The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Did ..Hagenback Show People Come
West n Cages?
SAVED RAILROAD FARE
ALL SAID TO HAVE COME AS
WILD ANIMALS.
Hard Luck Story Told BY the Cook
Whole Company Travelled On a
Freight Train In the Animal
Cages-Paid Fares When They
Went East.

According to a story told yesterday,
a new and original method of travel,
which borders on the, manner in which
| the. Sons of Rest get around the
country. was put into force by the
Hagenback wild animal show in its
| journey to Salt Lake BY crowding all
the animals into but two or three cages,
| there was room left for the troupe of
trainers and attaches in the other
cages. These were all boarded
up. and the whole lot, it is
said, was Shipped on a freight
train as wild animals The cook of
the show acted as master of franspor-
tation. He had little oil stove on
which he made coffee, and when the
conductor and brakeman weren't look
ing, he struggled it into the stow
Always.
The story of the trip became known
to the Salt Palace police d few days
after the show arrived. One of the po-
licemen happened to drop into the tent
of Dan Mafloney. the cook. Dan had
his; little stove, and was cooking a
meal.
You can't cook enough for the crowd
on that little stove, can you?" asked
the officer.
We'll. L should say So" came the re-
Spouse. why, you ought to have seen
me cook coming here on the train. 1
had to do it, when the conductor wasn't
looking, too. And even then I cooked
enough for them ALL"
The officer began to smell a rat, and
by a little questioning he got the whole
story from Mahoney. Mrs. Tanner
whose stage name is Madame Pauline,
happened in, and she added to the story
in places.
I'VE were in Monticello, O., when a
telegram came from Amusement Di-
rector Talbot, asking US to come to the
Salt Palace" said Mahoney. 1--WE had
been there but three days, but we Will
ingIy packed up to come here. Mundy
put the whole troupe of mine persons
in the cages and smuggled us through"
s'You see that front over there, :"
interrupted Mrs. Tanner, pointing to
the front of the Hagenback show.
well, that folds UP in the shape of
cage and Mr.. and Mrs. Mundy came
inside of that, Mrs. Newton, the lady
you see walking around with the jew
els, also came with Mr.. and Mrs. Mum
dy. Mr.. Tanner and l came in Caesar
cage, and for seven days we saw day
light only when the cook opened the
trap door to hand us in cup of coffee.
And that wasn't amy too often. During
luOSG @AOlt ScsNGIl sNtciJ . VIC itVNSA 5OeteS
chance to wash. 1t was an awful ex-
perience and one which 1 wouldn't care
to go through again"
when we got to Cheyenne" contin-
ued the cook, "our money had run out
Mundy had given US each $3.50 at the
beginning of the trip, and at Cheyenne
it was gone. AS the freight train
stopped there for day, the company
all got out and skirrnished around for
something to eat. They were fairly
successful and when they got back
they waited until the conductor and
brakeman were out of sight, and then
they smuggled back. When we got to
Salt Lake we srnuggled out again, ana
got up to the Palace, where we put up
our tent. And here we are"
The Salt Palace officer went straight
way and told Chief of Police Hill, who
notified the Short Line officials. Man
ager Mundy evidently got wind of 1t,
for when he left on last Tuesday the
company went by passenger train.
There are those who assert that me
Hagenback show is not connected IN
amy way with the famous Hagenbeck
of Germany 1t is a significant TACT
that the names are spelled differently.
None of the cages have the name
"Hagenbeck" They were all labeled
"AngIo-American Exhibition" The use
of the name "Hagenback' is supposed
to have been merely an advertising
dodge