The evening world., 1894-05-11
TIP REFUSES
TO Be KILLED.
fror,fnued from First Pare

not a drinkink man, but that he had n
nervous affection that sometimes cause.
his movements and actions to seem queer
to people who don't know him, 70
Another gentleman, who claimed 10
know Dr. Wright we'll, said h" was u
great student of natural history an43
DIR. Wright had hunted elephants IN
their native jungles. Dr Wright him,
self promptly left the park ana couid
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 Il portion Of the druS Or
Allen thought about an ounce, -, ,oo-
He began to quiet down, ana the doc-
tors said that the drug was having II
selative effect. Then Tip backed up into
the angle made by the IRON bars anu the
eide wall of his cage. ana stood ther'
with his launches resting against the
This, eccordtnE to nr, Allen, was an
effect of the cyanide OF po.asS,uln'
which. acting on ,he spinal cord, pro
Dues. first. a partial paralysis of the
Three more attempts were made to In
duce Tin to take the poison. W. more.
snnles and II half loaf of bread. all
charged with the drug. were taken from
Mopis by the elephant, squeezed IN ms
"."IitH' s no use said supt. Burns: "kc
knows too much for us.
stunt. Uankinson thought that enough
experimenting had been done. ana snld
be brought into play, hn: Mr.. Hankinsoh
vetoed that In short order.
Tip Gets sick.
TIp continued to lean at intervals
against the side of his cage. ana at 7.S2
began to reich.
He, kept this up at short periods nhtil
retching he appeared to be stupid. Then
he began to rally and seemed more Ike
himself.
suffering much inconvenience from Inc
poison he had taken.
DR.. Allen. however. insisted that the
animal had taken enough of the cynnide
of potassium into his stomach to kill
him eventually. The action of the poi
son was. however, slower than had been
counted on. he said.
Disguised, and characterized the at.
tempt on Tips life az an unqualified
failure.
Soon Lively ms Ever.
AT 1870 o'clock Tip had resumed his
swaying motion and looked az If he
didn't feel very bad about anything in
particular. Supt. Hankinson went down
town and It was said that the Park Com
missioners had decided to leave it to
the Society for the Prevention OF CRU
eltw to Animals as to how Tip should be
put to death. Later IT was said that
Supt. Smith would be allowed to decide
upon the means to be used.
Commissioner Straus assured an
Evening World' reporter that no fur
Their Attempts on Tips life would be
made to-day.
Dr. Allen Disappointed.
DR.. Allen said he war much disap-
pointed at the want of action of the
cyanide OF potassium. In the case of
human beings, the doctor said. the ac-
tion of the drug was very quick. Two
grains OF II will produce the following
symptoms in rapid succession:
The spinal column Is first affected and
immediately almost entire purnl-
ysis OF the lower eNtremitles follows.
Then the lungs are paralyzed. together
with hte upper eXtremities, and finally
the heart suddenly stops beating.
In the case of Tip, Dr. Allen expected
that the same symptoms would occur.
The dose given to the animal. namely
two ounces. was enough to kill four or