Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1912 — HAS HARD FIGHT WITH EAGLE [ARTICLE]

HAS HARD FIGHT WITH EAGLE

Bird Attacks Lumberman Who Killad Ita Companion Near North Creek Camp, N. Y, Glens Falls, N. Y.—Milton Steives of this city wag nearly killed in a fight with a bald eagle near North Creek lumber camp. He was rescued badly wounded by a fellow lumberman and Is under the care physicians. Steives came upon two eagles devouring the carcass of a. calf and shot one of the birds. Before be could reload his gun the other eagle attacked him. He struck at the bird repeatedly with his rifle butt, but the eagle, although one of its wlngß was broken, was getting the better of the battle when a hunter killed the feathered fighter with a club. The bird weighed seventy-five pounds and measured nine feet from tip to tip.