Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kehoe, Jeremiah July 4, 1875
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Virginian-Pilot  July 4, 1875
A Man Fearfully Gored by a Bull.
About half past 8 o'clock yesterday morning, a man by the name of Jeremiah Kehoe, 
who is the owner of a number of cows and whose residence is on James Street, while 
driving his cattle along the Lambert's Point road, was met in the road a few 
hundred yards from Armistead's Bridge, by a vicious bull and gored so badly his 
life is despaired of.  The wounded man was at once conveyed to the residence of 
Mr. W. J. Accinally, a short distance from the spot, and surgical assistance was 
sent for.  Drs. T. B. Ward, George W. Townsend and Alex. Tunstall at once 
responded and the wounds were dressed, but we were told neither of the physicians 
entertained any hope of his recovery.  There was a gash several inches long in the 
abdomen, through which the bowels protruded, another in the thigh and a severe 
wound in the temple.  After his wounds were dressed, Mr. Kehoe was placed upon a 
door and conveyed to his residence.
An eye witness of the tragedy, a negro woman, informed us that she was looking out 
of one of Mr. Accinally's windows at the time; saw the bull rush upon the man and 
pick him up on his horns; heard the flesh tear like a piece of wet cloth and then 
saw him dashed to the earth, while the animal trotted off with the cows.  She also 
stated that she had been several times chased by the same animal, at one time 
being forced to jump into the marsh near the bridge and, at another time, making a 
narrow escape by crawling through a hole in the fence.  We also heard from a 
number of other parties that the bull has been a terror to that section, having 
been allowed to roam at will through the roads, streets and vacant lots in the 
vicinity of the bridge and that he has repeatedly attempted to gore persons, white 
and black.  The animal belongs to Mr. C. B. Llewellyn and the butchery of which we 
have written took place immediately in front of his gate.  The animal has been 
complained of frequently and, we hope that, after such an awful example of his 
vicious power, he may be either killed or kept securely confined for the future.
Mr. Kehoe is a man about seventy years of age (which fact makes greatly against 
him under the circumstances) and is universally respected by those who know him.  
The Rev. Father Hagan, of the Catholic Church, was on the spot yesterday to 
administer the consolations of religion to the sufferer.

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