Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-06-15

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Tufieas Rlsohant ct Iafga-Thfea Horses
TiIlod-Numsrcus Wagons Demolished-
ANumssf Of Persons injured. 49,. ~
The large elephant Hannibal attached to
the Broadway menagefies which wesoa exhi-
ibitioi al Pawtucket on the Sd insts, COZ loose
from his keeper on the way from Pawtucket
to Fall River, cary yesterday morning. re-
fore starting, his keeper made him lHt' me
hinder part Of the wagon loaded wth-S,ouo
pounds, for the psTpose Of getting into liRe.-
It is supposed that, although not nnnsnal,
might have suggested TO him the mode Of at
tack which he adopted afterward. when
about seven m les from Pawtucket, he became
furious, turned upon his keeper, who had to
fly for his life and take refuge in 0 house. got
fee, and rushed along the road, destroying
everything in his way. Meeting a morse ana
wagon belonging 10 Mr.. Stsfford ShoIt, ne
thrust his tusk into the horse snd lifted horse
wagon and rider into the air. he mangledlh the
horse terribly and carried him about hity ieet'
and threw tbs deadtbody into . pend. The
wagon was broken TO pieces, and MI. Short
considerably hurt. The elephant brike one
of h enormous tusks in this encounter. A
mile further, the elephant, now grown more
furi us, attacked in the same manner a horse
and wagon, with Mr.. Mhomas w. Peck and
his son. He broke the wagon and wounded
the horse. which ran away. Mr. Peck was
pretty badly hu I in the hip.
While the keepers were engaged in secur-
ing the smaller elephant, who had not, how
ever, manifested any signs OF nsubordiaat'on
the larger one got off from them, and wen'
through Barneyville , when Mr.. Mason Barney
and another man mounted their horses and
kept on hi. track as near 10 him as was pru-
C.nt. giving warning of the dan ger 10 the pas.
sengers whom they met on the way. The ell
enhsnt woald OCCASIONAL y turn 10 look al
them, but did moi atsempt to modest them.
THE next man in the path was Mr.. Pearce,
who was riding with his little son in a one
horse wagon. He was coming toward the
elephant, and Icing warned by Mr.. Barney
turned round and put the horse to his sPe d.
but the elephant overlook him, and SEEING th'
wagon threw it into The air, dashlng IL 10 PIE
ces. and breaking the collar bone and arm o
nv Pearce. The horse, disengaged from the
wagon, escaped with The fore wheeis, ana tht
sleSbont gave chase for eight miles, but did no
catch him. The elephant came back from hi
unsuccessful pursuit, and took up his marct
again on the main road, where ne next en-
countered Mr.. ]. Eddy, with q horse and wa
son. He threw up the whole establishment
in the same way as before, smashed The wagoI
L;lIe6 the horse and wounded Mr.. Eddy. HI
threw the horse twenty feet over q fence, init
The adjoining lot, then broke down the fenc'
went over and picked up The dead J. horse Sns an an.
me, him. He killed one other horse, and pur
sued an other, who fed to a barn; the elephOn
followed, but at the door was met by a ferc.
bulldog, which bit his legs and drove him of
Once on the route, the keeper being a head o
him. saw him plunge over a wall and max
for a house. The keeper got there frs
hurried the frightened people. within 10 tn
uppef story, and providing himself with an a
succeeded in driving off the furious beast
The elephant finally exhausted his strength
and laid himself down in The bushes, abou
two miles from S AIDES Ferry. Here he wa
secured with chains aud carried over the Ier
TO Fall River. A part of the time he ran at tn
rate of a mile in three minutes.