Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1916 — HOLD BEAR HUNT IN PARK [ARTICLE]

HOLD BEAR HUNT IN PARK

Fireman Finally Kills Bad-Tempered Pet Which Had Been City Zoo Attraction. Elkhart, Ind.—A real bear hunt in Willowdale park followed the escape of a two-year-old bear owned by Frank Brumbaugh. The animal had been sent to Mr. Brumbaugh when a cub by a friend in northern Michigan. It recently developed a. bad temper and the owner decided to have it killed. Brumbaugh and his brother, Charles, led Babe, as the bear was known, out of a barn. The animal broke away and resisted capture so strenuously that both men suffered tooth and claw wounds on their hands. They then permitted the fugitive to trot to the nearby park. Frank Little, a city fireman, who is known as a good marksman, was summoned with his rifle. His first shot only wounded the bear, which then climbed to the top of a high oak, roaring defiance. Little’s second shot brought down the animal, the ball piercing Its brain. The bear was one of the attractions in the city park zoo during the summer.