Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-31
ELEPHANT HUNT IN JERSEY
The Brute Escapes from n Circus
and is Captured In a swamp.
Phlladelph a Times.


GUS and sport. loving natives Of Glou-
cester county, New Jersey, enjoyed
the excitement of a genuine elephant
hunt, yesterday morning, and finally
succeeded in capturing the game in
Turner's swamp, five miles from
| Bridgeport and one and a half miles
from the Woodbury. turnpike. King,
the elephant the New Jersey aborigines
hunted for, is the trump card of Howe
& HemiDgway's Royal Vienna Me-
nagerie," a small show that has been
doing interior towns in this neighbor-
hood for several weeks, King, the
three dens of wild animals and the
wax works belonging TO the show
were exhibited at Mildred, on
Monday night, and alter the
exhibition King, offended no
doubt by the smallness of the crowd
that came to see him, worked himself
into a frightful rage. After struggling
some time he broke his leg chains
and dashed himself against the side of
she tent. The guy ropes snapped, and
before Howe, Hemingway or their five
assistants recovered from their aston.
ishment at the beasts remarkable
behavior, they were. all enveloped by
the falling canvass. Mr.. Howe got
out in time to see King lumber off
down the turnpike at the rate oil ten
miles an hour, shaking Gloucester
county at every step. The show peO-
pie mounted horses and the chase
began. Fifteen minutes later James
r. Patterson and A.. j. Namely,
who were riding in a spring wagon
on the cross road leading from Mil
bred to the turnpike, saw a monster
animal bearing down upon them.
Patterson's horse saw the elephant
about the same time, and wheeling
quickly to the right made a bee line.
across the country, leaving the wagon
aud its occupants hanging on the first
fence. This accident only drew a
roar from King as he plowed
along the muddy road and passed
the terrorized travellers. After a
six-mile run the hunters came up with
the brute standing in front Of a barn
yard, inside of which a couple of dogs
were making a frightful noise. Half
an hour of liberty had made the ele
plant long for more, and when the
pursuers approached be charged and
put them to fight. Then turning his
attention to the dogs he smashed
through the fence in pursuit of them.
The dogs escaped, and King crossed
the yard. smashed through another
fence, and vas in the open fields with
all Gloucester county before him. In
the meantime the owner Of the dogs
was aroused, and had seon mounted a
horse and Joined in the chase. Be.
tween / and 2 o'clock in the morning
King was brought to bay in Turner's
Swamp. Theswamp covers hundreds Of
acres, and is cut up by scores of creeks,
the bottoms of which are so deep with
mud that it is not safe for a horseman
unfamiliar withthe place toride across
them even in daylight King could be
heard smashing the u~nderbrush and
believing like mad in the center of a
small pine grove. The hunters held
a council and decided not to go in
after him until daylight. Fires were
built and the men waited. Shortly
after daybreak the crowd was swelled
by the arrival of scores of farmers
from the ueighboriug country. At 5
O'Clock the man who was sent to the
tent fer chains returned and the show
men went into the grove after King,
while the grangers waited a~nxiously
for the result. The elephant was soon
found and his rage having been worked
off by his race, he was as meek as a
lamb. 1t took some time to shackle
him, and as he roared and groaned
fearfully the natives on the outskirts
supposed there was a desperate battle
going on in the grove. Their fears,
however, were relieved when King was
driven out of the swamp. He was
at once marched to the tent.