop. B and with a null hn crnahd through H thn fenco that lay betweon him and J liberty H (lalntnK hi freedom, tin ran ram H punt thrnugh thn field. chasing pat H tlo. Iiorie. and chlckena In sheller. H and destroying everything that lay In H lila path H llallinan, wearing a red flannel ahlrt, H paaacd acroaa tlio lot a tlio hull wai H- bollowlmc In triumph on a llttla till It f-$ If i. Hj;l Frank lUllman Fight th Oull. Hf lock. Ttia bright color caught thn ant- HL, tnal' eye. and with tall In air and H. hoad to tho ground ha charged upon I J tho farmhand al full MIL I llallinan itnod a It riveted to thol Hi "l"'1- ",0 "x linml1" polaed ovor hi H- ahoulder. A tho benat boro down f upon lilm tin Jiuupod nimbly to ono i ld and brought hi crudo weaion H with all tho forco at hi command Hl, down on tho bend of tho animal. Hj The blow served only to further rn Hjl rage the Ixvnat. and, wheeling about. HJ r":al" charged full upon llallinan. H, Another nimble Jump and another fall H' of the ax handlu met thl eecond on- H tlaughL Tho man's aim wax untriiu aVB and the atlrk only (truck tho tin of tho H ttilmar horn I The bull wheeled bIkiuI, planted hi fore feet In the aoft earth, threw hi Tiead high In tho air, bellowed a fierce challenge of defiant rage, lowered hl( laaaaaM liorn for tho third attack, and again Bjf charged on tbo little man, who ttooil HJrf bravely stalling tlio onslaught. H Chargo alter cliargo wa ropealed In BBsl thoto few minute, until the man fell HRI helpleu to the ground. HJS " "ll tlm8 "tllPr farm lm'"l. " Hl trtcteil by tho Iiellawlng of the anl HI rual, eamo to tho paaturo and H ran to the aulitance of llallinan, B but beforu thwy reached tho fenco that H aeparate tlio fluid of ooinb.il from tlio S' orchard, tho animal advanced to the B pruatrato man, drove ono of his aharp IMft lionn Into hi templo, and then, Urn BBsD Ing tho body at the feet of tbo would HU be rcuor. acamiwred off across the HH HK llallman' body wa taken to tlm frH aylum morgue at Dunning, and the JJmm bull wa corralled by flvo men and r 'JXWmK turned to hi pen. |