The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-04-23
The Capture of "Ee Om co ''---A
Fearful Contest.

A PIilad, lphia paF Fer of recent date
says: One of the most inter, siin,, eXcit
i;%:g and yet hazardous incidents which has
occurred for many day, was The recap
ture and conque,ing on Saturday last, of
the huge Asatic elephant, ''Rome","
belonging to Adam Forepaueh's Mcna-
ge-ie, On the farm If jams Il Miller, in
Hatboro, IA small ur'pre, ending village,
twelve miles from this city, upon whose
premises he has been q rartered during the
past Mater, tcg4sher with The white
ca nel~, drom darles, hors and 'wo Other
elephants belonging to Mr. Forepaugh =
great Geological a d Equestrian cnmbna-
ton, winch Will open in Philadelphia,
next wck
1t will b., NJ doubt, rom mberrd by
TIE maj rity of our readers, that this is
the same elephant that killed his keeper,
Mr. William y. Williams, last December,
not long after going into winter quarters
The cir, umstAnces of which might not be
unintertsung briefly 10 uarI ate Ill this con-
neciion.
Mr.. Williams was in the habit, with
other duties and c.r 5, of washing and
scrubbing the lei.hant every few da s
with warm w;;t.r, the animal, at the
same time. being chained firmly by secur-
! ing both fore feet with massive iron
chain strongly fastened TO rings, secured
at the bottom OF his spacious stall, which
| Is built ot soil masonry, of great thickness
and strength, upon which rests the weight
! of Il pm !erous superstructurc. From
| several circumstances that had transpired
| bit few days previous, such as the
! annihllation of Il pet cat, lhe knuckinI :
| down Of IL camel wIrich happened 20 come
in The way, Mr.. Williams, his keeper
was advised TO be on his guard but
having great conf !ence, he took no pre
! cautionary measures, and thus il happened
that while he was in The act of procuring
a fresh supply Of water, with which to
wash him, his back bcing turned, the
elephant ruck him powerful blow with
his trnnE, FRUSTRATING him upon his face,
breaking his s.'inai column and rendering
him INSTANTLY helpless.
immediately The elephant caught him
with his trunk, dew him beneath his fore
feet, gured him with his tHsks, kneit upon
him with his knees, literally crushing
every bDne in his body. Al this fearful
crisis, Mr. Mi.ler and other members of
his family, alarmed by the cries of the
unfortunate man, came to The rescue, and
10y means oi furks, spears, Be-, succeed ii
50 far in divertiug the at ention of the
InturIatnd moDs,er from his victim as to
extrlcate the dying man from his power
! MIR. Williams, II is hardly necessary to
! add, lived but two hours after tl.is sad
event. Being securely chained, lac WAS,
of course, unable to do any further mis-.
chief, and in this predicament he has
remained all winter, TO person being able
to conquer and suhduc him. OF course,
If permitted 10 remain SO all the time, he
wOJld be trinless enough, but the travel
ing season for the menagerIe approaches,
and his lurds.iip is neaded somewhere else,
and some means, therefore, must be de
vlseI by which he can be sub lued and
made available for the approaching cam
paIgn.
In this extremity Mr.. Forepaueh was
Obliged to- secure the services OF hi. old
keeper, Mr. Stuart Craven, VITO had been
in charge Of hn before lie was imported
to America, and for six ,clrs since that
/
heal,n, was advised 10 travel i'm Eurove.
and about elghtceu months ago sat uu
tor the Orient, and wlsiin. to combine
profit with pleasure pursued his Journey
lnto the interior of Africa, Asia and lower
: Egypt, accumulated an extensive assert
mont of the most rare and curious animals
and also OF the fyathered tribe amou!
which were some OF the finest specimen
OF African and As'atic elephants, camel
dromedarles. Sc., ever imported into thu
, country, all of which have been recent,
merged into the mammoth menagerie be
| longing 10 Adam Forepaugh.
MIR. Craven, being an experienced ami
! NAL tan:er, was deemed the most advisa bl
2 person to take charge of the recaPture o
} ''Romeo," as he Is The only person VIII,
has ever succeeded in conquering an,
: subduing this, the largest specimen Of M
5 Asiatlc elephant on This {, inent L,
! tins end, Mr. Craven proceeded ON Satur
: day last, assisted by that fearl .s+ an
: intrepid animal performer, Mr.. Ja1ne
torepangh, to Iatboro, accompanied ais
oy an army of men with ropes, tickle
and chains, to bring this monarch ui IN
ORIENTAL jungle 10 his launches, who ha
been kind of terror to thar communi,,
, ever since tue unfortunate death of MIR
! Williams
Immediately on tue arrival of his oil
Keeper, although he had been absen
about eighteen months, the eleplran
recognized him, became restive and def
ant, made fearful charge upon him viii
! his trunk, with which. but for the chan
by which be was strongly tsthered. b