The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-11
POOR TIP WILL DIE TO-DAY.
THE noun AND THE MANNER or mrs
EXECUTION FIXED.

OF Potassium, Will ne Tossed Tate the
Bia Ei-phs-c- Csns, nnd Death r. Ma.
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To-day Tip dies. The sun the bright sun
that fills the world with light and life. will
rise for Tip no more At u o'clock this morn
Ing nu nber OF men will gather 10 front OF
Tip's cage and will throw him an apple or .
carrot. which they know he will Rreedily
seize. And after he has eaten It they will
stand back and wait for him TO fall over and
die. There will be an agent Of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals there to
see that Tip does not suffer. and this agent
will do his duty to the best OF his ability.
There being no one around. however. to inter-
pref his feelings. and there being no possible
lily Of helping Tip after the poisoned vegetable
or fruit has once disappeared down his throat.
the duties OF this agent will be light unless.
OF course. Tip takes It into his head to break
loose. In which case the agent will have to
hustle with the best OF thsm.
There will be present at the execution only
the members OF the Park Board q representa-
tive OF the Museum Of Natural History, the
agent OF the Society for tho Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals. and newspaper men. The
poison that has been selected Il cyanide OF
potassium. DIR Huntington, who will prepare
the poisoned apple or carrot. figuring that two
grains OF this poison will kill any living man.
has decided to use two ounces on Tip. He be-
lieves that death will be almost instAn-
taneous. as this poison. which assimi-
lates with great rapidity. stops the action
tho heart II tho poison does not act quickly
enough. the ply sicians will probably abandon
their hone Of saving the remains for the pur-
pose Of dissection and analysis. and will give
Tip q second dose. Ii was originally intended
to use prussic acid. but owing to penetrating
odor and strong taste 1t was decided to use
cyanide OF potassium. which 10 tasteless and
odorless. In it's stead.
The early hour at which the execution will
take place was selected In order to avoid the
crowd which would otherwise gather. Even
at this hour 1t Is expected that there will bs
quito number OF persons there. who will not
BIO admitted. but who. like the people that
gather outside Sing Sing prison when an exec
cution takes place within. will simply wait 70
learn that Tip 10 killed.
All day yesterday large crowd stood around
the little annex to the menagerie buildings In
which TIP Is confined and waited and talked
and talked and waited. During the morning
one OF the keepers, disregard the orders he
had received. allowed several persons to enter
the place and look at the elephant butas soon
as Superintendent Smith learned Of this the
place was cleared and the keeper was warned
not to disobey orders again. For the rest OF
building although occasionally a few would
slip under the ropes that held the crowd In
check and for few minutes would look In
n There was very little to see inside. however.
before. and displayed symptoms which. the
KEEPER knew meant growing distem per: but
swinging his trunk reetlossiy too and fro
s snd new and then emitting q low grunt. He
eonvenienced by anything excepting . 1t OF
eSd tsmp95 Sns sign OF hadisP0si.9n hSw
grass and hay lay In his cage untouched all
The wonder Is that Tip has not left his cage
long ago and gone on rampage. His fasten-
ings are Insecure, and one thump Of his tusks
building. II he is really crazy eiephant orr
bad elephant It doe. seem strange that he has
the strength OF the iron bars that imprison
him.
int Gss ssSSa ss as e 70
ksspers as to how KIP might be Killed osTursd.
pap s T." about shooting ' and pot.ouins MAKES
me tired; How do You know the animal 10
crazy How d can a,ny6Sdy Know ~ What hs
bet II you fasten long steel chain to him and
fasteu the other end to a tree in the middle OF
YOU can WAX. Captivity Is what's making
him sick. He wants freedom. Why don't you
give Il to him Bah! You people make me
Another man said: why don't YOU take out
bis tusks and his teeth' He can't hurt any
0hs q he keepers Jolly looking Irshman
=, on. no" he said. we've got a better way
We're going to make him s swallow hrst dynaj;
when the Somb ex"iodes III viii 10 cured"
But all this is airy talk; The fact IemnIns
his SufSfo The suS IS Ss Ray T
its zenith, II the EXPERIMENT il not success
Lwhew! There lisa loaded rifle In the elephant
hand while Tip e eating his dose u cyanide Of
potassium but u the poison has, only the effect
not do its work Instantly. the oxperlme emit will
not be carried out as psr pIogramme.
will be brs LeinpaId stitzEa and ,fiuntine.
ton OF Columbia College. the physicians who.
poison TO be given the huge beast A number
OF other eminent PHYSICIANS have also been
1t is not often thst medical experts have an
opportunity to be In at the death under such
may be additional and valuable
contributions 70 science.
he doubted the saiSSlIits Of cyanide II pOtas
sum IS poison In TIPS case, He said that
had dut PsSeE hsH5 S % an ssphsF hs'
first effect OF the poison would probably DO al
uncomfortable one for the spectators OF the
The elephant would probably be seized with
violent eonvuisions that might last hall an
were possible. when Tips mighty size and
strength were taken into consideration, DR..
phiaS w You'll do TT" the WORK more neatly and
safely than the larger dose Of cyanide OF potas-
stun.
In the ONCE Of the directors Of the MENACE
RE last night Assistant Superintendent Burns
guinea pigs TO sse the effect the poison will
have on Tip. Pieces Of carrot and apple were
strewn over the Supsrntendents desk. anda
small victims.
The medical men druggsd the food. and the
10 eat little OF the poisoned carrot Soon one
q them staggered and fell over upon his back.
closed and the tiny subject lay quiet
Deadl cried Mr. Burns. and Dead ech:
bed the wise under prisoners. but the old
eeper opened his Jack knife and prick ed the
notioRHls,s . lover II serpsnts In his dininptys
eapsd TO his feet, and as he landed on all
ours, alter a triple somsrsaglt the veteran
i young practitioners. and softly muttsrsd.
AliVew
But not many seconds elapsed before both
iail" The two young doctors walked out