72 THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 



Chas. Slutterbeck Kills 265-lb. Bear 

 In Corn Field 



While Party Armed With Winchesters Is On the Trail 



Bear Walks Upon Young Man in Corn Field 



and Is Laid Low With Shotgun 



A 265-pound Black Bear walked up to Charles 

 Slutterbeck, twenty-year-old son of Arthur Slutter- 

 beck, of Tusseyville, while he was husking cqrn on 

 the home farm, shortly before the noon hour, Satur- 

 day, and the young man without the least perturba- 

 tion seized his shot gun which 'he had taken to the 

 field for rabbits and let drive a load of fine shot into 

 Mr. Bear. The shot proved a good one, penetrating 

 the lungs of the animal and causing instant death. 



The bear was first seen by Jasper Weaver, near 

 Colyer, an hour before, 'having evidently come but of 

 the Seven Mountains. Since Mr. Weaver had no 

 hunting license he had no legal right to kill the bear, 

 so he hurried to the Emmett Jordan home at Tussey- 

 ville where Revs. Bierly and Yergey a/re making their 

 headquarters during the evangelistic campaign in 

 progress at that place, and spread the news. A car 

 was soon procured and the Reverend gentlemen, Mr. 

 Jordan and Mr. \Veaver, armed with Winchesters; 

 left for the spot where Mr. Bear was last seen. The 

 bear, however, was evidently on a hiking expedition 

 and was clean out of sight. They were able to track 



