Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-06-16
From tho Providence Journal.
AFuRIous ELEPHANT At LARGE.



The largo Elephant Hannibal. attach.
cd 20 the broadway Menagerie, which
was on exhibItionat pawtucket on the
and inst, got loose from bic keeper on
the way from pawtuck ct 10 Fall River,
early yesterday morning. Before start.
Ing bis keeper made him liit the hinder
part OF a wagon loaded with 1900 lbs.
for the purpose Of getting II into line.
IL Is supposed that this, although not un.
usual, might have suggested 10 him tho
mode Of attack which he adopted uf-
forwards. When about seven miles
from PawtJcket he became furious,
turned upon his keeper, who had 10 ny
for his lile'and take refuge In house, got
free, and rushed along the road, destroy
Ing everything In his way. Meeting
horse and wagon belonging TO Mr.. Stat
ford Short, he thrust his tuck into the
horse and lifted horse, wagon and rider
into the air. He maneled the horse
terribly and carried him about iifty feet,
and threw the dead body into pond
The wagon was broken TO pieces. and
Mr.. Short considerably hurt. The ele-
plant broke one Of his enormous tusks
In this encounter. A nile further the
elephant now grown more furious, at
tackled In the same manner horse and
wagon, with Mr.. Thomas w. Peck and
his son. He broke the wagon and
wounded the horse, which ran away.
Mr. Peck was pretty badly hurt In the
hip.
While the keepers were engaged in
securing the smaller elephant, who had
not, however, manifested any signs OF
insubordination, the larger one got of
from them, and went through Barney
vile, when Mr.. Mason Barney and an
other man mounted thor horses asd
kept on bis truck as near 10 him as was
prudent, giving warning OF tho danger
to the passengers whom they met on
the way. The elephant would occa-
sionally turn to look at them, but didIn mot
attempt 10 modest them.
The next man In the path was Mr..
Pearce, VINO was riding with his little
son In a one horse wagon. He was
coming towards tho elephant. and being
warned by Mr.. Barney, turned around
and put the horsef to bis speed,
but the elephant overlook hin, and
selling the wagon, threw Il into the air,
dashlng II into pieces, and breaking the
collar bone and arm OF Mr.. pearcc. The
horse, dsenRagod from the wagon. es-
capped with the foro wheels. and the al.
ephant gave chase for eight miles. hut
could not catch him. The elopbant
came back from his unsnccoss nal pursuit.
and took up hts march again on tie main
road, whore he next encountered Mr. y.
Eddy, with horse and wagon. He
threw up the whole establishment In tho
same way as before, smashed tho 0ag-
on, killed the horse, and wounded M
Eddy. He threw the horse twenty fee,
over fence into the adjoining lot. then
broke down the fence, went over and
r picked up the dead horse and deposited
him In the road where he had first me,
a him. He killed one other horse, and
pursued another, who fed 20 barn, The
elephant followed, but at the door wa !
met by a fierce bulldog, which biz hi,
leg and drove him OF. Once on NM
route, the keeper being ahead Of him
saw him plunge over a wall and MAKE
ior house. The keeper got into the
house first. hurried the frightened people
within, to the upper story and providing
himself with an Ak, succeeded In drlylne
oil the furious beast. The elephant final,
r ~ exhausted his strength, and laid him
sell down In the bushes. about two mile,
from SHADES Ferry. Here he WINS AZ.
cured with chains; and carried over the
, Terry to Fall River. A part Of the time
/ he ran at the rate Of mile In three
minutes.