The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-03-28
HER DEADLY RAGE.
Big Elephant Gypsy Kills Hor
Keeper In Chicago
Pounds the Life out OF Prank Scott
While being Exercised in an Alley
The Mad Brute Finally Captured
Her seventh Victim


The Mad Brute Finally Captured
Her seventh victim
Chicago. March 26.--W. III. Harris big
elephant Gypsy became unnanageable
at its winter quarters on the West side
Wednesday afternoon and before she
could be gotten under control killed her
keeper. tore down frame building
and created general excitement. which
drew thousands Of people 70 the scene.
Harris circus is quartered at the
corner of Roby and jackson streets In
six~story brick building, and Gypsy
occupies the greater part OF the first
floor. Her regular keeper is Bernard
Shea. but Sheais at present engaged at
the Al-Sar-Ben music hall In Omaha. and
the animal was tenn rerarily in charge of
Frank Scott. lion tanner. Wednesday
afternoon early Scott, against orders.
took Gypsy out for a ride in the alley.
Gypsy did not seem inclined TO stop az
the boundary OF the alley and Scott gave
her iab with an iron hook. The beast
became cnraged, aud, throwing her
keeper from her head, where he had
been riding. proceeded to pound him
with her trunk and succeeded i'm killing
him. knocking him through n board
fence.
Mrs. Harris came To the rescue with
pitchforlx. She was knocked down,
but pluclSily jumped up and commenced
battle. She soon had blood streaming
from wounds in the elephants side and
the beast ran away towards the end OF
the alley. Here was standing n large
crowd. and many were the bruises re-
ceiyed in the scattering which took
place when the elephant started out OF
the alley. Gypsy did not go far, but
went back for Scott, who in the mean
time had been moved into n wooden
building just opposite the elephants
quarters. The animal knocked i'm the
whole side of the building in her efforts
10 get at the man again.
During this time MIR. Harris had sent
for many loaves of bread and all the
cake that could be bought in the neigh
borhood. and also telcphoned for Claude
Orton. his horse trainer, who soon ar
rived. The elephant quieted down some
what while he was eating so loaves OF
bread, a large number OF cakes and
other delicacies which were placed be-
fore her. After she had finished eating
she walked into her barn and the heavy
doors were shut after her.
The door had no sooner been shut
than the elephant with one blow shat
tered IL and ran out again. by this
time every street in the vicinity was
crowded with excited people. Persons
were lodged on fences and in trees
watching the scene with the elephant
in the alley. Three wagon loads of POI
lice came TO the rescue. but did no good
further than keeping back the crowds.
None of them wanted TO undertake the
job of claiming the enraged beast, and
il was decided there were not big
enough guns in the crowd TO kill her.
The elephant had her own way for
about four hours. when she went back
into her stall and allowed orion TO
chain her. Harris has owned the animal
for five years and has had no trouble
with her before.
Frank SCOTS right name Is unknown.
He would never tell who he was and al
though he had been with Harris circus
for six years no one knows anything
of him except that he went under an
assumed name. His body Is now in the
hands OF an underwriters, aud iie viii be
buried from the home OF Mrs. Harris.
Omaha, Neb.. March 26.--Bcrnard
Shea, the former keeper OF Gypsy, the
elephant which created SO much trouble
ia Chicago Wednesday, will tuke the
FIRST train fer Chicago TO assume his old
position. 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. In an interview he stated
that GYPSY Is only another name for
Empress, the original old Empress, the
first elephant imported into this conn
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 Forepaugh's winter quarters In Phil
adelphia; then George West had the life
crushed out Of him in 1874, travelling on
the road with Robinson's show. Jim
my, the Eun." was the next man, at
New Iberia, La, in 1882. followed by VIII
liam Devoe, with O'Brien's show at
poughkecpsie. n. Y, In 1886. Patsy
IIulligan was the sixth victim, and he
had his arm torn out ut CINCINNATI in
1904, and died two days afterwards.