The evening world., 1894-05-11
EDITION.
TIP REFUSES
TO Be KILLED.
The Vicious Elephant Spat
Out a Carrot Loaded
with Poison.
THEN REFUSED OTHER BAIT.
Some Of the Poison, However,
Found Its Way to His
Stomach.
ITS EFFECTS WERE NOTICED.
Supposed Drunken Man with q
Rifle Creates a Small
Sized Panic.
ITS EFFECTS WERE NOTICED.

Tip stlll lives. The most deadly poison
known to scienca has failed to lay him
low. Mans knowledge has proved in
effectual against the innate cunning Of
the big pachyderm.
At o'clock this morning Drs. Hunt
II gton and Allen. carrying leather bags.
entered the elephant house. Their
knowledge Of toxicology caused them to
be singled out by the Park Commis-
sioners to superintend the administra-
tion of the deadly drug which was to
make OF Tip a good elephant. They
had a little package off cyanide
pota ssium. six ounces in all. sufficient to
kill a regiment OF men.
A crowd OF gully one hundred people
had gathered around the building Half
of them were newspaper men. who had
been detailed to witness the execution.
Park Commissioners Clausen. Straus
and Bell arrived shortly after. and the
quintet went into the elephant-house and
shut the door tight. At $50 o'clock the
doors were opened. and those who had
passes were allowed to enter.
Commissioners Bell and Straus took
charge of things. and soon had rope
StTetCntu uCToSS tue "lue dopiiaie p1NS-
ment in front of Tips cage.
Was Tip Suspicioust
All this time Tip stood behind his from
barred barrier and swung his trunk
back and forth. His little eyes twin
killed. and had a knowing look.
Keeper Snyder looked in and grinned.
"Why, he's dead onto this scheme" was
his only comment.
Snyder refused point-blank to be the
one to give Tip the poison. SO otto
Mopis, an old animal trainer. who had
charge of Tip way back in 1881. was ap-
pointed eXecutioner.
1t was $50 o'clock when Assistant
Supt. Burns, handed DR.. Horace Allen.
curator OF the Museum of Natural His
tory, big carrot. which he had scooped
out and fitted with plug made from
another carrot.
DR.. Allen took from his bag a package
OF the poison and poured two ounces OF
the white powder into the hollowed-out
carrot. The plug was neatly inserted
and the deadly bolus was handed to
Mopis.
He Takes the Carrot.
Mopls stepped up to the bars and
held the "arrot out to Tip with word
of command. The great flexible trunk,
W n its prehenslle finger, stretched out
Every one held his breath The men
OF science had said that the stuff would
hardly reach Tips stomach before he
would roll over dead.
Slowly and deliberately Tip curled his
trunk under and lifted the carrot to his
Capacious nav. An instant later 1t had
disappeared, and the spectators waited
thud and stiffen in the agonies of death.
But Tip didn't fall worth a cent. He
gave the carrot crunch between his
spat II out in several pieces. Still. the
spectators thought that enough of the
deadly stun had found its way into Tips
stomach to do for him. There was.
elephants demeanor.
Dr. Allen Mt once called for an apple.
and Mr.. Burns prepared one to receive
another quantity of the poison. Two
ounces more of the white powder was
poured into the hollow apple and plugged
up.
Mopis took it and again held out the
The elephant took It, wrapped the end
Of his trunk around IT, crushed it into
pulp and deliberately tossed it away;
Meantime four men ,,a each L., CARRYING ir
took a stand opposite Tips cage.
They were there to be useful In case
OF an emergency.
Shortly after their entrance another
man, with rife. presented himself, and
as he had a pass he was promptly ad-
Initted.
He had not been IN the elephant mouse
many moments before he began acting
in a very queer manner and to handle
his rifle in a way that the reporters
and others thought was very careless
and dangerous 10 the people in the
room,
After watching the strangers move
ments for some time several of those
present reported TO the authorities that
he was intoxicated, and he was asked
10 leave. which he did Immediately.
When outside the house he grew very
Indignant and said he was a gentle-
man, was not intoxicated and had been
grossly insulted.
II was said that the man was a friend
of Assistant Superintendent OF Mem
agerie Burns and had secured his
pass from him,
When Mr. Burns was seen by an
"Evening World" reporter he was very
reticent regarding the matter. He said
the man was DIR. Wright. OF West
Eighty-first street. but that he did not
know his initials or exact address.
Not Drunk, but Nervous.
He said further that DIR. Wright .