New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-24
THE ELEPHANT IS STILL CPSIAIHS,
PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTING HLE oOI
4 WINDOW y THENCE
TO THE L

FOR HOSTING HLE oO4
RoU 4 WINDOW y THENCE
TO THE GROUND.
ranchon. the stair climbing elephant. is still in the
narrow hallway on the first floor over the stable OF
Hermann RcIcbe. No. Ia East Fifty-sevonthsL
She has been there since Saturday. II Is possible
that the beast nav be taken out TO-DAY. but that Is
an open one ,tion. There Is only one way 10 get her
ont and that Is BY means Of one OF the room Win
doys. whether the yOlng elephant Will consent 20
come out this way or not Mr. Kelche cannot Tell
lie thinks she may be induced to Walk down A gang
way from the parlor window TO a wall twelve feet
high I'm from, Of the stable, and then Gown another
ganrway leading to the stable yard.
All day Yesterday hundreds Of people stood IN hoh'
Of tbe building where tho elephant i. The animal
could not be ion from the street, but the crowd
amused itself in watching a number "i men TX w
the tackle and gangways. Her keeper hFo"h' shN'
that when he arose yesterday at daybreiI some iIHee-
score persons stood gazing mp AZ the "!ido"' ol MS
anartmeut,. 1t WA, 4 O'Clock IN the afternoon
when he tod the reporter this, and some OF the crowd
had certainly not gone home TO dinner l""'"oh was
Comfortably standing at te head Of the narrow star
way. the climbing Oi winch had hIddc AcT Id"u'"'
sh: va, fastened 10 the stalrpO-t bY means 81 a stp"i
r",e Nr, Tricle said TINS wa, to prevent her from
gong mo Mr.. Browns ruOns ana bT'dhIns 'p
',.u utrBcu utcu>lI, that had taken TIE place
If those lie animal had demolished ON SATURDAY
Fanchon vas IN a plalinl u'Ou an" ..U"r'
d disposition 10 place her trdnK arO'"u Oc i'P""' y
She il. a. dociie As a Kitten said vi. Relche,
d" and If you hold out your hand she VIII sHd"c WIN
Won Inc animal scented 10 UNDERSTAND ".Hl Va
said, and when inc hand was extended fah'A'h gave
n A gentle Shake. Her trunk then Wandered to ING
reporters hat, which quickly rolled on tIc moor. !
forgot to tell YOU thar fdnchOn OBJECTS To any on
except her keeper wearing his hcdq-cir III h"r pre-
cuce'' said Mr.. Rcichc. Mr.. Lc!'Ac ,ud tttt
Tanchou could do many more clever uHHE1 hln
walk upstairs. " That Is something never lhpusHt
Of. but what wUuld like to teach hcf Just now -
how L, walk down" he continued. II l. utterly
impossible for such a creature - walk 'pWIHiiHs.
.Just fancy that head there, which weighs over iaIt
A ION. going down that steep Hight OF steps IL would
make her top heavy. and down she would - IN a
lump.
{" She can walk on a row Of bottles, ride a veloci-
pedc, walk a tlghtropc, sit on q table ana order wine.
which she drinks VITA considerable relish she can ,ec-
saw on a plank, can walk Oh stills, ana do many other
thing, that You would not think possible unless you saw
IL done, but when IL comes To 9cttlrS down, tdlrs, that
In impossible. For that reason we nave 10 get her
out of the window over these runs that Are being
| erected"
Mr.. Reiche said that to prevent any accident aud
10 make sure that FanchOn would get out Of Mr..
browns apartments, he would erect a derrick over
the - run" and put her in " sllngs" such as are used
for hosting animals from the lower decks of a ship.
IF FanchOn is afraid u walk the plank. then We
will ju,t hoist her up bodily and III her gently 10
the ground"
This operation will be performed about noon to
day, a. near as Mr.. Reiche can tell.