Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-08-02


T cages he sailed out into the street dro,
ging his chain after him. and trumpetir
2 wildly, to the great terror of the goo
l people in the vicinity. By this time hi
? keeper had arrived, and, backed by
large detachment of meuaserie men, h
, followed the infuriated brute intoa stone
F yard, where he was brought to bay
There he was kept until the long hook
and pixies belonging to hook and lad
der company near by were brought upol
the ground, and manned by the menage
rie men. While the keeper and a fore,
ofmen attracted his attention in front
Mr. Frost. the manager of the menagerie
crept up behind him, took one end of the
chain he was dragging, made a turn
round a block of stone eight feet long by
two feet square, and toggled it, so that
the elephant could not move without
dragging the stone with him. .Notwitb.
standing the immense weight of this en-
cumberance, Hannibal remained defiant
and continued to make ierocious charges
upon his assaiIants. a couple of long
guy ropes were then taken, and by the
men at the ends running around him, his
hind legs we're lashed together, Hanni
bal raising his fore feet as the rope came
around and allowing it to pass under
them. When SO secured that he could
not move his hind legs, he was thrown,
after which he was speared and pitch
forked until he " begged" when he was
released from his bonds and marched
back to his old quarters perfectly sub
dueI.
In the winter of 1861 he had another
of his furious turns while in a building
occupied as a menagcrio on Chestnut
street, in Philadelphia. He tore down
an iron column that stood within his
reach, and struck at every one who came
near him, but was unable to break loose
from his fasteuiugs Finding, after some
Jays, that he vas hacam1Hg more and
more un-ovornablo, fqiI blocks were rig
5ed underneath where he stood, ropes |
we're carried up through the floor, and /
he was pulled down upon his side, when /
he customary discipline was admins
cred, and the old fellow was on his good
,ehavicr once more. After that, he
lever manifested any further signs Of in
ubordination until change of keepers
vas made. When Albert Townsend, his
asst keeper, took him in charge, he re-
used to acknowledge his authority, al
hough he had formerly oficiated in the
anne capacity, until Townsend, after
avere fight, had established his suprem-
cy.
Although, in consequence Of the no.
oriety he acquired by his exploits in
lese fits of madness, Hannibal was gen
rally considered very vicious elephant,
e was, under ordinary circumstances, !
animal of good disposition. He has f
cen known to manifest evidences of 4
fection for his keeper such as are rarely /
lown by one of his species. In travel +
g through the country he has submit f
d to all sorts of familiarities from +
rangers with the most imperturbabIe i
ood nature, and was much less irritable y
an his companion of many years, Tip 4
70 Saib. He has beea wrongfuIIy ac- .
sed Of killing numerous individuals: I
1t he never committed but orc assault "
at resulted in the death of man, and ~
at was only a case Of justifable homi- l.
le, or manslaughter in the fourth Il
gree, at the worst. This occurred at h
ldwolI, Ohio, in inSeptembor, 1862. An f.
fortunate individual, whow partially "
voured, was found in a dyingcondition at
front Of him one morning, when his tb
ePer came to take him away from the IN
where the menagerie had exhibited .t
day previous. The victim had been ,or
ioubtedly tormcnting him in some ,.r
nner, ignorant or incapable of under tb
nding the danger he incurred, and ~
nnibal in brushing away the cause of -
loyance, as one would brush fly, had A.
ictod fatal injury. That the eIe- -
mt was not seriously angry was shown 20
the fact that after knocking the man on
r he did no not further moIest him 30,
he been IN a rage he would have torn -; .
d 10 atoms. At this time Mr.. Van g.
lbursh had his tusks sawn of near the T.
$, in hopes OF preventing a repetition n,
uch an accident, the tusks being the III.
st formidable weapons offensive and an,
ensivo that he possessed. In the two u;s j.;
rs that followed the tusks grew out
ut six inches. wo
Hannibal Travelled for many years in Fo
.pany with the elephant Tirpoo Saib. bu.
was his companion in the mena2crie rat
ding lrst winter, and they usually cot one
lg together extremely well. In 1868, An
n exhibiting in Wisconsin, however. eig
z had a regular sot-to, which, if it oat
notboen Interrupted, would probably min
resulted seriously. They we're Of
ned in the tent side by side, and Dire