Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-03
AN ELEPHANfAscurEp.
Chief Forepaugh, the Slayer Of Seven g.
strangled by Two of His Fellows in
Twenty Seconds.

| I''t-fiF INV a
seven men, WAS executed in Philad,t
pima last honth. Chief was 40 vear,
on and had been in this country min.
years, having been purchased in Ger.
many Tor s'.o00by Adam Forepaueh
phrins the nine years he has been :,
resident Chief has gained the remit =,
tion OF being he most vicious elephant
IN America. lie has been exhibited o,I
over tins country, and was particu-
iariy noted for going on frequent ram.
pages.
| TN Oct. = he broke from the winter
quarters OF ForepaucI's < circus i'm tbi,
city, and in his rage,lrove men. won,a,,
and children before him through tbs
streets. \ squad OF policemen was
called out, and after hey had shot
h'in some eight times he wa fore Il
back To his quarters.
'hiei was ut once chained. bit broke
rom the chains that NIGHT. He wa
chained again, all his ieet being fas, 4
ened TO the ends OF heavy iron cables.
lie wasp Tor a few weeks, but lately]
ne hiade repeated struggles TO burs
the chalns. IL was then decided tho
iie' should he executed, and il wa
intended that lac should be killed h
an electric shock.
four clock IN he afternoon was}
the hour OF execution. and two otherJ
elephants were the executioners. n
good-slzed but quiet crowd gathered 1,
see chlel die. As the big beast stoodj
glaring at the crowd a moose was made
~ The center OF "a piece of rope half m,
inch thick and ten yards long. Astwo
men tried to put I he moose aro,,ud his
neck the doomed elephant got in n raoe
and tried to toss one Of tho mo-,
against a wall. BY hard work tbe
moose was iinally pulled over his runK
,'h" piaced behind his ears, with the
nhoi direct y under his throat. Then
nas'i ana bismarck, the most powsr-
uI elephants owned by Forepaugh.
were iastened To an end of the rope on
III ,ief SIDE ol their murlerous com.
radc.
As Chiei ST ood wait ing o meet death
'e was more heavily chained. Then
1o"iis Adam forepaugh gave he word.
'asil ana bismarck were given "A prod
WIN iron hooks, and the death line II
'e2iii, 10 grow taut. Another signal
ma he elephants pulled with all their
,liSily streIlgt h opposite directions,
hiel began to totter. IN twenty sea- N
,hds he dropped Ia he ground u dead II
iephant. Bismarck and Basil lad Ia
a trnngled him.
he body will be taken to the Uni.u 4
ersily oi Pennsylvania, where it will h
e skinned and stuffed. while th, bones i
'Ili he set mp by DIR. Joseph Leidv. the ID
lnlnent zoologisl OF the uuiyersit \ ID
he elephant : skeleton ami stuffed X
KIN VIII be placed in tie museum ofN IL
he university. 10
,hlei was 10 feet q inches high and b
'sicd - tons. lie began life mn,
nieflca 10y killing n man Just aftertl,S
nj S,'"ie i,ito port. i year late, !.
iu-ht keeper ami dashed hin,
'aiiist telegraph pole. Since then( IA
2 had murdered five more men and e,
ad lfhh To Kill scores of OF hers. UaIp
~ a terror when lac started on, on I'll
+ rampages. and swept everything Inl
1ofe MN, even the lemonade. nlrnleupl
may and peanuts OF thecirrus butch ID,
:. lie tore down a wooden nouse nt L.,
rand Rapids, Mich. aud when h. hadY Al
lished a visit To IA side show one fair ian
'lnlner day at Topeka the show fa
oked as II Ii had been struck by a I'll
ahsas cyclone. He took possession ht
the town oi Akron. Ohio. and was Idi
lally arrested bya country constable oi
the charge OF disorlcrly conduet Ipe
~ malicious mischief. lea
u Is an interesting coincidence thatI Ill
e only other large elephant in Amer- he
Known LN tic -nanr nl II lLi..i !, wi
ilch was owned by Robinson Bros. til
Is put To death in Cincinnati LAST Idi.
ok by elect ricity for developing thsIpr
me kind of vicious temper ms hisUsii
namesake. Chiefs body ms
: been presented 10 Dr Joseph Leidv. Du
20 VIII make an examination of thevex'
imal. Ids