Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1877 — A Ferocious Horse. [ARTICLE]

A Ferocious Horse.

A Petroleum (Cal.) paper says: “Last night the ‘Man-eater,’ a valuable but savage stallion that was brought here from the East some time since, heavily ironed, with shackles on his feet, on account of his well-known ferocious nature, got loose and escaped from liis stable. At ft o’clock this morning a man by the name of Kenny was sent out to look for the horse, and two hours after he Avas discovered dead in the race-track, where he hail been killed by the stallion while trying to catch him. The body of the man wae frightfully mutilated, his breast being bitten and torn in the most shocking manner, and his upper extremities were greatly scarred and disfigured by the hoofs of the fierce animal, that, after throwing him down, had evidently jumped and trodden upon him, crushing in his chest, and attacking him Avith his teeth. The wicked and dangerous Maneater, that seems to be appropriately named, Avas subsequently captured "by two Mexican vaqueros, and is now securely lodged in his stable. ”