Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-09
AN ELEPHANT AZ LARGE

The large elephant attached 10 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 supposed that this.
though not unusual, might have suggest
ed 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 tusks in tie
horse, and lifted horse, wagon and rider
into the air. He mangled the horse ter
ribly, and carried him about fifty feet,
and threw the dead body into pond -
The wagon was broken to pieces, and
Mr.. Short considerably hurt. The ele-
phant broke one of his enormous tuskS
in this encounter.
4 mile further the elephant, now
grown more furious, attacked in the same
manner. horse and wagon, with Mr..
Thomas 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 i'm
securing the smaller elephant, who had
not, however, manifested any signs cf
insubordination, the larger one got oil
from them, and went on through Barney
vile, when Mr.. Mason Barney and
another man mounted their horses and
kept or his track, as near to him as was
prudent, giving warning of the danger
TO the passengers whom they met on
the way. The elephant would occasion
ally turn to look at them, but did not
attempt to molcst them.
The next man in his path was MIR.
Pearce. who was riding with his little
son In one-horse wagon. He was COM
ing towards the elephant, ard being
warned by Mr.. Barney, turned round
and put the horse to his speed but the
elephant overlook him, and seizing the
wagon, threw it into the air, dashing it
to pieces and breaking the collar bone
and arm of Mr.. Pearce. The horse, dis
engaged from the wagon, escaped with
the fore wheels, and the elephant gave
chase for eight miles, but did not catch
him. The elephant came back from his
unsuccessful pursuit 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
before, smashed the wagon, killed the
horse, and wounded Mr.. Eddy. He threw
the horse 20 feet over fence into the
adjoining lot, then broke down the fence,
went over and picked up the 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 ele-
phant followed, but al the door vas met
by fierce bull dog, which bi. las lag and
drove him off
Once on the route, the keeper being
ahead of him, saw him plunge over q
wall and make for a house. The keeper
gotinto the house first hurried the frighten-
ell people within to the upper story, and
providing himself with an axe succeeded
in driving off the furious beast.
The elephant finally exhausted his
strength, and laid himself down in the
bushes, about two miles from SHADES
Ferry. Here he was secured with chains
and carried over the ferry to Fall River.
\ part of the time he ran at the rate Of
a mile in three minutes. eS.-Proridenoe