January 16, 1909
GIRL WAS CLAWED BY LIONS.
She Asks $5,000 Damages From the
Hippodrome Management.
Ella May Cushman went to the Hippodrome December 26. She is about 16 and she liked the looks of the lions. She alleges, in her petition for $5,000 damages filed yesterday in the circuit court, that the cages of two lions were in such condition that the kings of beasts reached out and clawed her face and tore out her hair. In suing the Hippodrome Amusement Company and Charles W. Parker, she says they were to blame for the insecurity of the cages. George B. Cushman, her father, brought the suit for the child, who says she will be permanently disfigured.
Labels: accident, animals, children, circuit court, hippodrome, Lawsuit
