The evening world., 1894-05-11
Some Of the Poison, However,
Found Its Way to His
Stomach.
SOME OF ITS EFFECTS NOTICED.
Supposed Drunken Man with a
Rifle Creates a Small
Sized Panic.

Tip still lives. The most deadly poison
known to science has failed to lay him
low. Mans knowledge has proved in
effectual against the mate cunning of
the big pachyderm.
At 8 o'clock this morning Drs. Hunt
irgton and Allen, carrying leather bags.
entered the elephant house. Their
knowledge Of toxicology caused them to
be singled out by the Park Commits
sioners to superintend the administra
tion Of the deadly drugs which was to
make Of Tip a good elephant. They
brought a little package of cyanide of
pota ssium, six ounces In ALL sufficient to
kill regiment Of men.
A crowd of fully one hundred people
had gathered around the building. Half
OF them were newspaper men. who had
been detailed to witness the execution
Park Commissioners Clausen. Straus
end Bell arrived shortly after, and the
quintet went into the elephant-house and
shut the door tight. At 6.30 o'clock the
doors were opened, and those who had
passes were allowed to enter.
Commissioners Bell and Straus took
charge of things, and soon had rope
stretched across the wide asphalt pave
ment in front of Tips cage.
Was Tip Suspicious.
All this time Tip stood behind his iron
barred barrier and swung his trunk
back andf orth. His little eyes twin
killed. and had knowing look.
Keeper Snyder looked in and grinned.
"Why, he's dead onto this scheme" was
his only comment.
Snyder refused point blank to be the
one to give Tip the poiison wSo SO qasS baS
charge of Tip way back in 1881. was ap-
pointed executioner.,
1t was $50 o'clock when ASSISTANT
6upt. Burns handed DR.. Horace Allen.
curator of the Museum Of Natural His,
tory a big carrot which he had scooped
out and fitted with a plug made from
DR.. Allen took from his bag package
OF the poison and poured two ounces of
the white powder Into the hollowed-out
na the se deadly bas Mes mesEK EKanded to
He Takes the Carrot.
Mopis stepped up to the bars and
held the carroa out to Tip with word
Of command. The great flexible trunk.
and grasped the carrot gingerly.
Every one held his breath. The men
OF science had said that the stuff would
hardly reach Tips stomach before he
Slowly and deliberately Tip curled his
trunk under and lifted the carrot to his
disappeared and the spectators waited
to see the five tons of flesh fall with a
th1d and stiGen IN the agonies OF death
But Tip didn't fall worth cent. He
powerful jaws and then deliberately
spat II out in several pieces. Still. the
spectators thought that enough OF the
deadly stuff had found its way Into Tips
stomach to do for him. There. was,
however. no perceptive change in the
Elephants demeanOr.
~ Ailen at once called for an apple,
AND Mr. Burns prepared one to receive
snother qua rtlIy. of the poison. Two
ounces more OF the white powder was
poured into the hollow apple and plugged
oWuld Not Eat the Apple.
,-Mopis took 1t and again held out the
instrument of death for Tips acceptance.
,lhe elephant took IT, wrapped the end
nj MIN ms trunk around 1t, crushed 1t into n
Mean time. four men. each carrying
Winchester repeating rife filed In and
toTk stand opposite Tips cage,
NJ lney y were there to be useful in case
shortly, after their entrance another
an s,an' with rife, presented himself. and
mite, mad a pass he was promptly ad'
,ra ne had not been in the elephant house
inadN moments before he began acting
b," very queer manner and to handle
nnI S rllS in way that the reporters
omi others thought was very careless
room W '"S '''''" III '"'
nMIter Watching the strangers move
mr.soM Ter some time several of those
hc Ul reported to the authorities thai
n Vas intoxicated, and he was asked
Wbn,aNe which he did Immediately
ind',,m outside the house he grew very
man S'ant and said he was gentle
grossly insulted '''''
Of SI2 sad that the man was friend
agcrin gcri''Stant Superintendent of Men
P4SSS from him. "''
"Eyne men Mr.; Burns wac seen by ar
reticenths World reporter he was very
tha mo regarding the matter. He saic
A'sh was DR.. Wright. OF Wesl