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friendly with her; she struck him on going in and he laid down. She then proceeded to her performance with the lion and afterwards turned round and again struck the tiger. It appeared angry and immediately seemed to turn upon the deceased; rearing upon his hind legs and seizing her by the neck, she fell on her back and the tiger crouching over her, he saw no more of her until removed from the den, when he hastened to her assistance. She was perfectly insensible and had lost a great deal of blood and her face and lips were very pale. She was still alive, the heart was beating, but she was perfectly unconscious. Witness placed his hand on the wound in the neck to stop the bleeding and administered some brandy to deceased, but she was unable to swallow it and in a very few minutes her heart ceased to beat. There were four wounds on the left side of the neck, a slight wound on the right leg and another on the chin, caused by the teeth of the tiger, the under jaw of the animal having caused a very large wound under the chin, which aided by the shock her system had sustained, produced death.The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased was killed by a male tiger whilst exhibiting in its den and expressed a strong opinion against the practice of allowing personsto perform in a den with animals.It will be remembered that, when, about two years since, Mr
Wombwell exhibited his menagerie to the royal family at Windsor, the "Lion Queen" was especially anxious to exhibit the extraordinary command which she had acquired over the fierce animals, but her Majesty expressly forbade the performance. Since then the unfortunate deceased had been the great attraction of the exhibition in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom. It is to be hoped that this horrible termination to her career may have the effect of preventing such performances for the future.
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