The record-union., 1896-03-26
She Kills Her Keeper and Has Her Own
Way for Several Hours.
Finally Goes Back to Her Stall and is
Securely Chained.
Railroads VIII Defend Settlers Titles
a Large Estate In Montana-Three
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Conferences to be Held on
This Coast.

CHICAGO, March 25-W. H. Har-
ris' big elephant Gypsy became unman-
ageable at her winter quarters on the
West Side this afternoon and before she
could be got under control killed her
keeper, tore down a frame building
and created general excitement, which
drew thousands of people to the scene.
Harris circus is quartered at the
corner of Robey and Jackson streets,
in a six-story brick building, and Gypsy
occupies the greater part of the first
floor. Her regular keeper is Bernard
Shea, but Shea is at present engaged
at music hall in Omaha and the ami
NAL was temporarily in charge of Frank
Scott, a lion tanner.
This afternoon Scott, against orders,
took Gypsy out for ride in the alley.
Gypsy did not seem inclined to stop at
the boundary of the alley, and Scott
gave her a jab with an iron hook. The
beast became enraged and throwing her
keeper from her head, proceeded to
pound him with her trunk and sue
ceeded in killing him.
Mrs. Harris came to the rescue with
a pitchfork. She was knocked down,
but pluckily recommended the battle,
and the beast ran toward the end of the
alley. Here was standing a large crowd
and many were the bruises received
in the scattering which took place when
the elephant started out of the alley.
Gypsy did not go far out, but went
back for Scott, who in the meantime
had been moved into wooden building
just opposite the elephants quarters.
The animal knocked in the whole side
Of the building in her efforts to get at
the man again.
During this time Harris had sent for
fifty loaves of bread. The elephant
Quilted down somewhat while she was
eating, and after she had finished she
walked into the barn and the heavy
doors were shut The door had no
sooner been closed than the elephant
shattered it and ran out again. By
this time every street in the vicinity
was crowded with excited people. Three
wagon loads of police came to the res
cue, but did nothing further than to
keep back the crowd. The elephant
had her own way for about four hours,
when she went back to her stall and
allowed Claude Orton, a horse trainer,
to chain her. Harris has owned the
.nimal for five years, and has had no
trouble with her before.
Frank Scott's right name is unknown.
Although he has been with Harris
circus for six years, no one knows any
thing of him, except that he went un-
der an assumed name.
HER SEVENTH VICTIM.
OMAHA, March 25.-Bernard Shea,
the former keeper of Gypsy, the ele-
phant which created so much trouble
in Chicago to-day, was. seen tonight
and will take the first train for Chi
ago in the morning to assume his old
position In an interview he said that
Gypsy is only another name for En-
press, the original old Empress, the
first elephant imported into this coun-
try, and that the killing of her late
keeper, Scott, makes the seventh vic
tim of her vicious character. The first
was Harry Cooley in 1870 at Fore
paugh's winter quarters in Philadel-
phia; George West had the life crushed
out of him in 1874, travelling on the
read with Robinson's show; Jimmy,
the Bum" was the next man, at New
iberia, La, in 1882, followed by Will
lam Devoe, with O'Brien's show at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, in 1886. Patsy
Hulligan was the sixth victim, and he
had his arm torn out at Cincinnit in
1894 and died two days later. Mr.. Shea
has been Gypsy's keeper off and on for
the past ten years, and says he has
never had any trouble with her.