The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-12
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An Excited Elephant.


Ont at Twentv-Second and Bolton
streets Yesterday ttanSpired another
terrible combat with an intllriated
beast in which a human life was near
" sacrificed. At this place, as our
readers know, from the account in
Wednesdays Press, are located the
Winter quarters of Adam Fore
laugh's menageric, an establishment
containing nearly every variety of
bird and beast.
Yesterday morning Mr.. George
Forepaugh, Keeper of the celebrated
elephant Romeo. who Is known to
I've the most vicious animal ever pub
licly exhibited, and whose title among
showInen Is the champion markill-
er. entered the building aS usual to
attend to the wants of his hinge pet,
The brute was apparently In the best
of moods. and Mr.. Forepaugh appre-
hen, ed no danger. However this tam
cied security While peering through
an aperture at the performance Of
some member OF the troop who was
exerrising in the ring attached to the
building, Mr.. FoepaughI was re-
minded of Romeo's presence and la'l-
gercus instincts by suddenly finding
himself encircled in the coils of the
trunk of the animal. In an Instant
the unluckv man was hurled through
The air with tremendous force, i'll lliS
ascent reaching the roof of the stable.
Fortunately he fell on a pile OF blank
cts. But he was in more Imminent
danger than cvrr--,lirectIy under the
feet and comll tcly in the pow
er of the infllriattd beast. y single
tramp, one blow from the terrible
trunk and he was Il dead man. In
this perilou, situation. with the wcap-
Oh of the treacheruus animal raised TO
deliver the fatal blow, relief came
from Mr.. Chas. Forcmugl, who was
in the rear part of the -tlblc.
With rare presence OF mint and MI
usual courage, this man seized an im-
mense pitchtork, with which Romeo
is occasionally tanned into submission.
and dealt the mad monster blow after
blow. Writliing with pain, thr brute
turned upon his as>aiant, but his
chains prevented him from reaching
him. lIowling with rage, he es>lyed
to deal the newcomer Il deadly blow,
but. alert and active, this gentleman
continued his mercilons thr,lsts. until
the tlanks of the beast streamcd with
blood. All the time Mr.. George Fore
paugh was crawling further and tllrth-
er away from his position. He was
painfully bruised, and moved slowly
and cautiously away, hut tiImlly sue
ceeled in reaching the middle Of the
floor and a place of safety. Other as
siStance then came, and additional
chains We're thrown around the feet OF
Romeo and he was made perfectly Sc
cure; but he continued to show signs
of rage for some time, and his keeper
saws the fit may last for several days.
Romeo is kept claimed by the legs
in a stable adjoining the department
apprDpriate to the cages containing
nearly all of the lions, tigers and plnn-
Tiers, etc. and in one portion of this
stable the performing horses have
their stalls. This stable is divided
from what is called the performing or
practice riug BY wooden partition,
md the elephant is confined in Il cor
Iler Or angle of the stable i'll such
manner that he taces the partition
Ilmt separates the ring from the stable.
The Press has more than once re-
counted the bloody deeds Of this ami
NAL when incensed. Not Il year ago,
in a country village In Ohio, he killed
A man and destroyed a house or two.
A few wears back, when the establish
ment ut Tenth and Caflowhill was
tscd as circus, he demolished one Of .
tine walls and assaulted some half
dozen people. Two years ago. Willie
for the winter near German
town, he got into one of his suky
moods, and when approached by his
keeper he seized the unfortunate man
with his trunk. tossed him into the
air. and then placing the lift!ess body
under his lioof., trampled it into i
shapele mass.
After oyerturning few cages he
was brought filaly under suhiection
when briSkly plied with Il harpoon or
some other sharp instrument. lie is a
dangerous animal, and it is about time
he was killed.-PmimieiiAid Press.