The evening world., 1894-07-12
ELEPHANTS DO GO MAD.

In III. East Indies where tame ele-
plants are classed as intelligent ma
chimes and are invaluable adjuncts to
civil engineering and transportation a
rogue" elephant is as much dreaded
az an outbreak OF cholera. a tornado,
or man-eating tiger, says an exchange.
Its very sagacity makes it all the more
dangerous, and once started on q career
OF destruction and life-taking, its
methods appear cynical in their per-
tinancy and ingenuity. or such
"rogues" there are the wild beast ex-
cluded from communion with its fellows
and the domesticated animal in the con-
diton of must" The latter is more
dangerous than the other because it's
spell OF blind fury generally begins in
densely populated neighborhoods.
East Indian official statistics, how
ever, prove that. as rule, where one
person Is killed by an elephant nearly
forty are DESTROYED by tigers, leopards,
alter these data. In one instance a
tame elephant which had been docile
for years became demoniacal and tore
nifty and killed thirty-five persons.
In India the condition known mi, a. a.
maSse. ThSs Is b% sn easas Wh
on the forehead Of the bull elephant
and swelling of the temples. Such an
animal in captivity is shackled. and
Occasionally elephants with chronic bad
tempers are found, but they should not
be classed with those who are period
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A typical rogue" ran amuck near
Jubbalpore in 1876, and Is spoken Of as d
man eater, because in killing some OF Its
victims 1t took them in its mouth and
Many OF the " rogue" elephant stories
from Asia are based on the doings of
either .ostracised beasts or those who
escaped from captivity, who In hunting
agricultural neighborhoods to feed on
crops devastated plantations and killed
people who came in their way; one
which wandered in the Doom district riCt
fields and killed many persons was the
property OF the Government and never
rid itself OF a chain which 1t carried
near the village was. known by the
clank of the broken letters. All such
marauding brutes are simply predater,
and vicious, sleeping in the jungle during
are not "rogues'' proper, or elephants
suffering from periodical fury.
Cruelty sometimes makes 'rogues oil
elephants. In 1886. while. an elephant
district OF Sultanpore. in Dude, the ami
NAL resented prodding with q spear by
pulling the man from his back and
throwing him some distance away. For,
tunately the man fell In hollow and
remained there undiscovered by the ele-
phant, who went TO a netghboring vii
iage There ne chased an old man into
a house then broke down the walls.
pulled the man out and dashed him tc
| pieces.
The same night the elephant knocked
down several houses in quest OF human
beings In the villages OF Sardapur,
Bargaon and Jaisingpur. He killed six
men In PERSONA. three in Sora, four In
| wise killed bullock and a pony and
also destroyed a new carriage. The ami
| NAL used to stand at the door OF a
| house, force his entry by demoEshing
| the walls on either side. and would then
kill as many OF the inmates as he could
! pursuing those who tried to run away
! lie Inangied his corpses terribly.
/ After securing a victim he sometimes
| returned to the spot TO see II Ire were
extinct, and would commence mutilat'
eral bodies long distances and threw
them into ravines, &c. The elephan,
| found his way into the Dehra Ratah's
! palace, where he tried TO enter the
house OF a gardener; but some men
sportsman, drove him on. He then re-
l., hrned TO Bebipur. where he tried tC
eak down his masters house, In which
neral persons had taken refuge. The
C. Wow and were obliged to send fol-
W tbr, TO the Dehra Rajah. who sent
n The elephants and some spearsmen
m The pimal received two Eunshots or
" only I'd at Bebipur, Which, however
bw thsfy captured at imminent risk
W '"e 'jahs three elephants and men