Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-11-19
9aiIg AppeaI.


Ar EnraEed Elephant In n Streets.
There was great excitement in Williams
bug, New York, recently, Of which the New
York HraH Of tie 5th inst, has the FOL.
loEings
Yesterday morning s~tremsndous excitement
p-aE created IN the lower part Of williams
bag, caused by the elephant belongingio Van
Amhmg's menagsrie becoming enrsged and
bresk ing loose from The keeper. A man was
e,-nIav ed 10 bring some shsvings to the ne
rsI.- hieh were brought in a wagon. The
49, -. ITO the tent, and while unloading
Sss 49,, n, elephant was observed 20 grow
1t OF the horse, which had a
restless AZ me s.e- he was advised to take
white blanket on. - he could do 20 the
Biz horse away but befU. cps, and knocked
eIeDhsnt advsnce1a few s. IS trunk. He
the nan down with a blow OF IL his trunk,
De-t seed ne horse bv means Of led the
and injured hin seriously. He Then SCI 'rg
war6r. throwing It up 10 the air and breakL
ID 10 peices. HIS anger was now tulE
aroused. and proceeding to the Gag OF the
urafrie wolf. be smashed it with his trunk;
rdr-slsased him. Next in his way was the
care OF tie black bear. The cage was de-
molished, but the bear was chained up and
could not escape. The cage Of the zebra be-
frr next in bis way. be pashed it through the
tent and clear through the wall Of a small
shsntv at the back Of the tent Then leaving
the tsnt be got into the streets, purs1eibyhis
keepers and hundreds Of people, none OF whom
were able 10 cope with the enraged elephant
He did not molest passers BY, but seemed 10
have e great aversion to horses, which ne
WOHid pursue a. rapidly as be was able being
hoppled with a chain connectinghis tusk with !
one o. bis fore legs.
He was fnally driven By The crowd into the
st0ne-ysrd. corner Of South, Fourth and Tenth
- - an I
gagged in dressing stone, and had Just placed
upon wooden horses a huge stone, weighing
about afteen hundred tons. In attempting 70
get OFT Of the stone-yard the elephant got
caught By bis chain to this stone, which !
checked hin. The keepers gradually ap-
preached him with chains 10 fasten bis legs, 1
but it was not til be had received several Sc
we're blows with spears that his attention could
be diverted so as to render IL possible 70 fur
thg secure hin. Finally he was thrown
upon his side, whsre be lay for some time, bel
lowing and thrashing about him with bis. trunk.
Application was made 10 the members az
hook andladder companies Nos 1 andSs who
furnished the keepers with long hooks One
OF these was run through one Of bis ears, and
twisted until the poor animal could not move
his head from the pain Of the wound When
heWas perfectly subduedhe was heavily bound
with chains ard taken back 70 the menagene.
He is almost covered with wounds received
from the hooks and spears, and Il il not deemed
safe to exhibit him for a few days, nor would
il be safe for his keepers 10 approach within
sight Of him.
L is a very fortunate circumstances that no
person was killed BY the elephant or trampied
to death m the confusion Of escape. As il is,
the poor animal is the greatest sufferer. This
is the largest elephant that has been exhibited
ia this part Of the country, and il is the same
that a few years since caused such havoc BY
escaping from his cage at Harlem. These fits
Of anger, il is said, occur with him annually, /
and the keepers have for some time been tx
pectiug some such demonstration, and kept a
more careful watch on him.