Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-16
Killing Elephant Tip.

Elephant Tip was killed by poison
IN Central Park, New York, last Fri
day, by order Of the Central Park
Commission, because he was bad
elephant and killed many keepers.
TIP
vac raptured wild in the iungles
4ea' Ceylon, India, in 1878, and was
purchased by Victor Emanuel. The
animal was kept IN the Zoological
Gardens in Toulon for three years,
and during his stay there ne killed
keeper. He was afterwards sold TO
Hagenback, the German animal train
er .nI was brought from Hlmburg
,r LOulOn in an iron box accompqn,
led by liopis, who then made his ac-
quaiutance. Adam Forepaugh i'm
ported him to the country ia 1881,
and he arrived here on the 18th of
March Of that year. The brute was
always vicious, and during his career
IN this country, he has added seven
other victims TO his daath-roie.
Forepaugh presented him to the
Geological garden management Of
New York, but the elephant was 50
vicious that it was deemed best to
kill kim.
1t was determined to kill him with
Cyanide Of Potassium. and at 7
o'clock on Friday morning Il rosy
colorcd apple, which had Il big dose
Of G. ,.niIe of potassium hidden be
meath It's surface was given him.
The big fellow nibbled at it for a mo-
ment with his trunk, and finally put
it in his large mouth, but when he
crunchod it between his teeth, lie
evidently felt that there WAS some
thing wrong with the tiste, and sDat
1T out on the floor of his cage.
Mopi5 tuen tried him with a carrot.
which was similarly dragged, but
Tip refused to taste it, as he dld
another apple and carrot which We're
passed to him afterwards. Keeper
Mspjs then gave Zip" 4 piece of
broad containing about two ounces
o! the deadly drug, but the big fel-
low, after munching it slowly a coup
le OF timss, threw it also on the door.
Tip undoubtedly had his misgiv-
ings about the dainty morseis which
were fed TO him, bat tue doctors said
that he had certainly got enough
poison into his system to kill dozen
hog -as.
Shortly before the noon hour it
was given out that the execution had
been failure. but at two o'clock he
begun to get ''groggy" again, and
was rather unsteady on his legs. Dr.
Allen said the poison was working,
and gave rs his opinion that death
would result before nightfall. The
big beast was breathing stentorouslv,
aud was scarcely able to raise his
trunk.
At tureu o'clock a new mode of
procedure was adopted L was de-
cldej to use bran and smaller cap
sules. Balls of wet bran were made
mp, in each one of which was placed
II capsule containing six grains of the
cy,mnide. They were placed in the
ordinary pail in which food had been
given him before. At seven and a
half minutes before four o'clock he
put his trunk i'll the pail, and taking
up bail Of bran blew it down his
throat. Several others followed, and
jhcu he stopped. Something seemed
TO affect him. He moved to the
front of the cage and rubbed his side
.Sainst the bars. Then he trumpet
I'd once or twice, and at the end Of
four minutes seemed to go into con
vu'sions, his body swelled, and in hi!
efforts to strain and stretch he burs
the chain that went around his body
the chain TO which his martiugalt
was attached, and extending up hi
breast and to the tusks. He mex
seemed frantic. reared up aud paweC
with his fore feet against the outel
wall of his cage.
Getting down on the floor again
he walked toward the door, unit
reaching the limit Of the heavy chail
which secured his forelegs to two o
the front bars, he stumbled and fell
He did not go down with a crash
however, but went over on his side