The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-25
The 8utlana 9aily Glube.
MONDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1876.
THE GRIP OF DEATH.

A Nan Seized BY an Enraged Elephant.
John Hooley, a moulder in Burdett,
Smith 6 Co. foundry resides on Tenth
street with his wife and family Of several
children. Last Saturday Forepaugb's cir
Gus and menagerie exhibited here, and as
they we're to show in Albany on Monday
the animals, or at least part of them, re-
NAMED over at Troy on Sunday. The four
elephants, a male and female, grown, and
two young ones, were kept in vacant lot,
and attracted crowds during the day, who
watched the animals as they fed, and offer
ed them sundry little delicacies Of fruit,
nuts, cakes, etc. Hooley, noticing the ell
ephants, thought to have little fun with
them, went home, got some apples and can
dy, and returning
PROCEEDED TO FEED THE ANIMALS.
He gave several apples to the large male
who ate them with evident enjoyment, and
was very friendly in its disposition, the fe-
male standing by meanwhile and cycling
Hooley with suspicious interest. Finally
he offered the male some candy, which it
declined to take. He then rendered q
piece to the female. As he approached,
she watched him very narrowly, but he,
being unfamiliar with the character of the
animals, paid no attention to the indications
Of anger, and boldly advanced to prefer
the candy. As he did so the female ex-
tended it, trunk. as Hooley supposed to
take the sweet-meat, but to his astonish-
ment, it threw its plant and powerful men,
Der around his arms and body and prepared
to draw hin
HEAD FIRST TOWARD ITS MOUTH.
Hooley tried to start back, but he was in
an iron grip, and seemed utterly powerless.
The animal, with fearful deliberatisn,
drew his head directly towards Its widely
extended jaws, and prepared to crush his
skull into fragments. The pinioned victim
casting up his eyes, felt the warm breath of
the monster, saw its huge teeth. its power
full jaws and its cavernous mouth, and made
| . desperate and almsst superhuman effort
to throw off the grip which held him al
most breathless and with painful violence.
FEARFUL MOMENT.
Throwing back his shoulders and clutch
ing out with his hands, he succeeded in
losing the hold for a second, and imme-
diately slipped to the ground, rolled out Of
reach, and jumped to his feet, and, in his
terrible excitement, fairly ran home. He
was shortly taken i'll and remained in the
house, suffering from severe pains about
his chest until Tuesday, when he started
to return to work. On reaching the foun-
dry, he suddenly fell to the floor and be-
gan bleeding from the mouth. He was
carried home, and DR.. Burton was called,
who, after examination. declared that q
BLOOD VESSEL HAD BEEN RUPTuRED,
and that Hooley's condition was very Sc.
rious. His symptoms yesterday we're moi
improved, and priest was called to ad.
minister the last consultations of his re.
ligion. There are still hopes OF recev.
cry, but the symptoms are not very prom.
! icing. 1t is believed that the female
elephant became jealous because Hooley
fed the male and passed her by, and 1t is
| thought that in her anger she seized him
and inflicted the injuries mentioned. 1t is
also reported that the female elephat Is
shortly to bear her young, and that while
10 this condition these animals are always
exceedingly dangerous TO approach OF
fondle.
| THIS MORNING
we called at the residence of Mr.. Hooley
he is much weakened and suffering consid
cradle pain, his back and breast being ter
ribly bruised, and the ruptured blood yes
sci 10 his lung giving him trouble and anx
iety the nervous prostration accompany
ing such accidents and injuries Is very
marked. His version of the affair is as fol
lows: After feeding the male elephant, he
turned to the female to divide his favors
the animal seemed somewhat restless, but
he did not question her kindness, and ap
preached her fearlessly. Tossing her &
lump of candy, 1t passed at once into tht
mouth and lodged in one of the glands I'M
der the tongue. Mr.. Hooley preceived tina
something was wrong, and, divining the
cause, thrust his hand into her mouth il
removing the lump his nail scratched 81
deeply as to draw blood from the delicat,
lining of the mouth, in sufficient quantity
to stain his hand. Without warning, thu
animal wound its trunk about his body
from left to right, and gave him
A MISUNDERSTANDING,
which took his breath away and made hi
head spin. With remarkable GOODNESS HI
made neither opposition nor struggle, bu
allowed himself to drop and slipped out o.
the deadly coil. He crawled between hel
fore legs, and half-rolled, half-sprang out o.
her reach, as she turned nimbly around a
the length of her chain, with uplifted Trunk
He was shghtly Inconvenience by tht
bruises, but not 80 much as to particularly
annoy him, and went to his work as usua
on Monday morning. He worked the fol
lowing days until yesterday, when he wal
affected as above narrated; and returned Il
his home. He has been careful. steady
provident man, and is highly spoken Of
Possessed of magnificent physique ant
strong constitution, he has good chances Of
pulling through misfortune which woult
have ended nine men out of ten Friday