The evening world., 1894-05-11

ana grasped the carrot gingerly,
:, Ewesy IN held his breath. The men
Would roll pfrG over fi DEAD stomach before he
Slowly and deliberately Tip curled his
trunk under and lifted the carrot to his
Gapacious nav. An instant later II had
disappeared and the spectators waited
TO see the five tons of flesh fall with a
thud and stiffen in the agonies of death.
gave the carrot Il crunch between his
powerful Jaws and then deliberately
spat II out in several pieces. Still, the
deadly stun had found its way 1nto'Tip's
stomach to do for him. There was,
however. no perceptible change in the
Elephants demeanor.
and MIR. 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
Would Not Eat h Apple.
Mopis took It and again held out the
instrument Of death for Tips acceptance.
The elephant took It. wrapped the end
pulp and deliberately tossed It away,
a Winchester repeating rife, filed in and
took a stand opposite Tips cage,
They were there to be useful in case
of an emergency.
Shortly after their entrance another
man, with a rifle, presented himself, and
as he had a pass he was promptly ad-
He had not been in the elephant house
many moments before he began acting
In Il very. queer manner and to handle
and Others thought was very careless
and dangerous to the people in the
room.
ments for some time several of those
| present reported to the authorities that
he was intoxicated. and he was asked
TO leave. which he did Immediately.
indignant and said he was a gentle
man, was not Intoxicated and had been
| grossly insulted.
1t was said that the man was g friend
Of Assistant Superintendent of Men
agerie Burns and had secured his
When Mr.. Burns was seen by an
r~eticent regarding the matter. He said
the man was DR.. Wright, of West
Eighty-frst street. but that he did not
know his initials or exact address.
Not Drunk, but Nervous.
He said further that DR.. Wright is
not a drinkink man. but that he had a
nervous affection that sometimes causes
his movements and actions to seem queer
know DR.. Wight Well, said he was a
great student OF natural history and
DR.. Wright had hunted elephants in
their native %jungles. DIR. Wright him
self promptly left the park and could
This caused a little diversion for a few
minutes. and then all eyes were turned
on Tip.
Swallowed Some Poison.
1t was evident that the animal had
swallowed a portion OF the drug-Dr
| Allen thought about an ounce.
| He began to quiet down, and the doc
tors said that the drug was having a
sedative effect. Then Tip backed W, Into
the angle made by the iron bars and the
side wall of his cage, and stood there
with his launches resting against the
This, according to DR.. Allen. was an
fleet of the cyanide OF potassium
duces, first, a partial paralysis of the
Three more attempts were made to in,
dnee Tip to tak S, the I poiso On b hwo m9 nI
charged with the drug, were taken from
Mopis by the elephant, squeezed in his
Junk and tossed aside.
knows too much for u.s."
Supt. H%ankinson thought that enough
experimenting had been done, and said
be brought into play. bu. Mr.. Hankinson
vetoed that in short order.
Tip Gets Sick.
Tip continued to lean at Intervals
against the side of his "A and at I3.
He kept this up at short periods unit
nearly = o'clock. Between the fits OF
he began to rally and seemed more like
himself.
At 9 o'clock he did not appear to be
suffering much Inconvenience from the
| ~ hn had nln
DR.. Allen, however, insisted that the
animal had taken enough of the cyanide
of potassium into his stomach to XIII
him eventually. The action OF the poi
son was, however, slower han had been
counted on. he said.
Commissioner Straus was evidently
disgusted, and characterized the at,
tempt on Tips life as an unqualified
Soon Lively ms Ever.
At 1920 o'clock Tip had resumed hi.
swaylng motion and looked as II III
didn't feel very bad about anything ii
town and 1t was said that the Park Com
missiOners had decided to leave IT t
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals as to how Tip should b'
Supt. Smith would be allowed to decid'
upon the means to be used.
commissioner straus assured an
Their Attempts on TIPS life would b,
made to-day.
DR.. Allen disappointed.
DR.. Allen said he was much disap
pointed at the want of action of tn,
cyanide of potassium. In the case o
human beings, the doctor said, the &C
ton of the drug was very quick. Tw,
grains of 1t will produce the following
symptoms in rapid succession:
The spinal column is first affected ant
Immediately almost entire paral
ysis of the lower eXtremities follows
Then the lungs are paralyzed. togethe
with hte upper eXtremitles, n finall.
the heart suddenly stops beating.
In the case OF Tip. DR.. Allen expecte'
that the same symptoms would occur
The dose given to the animal. namel.
two ounces. was enough to kill fou o
five hundred men almost instantly. H
was sure. ne said. that the animal ha'
swallowed at least an ounce OF tn
poison which he and DR.. Huntington
had decided was ample to kill the ele
plant. They had doubled he quantit,
as an extra precaution.
DIR. Allen at noon was still OF n
effects of the dose given him. To a lay
man Tip seemed to be as lively as evel
Refused Good Fruit.
William Wallace. OF the Museum o
Natural History. tried to induce Tip I
eat a potato and an apple. neither O
which contained poison, after the loi-de
carrot had been administered. Tip re
fused, however, to eat the perfect
sound fruit.