The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-28

BcrEh ought to remember that mn elephant
hooper Inns u mountain oi flesh to deal with.
Kindness is The rub. lut th re can BE- no mas
terry over wild ha.s's without punishment and
no punishment without pam. rs to the innic-
tlon Of extraordinary injury ON an unbound
elerhantwith n bot iron that is nrossihle."
Let Mr.. BcrGh.' broke in Mr.. NathRus i'm
aglne himself approached by a person with
rGd.h9, iron in bis hand An e.gphnnt dos first
probably show fight against q wan who would
draw pistol on him or who should come at him
with a. knle. but against n red-hot iron no
would hc absolutely helpless.
Thrcc vc"rs ago took this very Emperor
from vessel IN which be had boon sent to this
country from tn" Hamhurs I'6 agical Garden.
md led him NJ To- the Central Park Museum.
From Central Park | took him down and put
him ON "a Fall River me boat At Fall River
put i'm on % car. and when he arrived IN Bos-
ton. shut him M in lnrn. lie ma boon ler-
ircily gentle through nI THIS ,nndlinE. In me
standing m front of him. he threw forward his
cnrs and trunk. and Mr.. Juno and went living
head oyer h"els twenty feet To- the rear. II was
quite dark in the larn. however. and we con;
Guided that Emperor was only frightened and
Formerly. whom elephants became ugly It
was the custom 90 thrust hooks into their enrs.
ANA then. rigging pull'ys above them, pull on
ihe hooks until the elephants yielded or the
hooks were torn ont through their cnrs. That
was tNr more cruel treatment than the present
method of suhiuin~.
As to the story that orr elephants in Central
Park have not room enough in their quarters
10 exercise IN, me ,suul'l.ht answer IL th3t
than thry have done. thnk thcy have gained
$50 or 500 hounds apiece this winter, and En-
pcrnr has grown six or scv"n inches"
Mr. Nathans and Mr. Bailey thought that Mr.
BcrCh's objections to all collections ~ wild ami
Mr.. Newman. one Of the Central Park keep
Tho elephants have sudden fits Of rage. 1t
il very common occurrence for the Keepers To-
h' knocked down. tn" only en- 'icut way of
ureyenting this Is 20 punish TIE elephant i'm
mcdatoly. Clubs are useless. II is the custom
To- Use frOu--uNt rcd nNf-Itftt hot tnrtlsh %
raise a blister and SINCE TIE hair. One dny Inst
month Emperor suddenly sei1'd me with his
trunk and WIS dragging me under his feet.
NV assistant happened go boz near. There was
not u moment to lose. He seized the poser rom
Mr.. Couklin has forbidden the hot iron To- b.
used hut 1t was the only instrument at hand NJ
the time; Delay WIS death | have been IN
chnrg" " 81 .phnnts Tor nine yrars, aud ann nc
cu-tomcd 20 them. There was Stewart Craven,
m old circus man. who had an elephant named
Romeo. Nho WAS very cross aud Craven would
take n shot gun and ilrc charge after chnrg"
into the hrutes TRUNK. il dtl the elephant no
particular harm. and when itdipd seven pounds
of shot were taken from its trunk. It would be-
impoSs ihle to yet o. hot iron into an elephants
trunk unless Il submitted Ton men could not
MIR George O. Starr II Barnum's circus. said:
" So far rs the burning % Impcror'S trunk Is
was not cruelty To- rs, no red-hot iron The
statement in THE SUN | have every reason 90
heteV@r 10 DC CORR lbng U.s. ,ns
lection. AS to tho Superintendent ~ Nr.
OF the elephants at th@ PARK. I will say that
WAS present when he called. and when the
keeper requested him 20 examine Thorn he pro-
ceeded 70 10 so NJ Tho very respectful distance
Of twenty feet which In my judgment " los very
wise on his part his being the case | would
be somewhnt unwilling 10 accept the complete
accuracy NJ Mr. Bnrch'- statement
" don't SUPPOSE that tho Keepers drove a
red-hot poker eighteen or twcutv inches Up the
elephants trunk. That would have hcen inn
possible. The burn wis probably. - slight one
an long or this has healed up'
officer lambert Of the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty 10 Animals Yesterday arrest
ed William Newman. keeper ~ the elephants
Jacob sem ~ $50 Rowcry. Mr.. Senn's nm In.
Wit said that. " On Jan. Is last Newman did tor
ture and iormrut a certain living animal. 20
wit an elephant. confined az Central Park by
thrustinc a sharp pointed hay fork into its
body. piercing the hesh. and also did thrust q
elephant. thereby burning the hesh. and did
also burn said elephant on its hind legs which
Mr.. Newman WIS nrrnignsd in tho Forty. sew
enth street Police Court before Justice Kasmire
Mr.. Sem could not speak u word Of English.
and made himself understood through an in
terpreter. H. snid he had been witness OF the
animals ill-treatment.
Mr.. Newn- an is n muscular. cood-na'ured look
ing man. II" said that twas often recessary to
treat the elephants harshly when they became
he was not with tho elephants NJ all.
Mr.. William \. Cnnklin If 255 East SiNty-nrst
strG't ne fnurr n,n,n..iJ 81 lhr II. nasrrri
tho elephants WIS promptly suppressed. they
woul sili their Keepers.
/ In support % this rnmark. Mr.. White. another
/ keeper showed his arm so broken as 10 b. al
/ n. 0~f useless.
! Justice Kosmire held Newman in $500 hail for
/ trial 40 the Special Sessions. Mr.. Conkhn fur
nishcd the ball
Mr. sonn first wrote n letter 70 Mr. Henry
/ Bnr-h. informing him ~ what he hal seen Mr..
/ Bargh Investigated the cH-r. and said he WIS
| satisfied t9ers was not sufficient cause for com
/ plant Mr. Senn pers silently reiterated his
| charge and made an AFFIDAVIT.