Huge Bird Attacks Robert Reed

Pursues Him Around a Tree

Employe at Cawston Farm Attempts to Rescue Japanese and Almost Loses Life Before Ostrich is Beaten Off

In an encounter with a huge male ostrich at the Cawston ostrich farm yesterday, afternoon, Robert Reed, an employe of the company, was kicked twice and stamped by the angry bird, and undoubtedly would have been killed but for the timely Interference of other attendants, who beat off the ostrich with clubs.

Reed sustained a broken rib and his body was black and blue from the ostrich’s attacks upon him. A physician was called and Reed was taken to his home.