Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1911 — WOMAN FIGHTS OLD PANTHER [ARTICLE]

WOMAN FIGHTS OLD PANTHER

Beast Attacks Her and Two Little Daughters in Barnyard—Kills Two Prise Pigs and Goat Ukiah, Cal —Thomas Jeffries has lost his goat, also two fine young Berkshire pigs which he had recently received from the east It all happened when an old panther and her two cubs visited the Jeffries ranch and made a meal of the goat and the young swine. Jeffries, who owns a large ranch near Orr's Springs, left home early to work on the road, leaving his wife and their two .little daughters at home alone. Bhortly after noon she and the children went out to feed the small prize pigs, and when she reached the yard in which they were kept she was terrified by seeing a large panther leap from behind a bush and spring toward her, closely followed by two cubs. Seizing the children in her arms, the mother fled to the house, closely pursued by the ferocious California lion. They reached the house safely and she slammed the door In the face of the unwelcome guest After walking across the porch several times in search of an entrance, the angry panther espied the goat near the house, and after a race through the barnyard and into the chicken house she grasped it by the throat and carried it to her cubs. Not being satisfied with their meal the panther began another search and killed the two pigs, carrying one to each of he* cubs. Having satisfied their appetites they lingered round the house a few minutes and then disappeared in the redwoods nearby.