Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-07-13
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A Furious Elephant at Large.

The large elephant Hannibal, attached TO the
broadway menagere, which was on exhibition
81 PaWtueket on the 81 inst, got loose from his
keeper on The way fiOm Pawtucket to Fall Riv.
er, early on yesierday morning. Before start.
ing' bis keeper made him liz the hinder part
wagon loaded with $3.50 pounds, for the
purpose Of getting il into line. Il Is supposed
that this, al'hOugh 90, unusual. might have sur
gested 10 him the mode Of attack which he a.
doptvd afLTWMds. When about seven miles
from PAWtuckst he became fa. ioIs. turned up.
on bis keeper who bad to hy for bis life End
take refuge in a house, got free, and rushed
alSng the read, destroying every thing in hi,
way. Meeting hOrIs and wagon belonging
Mr.. SIaHord Short, he thrust his tusk into the
horse and lfed horse, wagon and rider into the
air. He mangled the horse terribl, and earri.
ed HIN shout ifty feet, and threw the dead body
intO'a pond The wagon was broken to pie
; ces, and Mr. Short considerably hurt. The el.
= ePsant broke one Of his enormous tusks in this
encounter. A mile further. the elephant. now
grown more furious, attacked in the same man.
ner horse and wagon, with Mr.. Thomas ". .
Peck and his son. lie broke the wagon and
wounded the horse which ran away. Mr.. Peek
was pretty badly hurt in the hip.
While he keepers were engaged in securing
the smaller elephant, who had not however,
manifested any signs of insubordinaiiou, the
larger one got of from them. and went thrO'
Barneyville, when Mr.. Mason Barney and an.
other man mounted their horses and kept on
bis track as near TO him as was prudtnt, giving
warning Of the danger to the passengers whom
they met on the way. The elephant would oc.
casionaly turn to look at them but did not ut.
tempt TO molest them.
The next man in The path was Mr. Pearce,
who was riding with his little son in one horse
wagon. He was coming warned by Mr. Bar
ney, turned round and put the horse to his
speed, but the elephant overlook him, and seiz-
ing the wagon, threw it into the air, dashing
it into pieces, and breaking the collar bone and
arm Of Mr. Pearce. The horse disengaged
from the wagon escaped with tie fore wheels
and the eleP hant gave chase for eight miles but
didnot catch him. The elephant came back from
his unsuccessful pursuit, and took up his march
on the main road, where he next encountered
Mr.. j. Eddy, with horse and wagon. He
threw up the whole establishment in the same
way as before, smashed the wagon. killed the
hose, and wounded Mr. Eddy. He threw the
horse, twenty feet over fence. went over and
picked up the dead horse and deposited HMM
the road where he had first met him.
He killed one other horse, and pursued an .
other, who Aej to barn the elephant fol-
lowed, but at the door was met by fierce bull
dog, which bit his leg and drove him of
Once on the route, the keeper being ahead of
him, saw him plunge over wall and make for
house. The keeper got into the house first,
hurried the frightened people within to the
upper story, and providing himself with an axe
succeeded in driving off tie furi, us beast -
The elephant exhausted his strength ana laid
himself down in the bushes, about two miles
from Slades Ferry. Here he was secured with
chains; and carried over the ferry to Fall Riv-
er. A part of the time he ran at the rate Of
mile in three minutes