Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-09
A MAD ELEPHANT.
Pilot, Jumbo's Rival, Tries to
Tear Down q Building.
The Marrow Escape OF q Trainer Who
Thought he Gould Subdue
the Brute.

New York Journal, April 8.
The big elephant Pilot, which, until
the appearance of Jumbo, was the
largest beast In Barnum, Hutchinson
& Bailey's show, was chained last
evening, as his keeper explained It,
"fore and att" In his quarters in the
Madison Square Garden, and the EN-.
ployes made q wide distance In passing
the surly brute. The of Pilot's
| close imprisonment was a demonstra.
ton Of viciousness which nearly re-
suited In the killing of Trainer VIM.
Newman. Pilot has never been thCv.
oughly subdued, and q strict watch on
his movements has been Kept at all
times by the employees of the show.
He came near killing VIM. Cross. who
brought him from Europe, before leav-
ling Liverpool last fall. He had q fight
with another elephant In the winter
quarters Of the show at Bridgeport.
He Is q mas.ie beast with long ugly.
looking tusks. In the spring season
the male elephants always become
reckless, and a spirit characterization
has been developing In Pilot for sew.
eral days, which yesterday morning
broke out In all Its forces. At about 8
o'clock Pilot and Albert and Gypsy,
the female elephant, were taken to the
trough on the Twenty sixth street side
Of the garden, opposite their stalls, to
drink.
GYPSY WAS BETWEEN H TWO MALES.
and slightly to the rear, so that the
heads Of Pilot and Albert we're about
on q line. Suddenly, and without the
least warning, Pilot gave = furious
lunge at Albert, and gave him q blow
which topled him ove on his side.
Az Albert rose again he was received
by another blow, which again upset
him, and by this time the entire troupe
of elephants were believing with ex-
oitement. Gypsy in the meantime
had tried to force her way In between
the two brutes, but wal pushed gently
aside by Pilot, and the two male ele.
plants came together again with q
crash. In the butting struggle which
followed three Of the posts supporting
the floor of the amphitheater above
were knocked down. The beams
forming these posts were sixteen
inches square, and they were firmly
braced both above and below. Al
soon a. the fight began Mr.. Newman,
the trainer In charge, hurried to the
spot, and by vigorously beating Pilot
succeeded In driving him back to hill
stall and claiming both his fore feet &c
the floor. While this wrs being done
the elephant stood with
HIS TRUNK AND AL UPLIFrED
and his huge ears spread vide open,
but he made no effort to resist tn,
chains. As MI. Newman arose, how
ever, after securing the brute, Pilo'
made Q lunge at him with his heat
and struck him In the mouth with hii
tusk, breaking one Of the upper teetl
!, and loosening the others and knock
ing the trainer half senseless to th'
floor. Pilot made . second blow Q
!. him with his trunk, Just touching hi
: cheek, which still shows the mark o
the blow, and then seeing Newman
hat, which had dropped from his hea'
- no fell, the elephant vented hi
rage on this, tearing It to shreds l
> his mouth In an instant and the
stamping ON IL viclously, NewmAl
- rose In . dazed condition and stagger
ed away. With the exception Of tn
Injury to his teeth he was fortunatel,
not badly hurt, 1t was decided b,
Mr.. Astingstall that Pilot must no
DO taken into the ring to-day, and tina
1t would be unsafe to remove Gyps'
and Fritz, q young elephant to whom
he has shown q great deal of affection
from his side. The huge beast stoo'
between them last night, flashing hi
tail vigorously and swaying back an
forth, but
SO SECURELY Is HE CHAINED
that he could not make Q change o
three feet In his position. His eye
which are usually meek and dull glare
savsgely ct everybody who a~pproaohe
him, and the keepers took good car
not to come within reach of his power
full trunk. He will not appear In tn
ring again until he has been thol
oughly subdued by his trainers an
the subsection process IL M In r.
gard to which everybody oonneote
with the garden ID omineusly filent
The only information to be obtaine
was that Pilot would be conquered
After the battle with Albert wal owe
the other elephants cooled down an
they were as calm and obedient to tn
trainers an ever.