New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-12

TIP ACCEPTING A POISONED APPLE.
struggle while his prosecutors were many and'
like king of the Jungle he died game" to the
last
Whether Tips death was absolutely neces-
sary for the preservation Of human life will al
ways be matter Of individual opinion. But
one thing is certain that cyanide Of potassium.
when properly administered, will Kill quickly the
largest animals in the world.
The execution yesterday new departure
for toxicologists, for never before as far as can
be ascertained, has cyanide OF potassium or any
similar drug been used to kill the elephant
Soldiers have shot him down. ropes have been
used TO strangle him. ard instruments have pene-
trated the brains OF other huge pachyderms, but
drugs were used for the purpose of killing for
the first time yesterday.
EARLY MORNING ATTEMPTS.
With the rising of the sun there gathered
number Of newspaper reporters and all-nignt
FOUNDERS" The hour set for the execution was
O'clock and fifteen minutes before that time
Park Commissioners Straus. Bell and Clausen;'
Dr. Huntington Of the College Of Physicians ana
Surgeons; Superintendent Smith, Superintendent
OF Parks Levy. Assistant Superintendent Burns.
DR.. Horace Allen, OF the American Museum OF
Natural History; DR.. L'autard, and Superin-
tendent Hankinson. OF the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty TO Animals. entered the house
in which Tip was confined. The elephants Tom
and Juno. whose cages were alongside that Of
Tip were taken out into the open space back
OF the house and fed They kept outside
all day The physicians who. II is said had
been selected for their skill in toxicoogy. and
the Commissioners and superntendents entered
the house and the door Immediately locked
When the reporters and invited guests were ad-
mitted. at $50 o'clock, rope had been stretched
from the end of Tips cage to the easterly wall.
thus making a barrier.
Snyder. Tips keeper clme in about this time
with Otto Mopis. old elephant keeper who
had cared for Tip when he was with Forepaughs
circus.
Tip all this time had remained remarkably
quiet but when Hubert l.. Howard the rounds
man in charge OF the Park police in the ele-
phant-house. lifted the rope-guard TO admit AS
sistant Superintendent Burns, Tip made vicious
lunge for the "sparrow-cop" with the evident IN"
tention OF pulling him against the bars. Com
missioner straus yelled Look out" and the
graycoat Jumped back out Of danger just In
time Tom" Donahue the old keeper, remarked;
That was narrow escape
TIP sPITs OUT THE FIRST DOSE.
At $50 o'clock Assistant Superintendent Burns
handed to DR.. Horace Allen. the curator OF the
Museum OF Natural History, a large carrot. Or.
Allen took white paper package out OF his
hand yalise He poured the contents, two
ounces into an opening that had been cut in the
carrot and with plug cut from another carrot
he closed the orifce. Snyder at this time. re-
fused to give Tip the poison. Otto Mopis. Tips
one-time friend took the carrot and at promptly
s.5O:3O o'clock cried: Here. Tip" The huge BEAST
moved forward moved his trunk in swayins
accompaniment to the movement Of his body, and
in a moment had the carrot in the tpof his trunk.
The silence Of the spectators was intense. Not
breath was heard as the trunk curled under and
the carrot was thrust into the capaclous NAV.
shudder went through the onookers. as they ex-
pected to see In a moment or TWO. the enormous
mass of flesh crash in helpless mass 10 the moor.
Rut Tip knew a thing OF TWO. and when he
felt a foreign substance in his huge jaws he be-
gan to spit out the crunched pieces OF the car
rot A quantity Of saliva, carrot, and a glairy.
white fluid was cast upon the floor. and Tip be-
gan to smell and stamp upon the mess.
In spite Of this the physicians Drs Allen and
Huntington thought that at least one OF the
two ounces of the drug must have been swai.
lowed Dr. Allen. five minutes later. called Tor
an apple Mr.. Burns prepared one. and Dr
Allen pOured two more ounces OF cydtllue VI W
tassium into the opening. Four men, at this
iuncture. filed in with Winchester rifles. and tooh
their stand near the cage. ready to shoot TIP II
he should break loose.
Mops took the loaded apple and held 1t out
to Tip. who pushed 1t out Of Mopis's hand 10
the floor The German picked up the apple ana
almost thrust 1t INTO Tips proboscis. The AMI
NAL smeled Of the apple. rubbed IT against the
under side OF his trunk and with vicious move
mont threw II down. He stamped upon 1t, and
the plug. which was fastened with pin. fell
ont. Tip smelled OF the stuff. and with leei
that was almost human. he seemed to say. Not
on YOUR life my beauties"
About this time a with a rifle went into
the elephant-house. but he reappeared In few
moments having been requested 10 leave the
Mace The man was said to be DR.. Wright Of
West Eighty -frst-st He was said to be suffer-
ing from a nervous attack The primary cause
for the doctors removal that he had the
muzzle Of his gun pressed against reporters
back.
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE POISON.
TIPS conduct a. this time was odd. He must
have been affected by the poison. for he backed
up to the angle formed by the north walls and
the bars of his cage. He remained. With his