Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-06-24

AN ELEPHANT AT LARGE.-The large elephant
attached to the Broadway Menagerie got loose
from his keeper on the way from Pawtucket to
Fall River early yesterday morning. Before
starting, his keeper made him lift the hinder
part of wagon loaded with $500 pounds, for
the purpose of getting it into line. 1t is sup
posed that this, although not unusual, might
have suggested to him the mode of attack which
he adopted afterwards When about seven
miles from Pawtucket, he got free from the
control Of his keeper, and meeting horse and
wagon, belonging to Mr.. Stafford Short, he
thrust his tusk into the horse, and lifted horse,
rider and wagon into the air He mangled the
horse terribly, and carried him about fifty feet,
and threw the dead body into pond. The
wagon was broken to pieces, and Mr.. Short con-
siderably hurt The elephant broke one of his
enormous tusks in this encounter. mile
further the elephant, now grown more furious,
attackedin 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 wounded
in the hip.
While the keepers were engaged in securing
the smaller elephant, who had not, however,
manifested any signs of INSTRUMENTATION, the
larger one got off from them, and went on
through Barneyville, when Mr.. Mason Barney
on his track as to him as was prudent
giving warning of the danger to the passengers
whom they met on the way. The elephant
would occasionally turn to look at them, but did
not attempt to modest them
The next man in the path was Mr. Pearce,
who was riding with his little son in one-horse
wagon. He was coming towards the elephant,
and being warned by Mr.. Barney. turned around
and put the horse to his speed, but the elephant
overlook him. and Selling the wagon, threw it
into the air, dashing it to pieces, and breaking
the collar bone and arm of Mr. Pearce The
horse, disengaged from the wagon, escaped with
the torewheels, and the elephant gave chase
for eight miles, but did not catch him. The
elephant came back from his unsuccessful pur-
suit, and took up his march again on the main
road, where he next encountered Mr. Jabez
Eddy with a horse and wagon. He threw up
The whole establishment in the same way as be-
fore, smashed the wagon, killed the horse, and
wounded Mr.. Eddy. He threw the horse twenty
FEET over q fence into an adjoining lot, then
broke down the fence, went over and picked up
he dead horse and deposited him in the road,
where he had first met him.
He killed one other horse and pursued another |
Who fled to barn. The elephant followed, but
vt the door was met by fierce bull dog, which
tit his leg and drove him off
Once on the route, the keeper being ahead of
lin, saw him plunge over wall and make for
house The keeper got into the house first,
urried the frightened people within to the up
er story, and providing himself with an axe,
ucceeded in driving off the furious beast.
The elephant finally exhausted his strength,
nd laid himself down in the bushes, about two
lilies from SHADES Ferry. Herehe was secured
18th chains, and carried over the river to Fall
liver. A part of the time he ran at the rate of
mile in three minutes.-Prov. Journal, 9th.