Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-12
a rs,ss rsssss ssmssi vita
"a l.lephaaf.

IA, the taftirniars "a q Terrible hrhi
with Tiplsup saib. thr sell knunn :
elephant. which orrarrtd Al Con
nsT.yills. lndiana, last IursiaN
Tho mynagrris la. g,'nr into a later
quarters - ihc I,larv aud the r''l''s,
al animal IL vhaihvi Ia a email
huildlng. shcrr he will hv kept un-
III the show sea,''n "Isns nrAi year
rippOo saith, hy the way, i n''N
Ihc largest elephant ia AmeTlra
Ho ia 80 wears Old aud weighs ~,
VoO pounds,
rne battle with TipPoc resulted
fran change ia his kcrpers Frank
Nash. las keeper f'r lea years, Wac
rccenlly supplan's'l hy thas john
s,n fIrmrrly Of Barnam = msnaserl" I
The elephant will rnt av'rpl = nrN 4
master without a haIll", and Mr.
Johnson li,lly pr pared hlm,'lf i"r
an exciting cn,o inter, III" elr
phant was in particularly had hn,
mur with all mankind, lilo wonld
allow nolnnly ia his quarters, sirlk
Ing at every intruder with his trunk
aud lusks most viri"u ~, On Tues
day morning last, nj 10 o'clnrk. the
conbat opened. The new keeper
with nine assistants, hal fully
equipped himself with chains and
canles for tying, ani spears aud
pitchf,rkS fnr subiuing Tippno,
The tirst thing dome WAS 10 aslcn y
brirkbal Ia the end OF rope aud
threw IL over the cnd nf the iusk
chain, which latter IL fastened 4"
nnu leg and one Turk. by y cnns III
this rope, a twenty tnn cable chain
formerly used to subinc the In
nous llannihall wa slip'noosed
around the tuck. Next. mn cNcara
ton three feet deep was made under
to sill of the house. and while I'll.
slrphant's attention was attracted
e. the other side I'll the room by T.
pnil ofwater o lrrd into his trough
the cable chain was pa-srd through
the excavation aud fastened Ia
heavy stakes outsidc. All ihi.
time, the ininriaicd monster struck
nlaround him with terrible frrocity
aud tuggcd ut his chain with in
credible momentum.
The next thing accomplished was
the sharing OF his hind legs. The
was contaminated 10y the singing
OF fresh ropes around thnsc two
stately pillars OF elephant flesh
bone aud muscle. and finally, by
the stcal,hy strategy Of the keeper
and another man, these r"ncs were
fastened to stumps outside. Tho
clcphat was now sufficiently pinion
ed to allow the order. charge pitch
forks" to be given. Ten men
armed with these ugly implements
of ollcnsc. plunged them into Tho
rnmpaging beast, taking care, %
course, to avoid penetrating his eyes
or Joints. Tho tcndcrcst spot in ~
elephant is just behind tho fore leg"
aud that locality was proddcd I'm
merciiully. BY means of II hookce
spear sunk in his back Tippoo wa
brought to his knees, but he surgct
IN again with such awful strength
that he swept his tormcntors of
their feet and made his chains wills
Ito like fddle-strings. After II,
hours fighting he was brough
down on his side. but for two hou"
longer he tugged at his chains will
trcnzicd obsllnacy pulled so hare
Mt times that his hind legs wcr
straight out behind him, and tire
feet off the ground.
At tn. end of three hours tn
ginnt gave in by "trumpcting,
which is the elephant way Of cryin
enough" The moment this pecu
liar cry was heard the battle ceased
The keeper made Tippoo get IL
and lie down number of timer
and no was rs obedient to tho wor
OF command rs II gentle pony
The animal was then groomcd an
rubbed off with whiskcy. He a
lowed all manner of liberties with
out no much ~ tapping an car. IL
was II subiugated elephant.
At one stage of the fight the do
Jack" Ga companion Of tho cl'
phaat,) thought some of the tyin
business foul play. He flew upo
J0hnsun's back and tried to sin
his langs into his neck. but WI
pulled off and dragged out of til
room. Jack evidently sympa'hize
with his big friend.