Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1914 — “CRYING CHILD” A PANTHER [ARTICLE]

“CRYING CHILD” A PANTHER

Berry Pickers in Washington, Hunting Lost Tot, Found Animal Doing the Wailing. Cathlamet, Wash. —A p’aintive cry. apparently that of a child lost in the woods, attracted the attention of a party picking berries in the woods near Cathlamet The berry pickers at once started to the rescue. Presently the cries stopped. The party was perplexed but still attempted to find the little one. Again the wailing was heard some distance away and the party was puzzled. After an extended search the pickers came upon the object of their search. It lay stretched upon the lower bough of & pine tree, its tail moving restlessly to and feet of hungry panther. The search for the childLwas discontinued at once and rotting berries and footsteps far apart mark the course the party took on its return to town.