Litchfield Enquirer

Narrow Escape.—On Saturday evening, about 8 o'clock, one of the large tigers at the corner of Sixth and Prune-streets was observed by the keeper to have escaped from the cage. He had concealed himself under the partition adjoining the cage, and on the approach of the keeper, he rose slowly and gave him a severe blow on the face. The keeper being near the door, succeeded in making his escape. He immediately went to the prison on the opposite side of the street and procured a musket loaded with ball and buck-shot, and ascending to a window near to the roof of the building, a lantern was lowered in order to enable him to discover the object of his search. The tiger in the mean time had attacked the pony, which was in the same apartment, and almost devoured it. He then stretched himself out in the centre of the floor of the room. The keeper immediately discharged the contents of his musket into the animal's head, and thus killed him instantly. The cost of the animal was $800.