Big Eagle Drops Baby.
About two weeks ago a posse of farmers scoured Will County, Illinois, for two huge eagles, which were killing hundreds of chickens and young turkeys. One of the pair was killed. The other disappeared, and the hunters finally abandoned the hunt.
On a recent morning, Delmer Reeves, the two-year-old son of David Reeves, was playing in the back yard of the Reeves home. His mother heard the child scream and rushed to the door in time to see an enormous bird clutch the baby by his dress and lift him from the ground.
The mother screamed, and the eagle dropped the child after the baby had been carried a few feet. The eagle’s talons badly lacerated the child’s flesh. Members of the farmers’ posse have resumed their hunt for the dangerous visitor.