Butte record., 1854-07-22
An Elephant at Large,

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From Tile Pr0rjaeacs Journal, and
the testomoay Of an eye witness to
part OF the scene, we re. her the follow
ing particulars Of The havoc and destruc-
ton made on Monday morning bva large
elephant attached to the Broadway
Menagerie, who GOT loose from his keep
er on the way from Paw'ucket to Fali
River. Wheu about seven niles from
Pawtucket he got ree from the control
Of his Ike per, and meeting horse and
Wagon, belonging to Mr.. Stafford Short,
he thrust his tusk into the horse and If
ted horse, wagon and rider, iHto the air
He mangled the borse terrible, and car
fied him about ftty feet ana threw the
dead body into Il pond. The wagon
vas broken TO pieces. and Mr. Snort
considerably hurt The elephant broke
one Of his enormous tpszs in this en-
counter. 4 mill further me elephant,
now gro@n more lul.ons, attacked in
the stne lnancer q horse and a wagon,
Uith Mr. Thomas 'F. Peek and his son.
He broke the wagon and wounded the
horse, which ran amav. Nr. Peek was
pretty badly hurt in the hip. Two men
took horses and drove ahead to give
warning to the passengers whom they
met on the way. They came 0p with
1Ir. Peasce who was riding wish his it
tie sen IL a one-hcrse wagon. lie was
coming towards the eicph 1T, and being
warned By the outtiiers 'uruol around
and put bis horse 10 lis speed, but the
elephant overlook him, ana seiz.ng the
wagon, threw it into the air, dashing it
to pieces and breaking the collar-bone
and arm OF Air Pearce The horse,
disengagad from the wagon, escaped
with the fore-wheels, and the elephant
gave chase for eight mites, but did not
catch him The elephant came bacl.
from Lis unsuccessful pursuit and tool
up his march gain on tie main 70 d.
where he next encountered Mr.. Jabez
Eddy, with a horse and wagon. lie
threw up the whole establishment in the
same way as before, ~m sjed the wagon,
killed the hose, and wounded 1Ir. Eddy.
He threw the horse twent& feet over
fence into the adjoining OF, then broke
down the + nee, went over and picked up
the dea d horse and deposited him in the
road, where he bad FIST met him lie
He killed one other horse and tursuad
another, who fed to a barn. The ele~
phaut followed, but 1T the daor W met
by fierce bull dog, which bit his Lee and
drove him Off. Once on the route, the
keeper beng ahead OF ham, saw him
plunge over 4 wall and make for n house.
The keeper got into the house first.
hurried the frightened people within 10
the upper story, aud providing himself
with an Ak, succeeded in driving of the
furious beast. On his route the elephant
killed three horses and seriously injured
two men, besides the damage to wagons.
Our informant says he never shall forget
''seeing thqt elephant" :" He was GOV
cred with blood from the horses he had
killed. His strength was surprising, for
he seemed to handle horse with as
much ease as a terrier dog does a rat
The horses were terribly frightened when
they saw the wild elephant It is be-
lieved that q part Of the time he ran at
the rate Of mile in three minutes
He finally exhausted his strength and
laid himself down in the bushes, about
two miles from Slade's Ferry Here
he was secured with chains, and carried
over the ferry 10 Fall River