Biddle Hiles, 56, bank cashier, saved Walenty Szymkowski from an enraged bull, Salem, New Jersey, June 11, 1910. Szymkowski entered a pasture and was attacked by the bull and knocked to the ground. He clung to the bull’s neck while it tried to toss and gore him. Hiles entered the pasture from a road and went to Szymkowski’s aid with a four-foot length of a fence rail, with which he struck the bull on the nose. Szymkowski let go of the bull when Hiles shouted to him to do so and staggered to a fence and left the pasture. The bull charged at Hiles, and he struck it again. Backing toward the fence, Hiles continually struck the bull with the rail as the animal made short charges toward him. When he reached the fence, Hiles struck the bull three rapid blows, and, while it was somewhat dazed, he vaulted the fence. Szymkowski had been gored in the thigh, his clothes had been ripped open, and he had a number of flesh wounds and bruises. 6897-639
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