The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-13
OLD TIP KILLED AT LAST
ann o1p rLxPBANr POISONED AZ
qrRNINE BOURH WORh'
go, Old Fellow Repeatedly Refused
e,.,,ow cyanide Of Potassium In
Apples Took "i" Is "u'

..o.i,l 10 the Philadelphia Record
Ncw York gives this story OF '"o
,.',c Of the elephant Tip ,,.
thc frequently furious e'epnan'
49, Ce9traI Park, the iafg's' oe',S. -
-tt,Itv. whose vicious temper H" no. -
Slr,l him an exceedingly 0anSeio uS a..
~, keep for exhibition was 'o-u"S
u" "a. ,ts non rolsoncd by cyanide
..,assium. and died al 4.ls T. NJ
O.. ,,.,,',1g au the symptoms Of agony
mos, intense ~, ,o,so,
coming ola monsfeg-t.c Erat TWO
Ut t, me morning The o.acal Wit
Ca NJ these unsuccessful adminiStra-
nelson were Park Commission
..-...s ClauSon. and Bell, super
...,, Hanhiuson, Of the society Tor
r.a.truon u cruelty TO Animals
....t.-leut Wallace, Of the Museum
- <..-I history secretary byFnes'
o. u.-. Eoard. superintendent Smith,
. -...reric: Foreman Byrncs and
r....t.u. Of the Coiicge Of Ply
.-. ~reeons with his assistant
... r..re were scores OF reporters
curious onlookers, the lat
pc that was strung around
. .a-ut fifty feet distant.
.,u.p rY 4 MO CARROT.
Tip. restless and splteful.
r.'eSoly to and fro. gazing
tloush his wicked little eyes
. lad Jost.ing C.Ose around his
-H. showing old brute seemed TO
yr .aat something unusual was about
r, .5 a. NJ. all was in readiness.
r.. 0l potassium two grains or
yf... u.u Eiu man. was 20 b. inserted
e. . tt.-cuucc dose inside Of q carrot.
=. attack old Tips spinal cord, para
,rr. his limbs. and then stop the beat
A.. NJ Dis monster heart Ii was at this
Interesting Wnc;Wc that Mr. Strauss an
I-.,d that Or. Huntington had de-
,..i that Tip would Likely blow out
some 0i The poison. and II he did some
a. -nt cyanide would strike the crowd,
vl would mean death Il !, eot into
&c system. So the doctor orlcr,d the
house 90 be cleared Of an but the d Jc-
tors. Keepers and four men from ere
ans company who were 10 XII the
animal If the poison failed.
Ott0 Nohis. VINO bad charge Of Tip
when hc was with Hagcnbeck's. was APP
pointed o. administer The dose Of death.
u Hundagon cut hole in a large
iue carrot. and placed three ounces Of
cyanide therein The gentlemen In front
O. the cage got 10 one side. Mobis took
the poisoned vegetable and approached
tie cage Tip eyed him cu!Iously and
elsQiciously
ZIP. Tip. up cried the keeper.
out from between the bars swung the
great trunk; the tempting yellow carrot
was seized Ia the tip. For a moment the
Enimal shifted Il, then swung his probes
els gently 10 and fro for a moment The
spectators held their breath. Slowly he
raised 10 To- his mouth. then stop
Ied, changed his mind, and let it fall
back.
lie is too smart cried the Commits
f0ners.
So Up went the great trunk, and the
tempting carrot disappeared i'm the
beasts mouth. Every one was prepared
{. s-e the great animal roll over dead
They were disappointed. lie gave one
Solemn chew and then another. Then he
etopr.d and eyed the audience a moment
apparently i'm deep thought IL was just
moment Then he so!emniy spat Out the
suspected vegetable. The officials were
ds-Hs',1 bat could not nelp bu. admire
IT, oI beasts sasacity.
E.w lHx GcoD FROM THE BAD.
tempting red apple, containing nc
poison. was handed 10 him. lie took 1t
suited b. placed IL in his mouth, anc
gently chc~sd II up. lie seemed alnos
u wink at the onlookers.
Next joy. HundinCton took another
fine red apple. cut out a hole, and put il
two ounces Of tho cyanide.
up. Tip up cried Mobis again. GU
shot the trunk and in It's tip the apple
was seized
He ate it, every one cried.
But he did not. he snuffed ii and look
ed wise Then slowly he swung it back
ward and forward for about four min
utes. which seemed hours TO his eXecu-
tioners Then ne slowly laid it down 10
the green grass with which his cage Was
strewn.
a loaf Of bread dosed also. was offered
him. accepted, hut laid carefully away
s. the grass. Another apple met the
same fate.
The officials were nonplussed The foui
men. who were armed. wanted to shoe
the sage old villain. They wished to marx
his forehead with chalk and all fire al
once Superintendent Hankinson refused
- allow this They had tried is on EN-
Veror two years ago. and had not met
with much success.
The great beast seemed after an hour
Or two 10 have completely revived, and
good evidence thereof was his resump
sion ~ his familiar restless swayng mo-
ton. But he wouldn't eat anything more
with poison I'm H. This went on. and the
execution was apparently abandoned un-
al some better and surer means Of death
. tra monster could he devised.
A. o'clock this afternoon, however
D. Allen. one Of the experts. said he
believed that what little poison Tin got
io hts system i'm the morning was TAX
ire eject. His trunk Is partially para
lived now" ne said. and his hindquar-
- arc also partially paralyzed. He Is
irH,1g heavily, which goes to show
'-at 1e poison has acted on his heart
hrr ~ The experts went so far as "a
t} mat Tip was dying by inches at that
tr-
ATT 7Wr ToreoV IN RIs BRAN.
Matters We're. indeed. nearing a crisis
y le elephant house at 315 p. NJ. Al
ta' hour fifteen capsules Of cyanide Of
SUM were given 10 Tip IN dish of
tfa- l1 q few minutes commissions seized
- Mighty frame. He staggered toward
~ tl-thcst end Of his cage to get away
Tor t1e men who had been feeding him.
ne chain upon his leg tripped him, and,
forgetting in his dizziness that he could
taar that chain as II 1t were a flimsy
Thread. Doe fell upon his side.
The poison now supreme coDvulsed his
tey muscle His great legs. which at
that moment no hundred men could have
controlled. were extended. stin I'm pain.
I'r a few minutes he lay motioniess;
ueo bis trunk. that delicate organ. with