Chicago Medical Man Has Been Engaged in Noval Hunt in Oklahoma

Bliss, Okla.-
The first buffalo killed in the territory, or anywhere in the country so far as known, for several years, was brought down by Dr. H. F. Thomas, of Chicago, from an automobile. Dr. Thomas was recently injured in an automobile accident in Chicago and was unable to ride a horse in the chase, but he got the first chance at the big beast and brought him down with one shot. Old Geronimo, chief of the Apaches, now 80 years old, leaped from his horse, fired two shots into the animal, and dispatched him with his hunting knife.

The chase, which lasted two hours, was exciting in the extreme the buffalo, surrounded by 25 cowboys and a band of Indians, became maddened with fright and caused Dr. Thomas several times to break the speed limit to get out of the way in his auto. Miss Lucille Mulhall participated in the hunt.

President Roosevelt had instructed the governor of Oklahoma to send troops to the 101 ranch to stop the hunt, and the Miller brothers, in consequence, decided that the killing should take place before the troops could arrive.