Son of Mrs. A. W. Schwane Kills Bird with Shotgun.
    After an attempt to beat off a bald eagle with an umbrella, Mrs. A. W. Schwane of 2544 Forty-first avenue, Chicago, fainted away and was rescued by her 15-year-old son, who killed the bird with a single discharge from a double-barreled shotgun. Mrs. Schwane was returning home and was within a block of her home when she noticed an unusually large bird flying above her. She realized at once that it was an eagle, and that she was in danger, for the bird was only a little higher than the houses. She hastened her steps, and as the eagle swung nearer and nearer to her in ever narrowing circles the frightened woman started to run. Her only means of defence was the umbrella which she was carrying, and this she put up in hope that it would frighten the bird away or in some way keep him away her until she could reach home. Whether it was the umbrella or not which protected her, Mrs. Schwane did reach home and fell fainting across her own doorway before she was actually attacked. Anthony W. Schwane was at home and saw the huge bird sweep by the end of the porch. Without a minute’s hesitation Anthony rushed to the closet where his father’s double-barreled goose gun is kept and ran out into the yard. When the eagle came past the house on its next circle the boy took aim and fired. The bird fell just outside the yard in the street. The bird measured six feet six inches.
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