The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-28
ELEPH ANT AT LARGE.
BIG JESS RAN AMUCK THROUGH
THE CITY STREETS.


than adozeu men can repair In twenty.
four hours A rat ran up tho trunk VI
jess. the big female elephant. and she
did the rest.
just how Il happened no one seems
10 know. but when the first wild alarm
was given and the dust had settled
score or more Of frightened emplotc,
found two animal cages upset and
their bars bent and twisted. the can
vas Of the monagerie tent sagging 10
the ground In the places where The
poles had been Knocked out and path
of ruin leading 10 where the big doors
that close the Eighth street entrance
had been bur1 open and smashed into
kindllng wood.
The first intimation that she was
loose was loud crash caused by jess
oyerturning the big wagon which car
ricd the monkey cage. says the San
Francisco Examiner. The poor little
creatures were scared almost To death.
and their cries alarmce every beast in
the mcnagcric The lions roarod
bear. growlcd. and even the quiet
camols added their doleful voices 10
/ the tumult.
jess looked around TO see what size
would do noxt In the way of mischief
/ In the candy stand was fftcrn-guI-
lon lin tank full Of circus lemonade.
jess was dry and In u minute the bov.
oragc was cooling the big creatures
| parchcd throat. and she hurled the
/ empty tank against the black bears
cage. Bruin roarod out his indgnu-
ton, which jos, silonccd by oycrilru-
ing wagon. cage. boar AMI an. kupcS.
| lnp u largo hole In the bottom Of the
/ cage at the same time.
With one stroke OF her trunk jess
ripped out a section oi the side oi the
circus tent and started for fresh nmuse-
mcnt. A wagon load Of lumber stood
In her way. ~ she turned the vehicle
bottom side up. A large hrc.prooi
cabin. one OF the permanent structures
In the park. was hurled from H. iouu-
dalton by jess running against the
corner In passing around the -iruc.
turc she almost stepped upon a hosilcr
who had slept 30 soundly that be- had
not heard the uproar.
Tho tent used TO shelter the horses
was pulled half TO pieces boy her and
when the tent poles fell upon the
horses the sconc of confusion inside
was indoscrihablc, The whole force
Of circus employees by this time were
falling over each other in q Wild
scramble 10 reach the baseball grand
stand Il was the general belief thai
half Of the Wild animals had bccn lib
Grated 10y the elephant oycrlurnlni
and breaking cages.
After capslzing one or two NOR
, wagons jess placed her massive hca'
against the Eighth street gate an,
, pushed II into the street and walkcl
out and down TO Howard. The NOR
courageous Of the circus men lcit ihei
. pcrchcs among the rai,cr- Of the granl
. stand. and securing large whale.ol
. lamps started cut To inspect the dam
0 age and hunt for the Wild animals
. any had broken out Of their cages.
G jess was gone. Whore she ha
gone or what she was doing no ON
~ knew Tho fact that she was loose Q
the streets of a big city was -unicien
% proyucatIon for the Widest conicci
- urcs. Tor an elephant without u ma-ic
" can do more damage In a given tim
than dozen runaway locomotives.
N Al The first sound NJ the commot 10
d one Of the animal trainers. Georg
ID knight gropcd his way out Of the hl
10 tent and wa, just In Time 10 see Jc'
demoli,h the doors and disappear Int
n the street. llo followed. and wa
V Joined at the entrance by Manage
~ William Sells. who had b,cn catln
y. his supper In u restaurant across III
III street They gave chase Ia the cl'
I'd phant. which had taken the center ,
h. the street and was going toward How
VI ard street NJ u lively gait waving h,
trunk high In the air and trumpetin
IN loudly ut every stride by a grci
IA burst ot speed Mcssl-. Sells an
,n knight overlook jess a. she was eros
Ing Mission street, hut she paid n
d, more attention to their frantic order
~ Of Down Down, Jc,,'' than " the
g had not bccn In existence.
H. AZ Howard street she turned ives
ia maintaining the SAME swinging pa.
Mt and with the two mca ,till hanging %
im one ON either Side, Both men ha'
by had considerable experience with oil
ny plants and neither could understaI
~ why jess kept her trunk high la q
'r' air and why all hor actions indlcat,
ne pain and fright, not anger. The g
PLANTATION came later
90 just about Tenth street jess turn
into blind alley In which were stan
or ing lot Of wagons belonging to n co
tractor, These she overturned u "a
nd rs she came 10 them, Al the end
tor the alley |, watering trough, a
ias Into this jess plunged her trun
ser Half IT, content, were drawn mp a
ION then squirtcd out against the caves
an adjoining house Tho brute q
The IDENTITY gained mn rulicf rom this ops
alton, for she overturned the trou
or and started for the street again. pu'
Ifs' ing aside Mr., Sell, and his companl'
NJ who were stlIl trying 10 get control
her.
~ out Howard street again the ch'
nv led, but when Eleventh street y
REACHED jess stopped short aad Ii
her trunk on the stones of the strc
iris Knight approached and after gi'
Who dinoulty he coaXcd the elephant
ked allow him 10 examine her trunk