The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-13

| he could not move it an inch. He was
| fighting as well as he could, however
| all the time We laid nooses on the
| ground and during the struggles Ro-
| meo stepped into them, Then we had
| him by all four legs. Next we put the
elephants to the chain and then pulled
| Romeo's legs from under him and down
| he went. He fought and fought, and
gored a big hole in the ground with his
| head But he soon gave up and hal
| loed enough. When you hear an ele-
! plant cry that way you know he's sub
dued, It's very peculiar cry, ana
once you hear it you know it again
It's just like man that's whipped.
Well, Romeo, halloed, and just as soon
as we could get the chains off he was
free But he was so exhausted that he
could not get up and we had to help
him. We fastened chain around his
head and made the other elephants
pull him to his feet, and he was as do
ellie as lamb. We had no more trouble
with him for year afterward.
When we were in Cottongin, Tex, he
turned on his keeper, an ignorant fell
low, and knocked him through a fence
and then demolished the fence. The
man escaped by lodging around some
posts. But l had no trouble with Ro-
meo. | tied him up and then the man
punished him. 1t didn't do any good
however. He beat that elephant until
he was badly used up, but he would not
give in IT is remarkable what ill-will
Romeo had for that fellow. Once an
elephant gets spite against men he
never forgets it. The man I'm talking
about would not go near the elephant
after that, and that was the wisest
thing he ever did in his life, for Romeo
would surely have killed him at the first
chance. We got another man and kept
him two years, and then we had high
old time in Chicago.~It was on Jan. %,
1S63-I'll never forget the date-when
Romeo turned on his keeper he was
loose at the time He knocked the man
so far the first time he struck him that
he could not get at him to kill HIM. He
was knocked under the seats and Ro-
meo after him. But the man recovered
himself in time and flew out of the
building, Romeo tore the place out. He
smashed the seats, and after doing so
much damage as he could inside ne
broke down the doors and marched into
the streets of Chicago around the Court
House. This was early in the evening.
/ had been away for two weeks and
was at the theatre at the time. Our
people did not know where to find me.
They had at least fifty people rushing
around town hunting for me. In the
meantime, Romeo was causing the
greatest excitement. A large crowd had
on1 claimant rising
them through the streets. They had
board sidewalks then, elevated about
foot and a half from the street, and the
people kept on these for the elephant
was afraid to get on the boards. AS,
as anybody appeared on the streets,
however, Romeo went for them and
drove them to the sidewalks. In this
way he kept the streets clear of wag-
ons, carriages, horse cars and every
thing. I got back to the hotel about
IL o'clock and then heard about Romeo
and went to look for him, | first found
Juliet-she had got out too,-and got
her home without any trouble. Then |
went for Romeo. / watched him lit
tie before i called him and l found he
was very bad. He had not seen me for
over a week and when I called him by
name he threw up his head and didn't
know where the sound came from. |
called again and then he saw me. |
cried. Come here and he did come.
He came as q flash Of lightning, and as
he came l went. made for the build
ing and got into the dressing room on
one side Of the entrance, which was ele
waited a few feet from the ground. Old
T i
trance land there he stayed looking for
me. He was frantic and If he could
have git ME he would have killed me
sure. I got around the building and
opened all the windows and doors, so as
to make it as cold as possible-it was
bitter weatlfer--and thus freeze Romeo
into going into his stall But the fever
was on him bad, and that wouldn't
work. I then went back to the dress
ing room and threw piece of bread
to him and an ear of corn. | fooled
around, making as much noise as pos
sible, but appearing to be unconcerned |
After a while I handed an ear of corn
to him from the dressing room and he
put 1t in his mouth, but would not eat |
At last he did eat a piece of bread, and
then l spoke to him. ! told him to go
into his stall. He hesitated minute
and then walked In. Now ! knew he
was all right and I followed and soon
had the chain around his foot, and that |
was the end of that trouble. We kept |
the same man with him, but chained |
Romeo up so that he could be fed with
out any danger.
We went into quarters at Delavan, |
and I left. Before | got back to Chi |
cago there were three kilograms wait |
ing for me telling me to come, back. |
Well had a little trouble with the |
proprietors and did not go until I had |
back to them. l got an an
swer right away accepting my terms, |
and ! went. 1T appears that as soon as I
Romeo found / had gone he got fran |
tic and no one would go near him. He |
was all right when he saw me and |
stayed all right till spring. We kept |
Romeo and Juliet in a room adjoining |
barn, and friends used to come and see !
Lhem One day a number of ladies came /!
and wanted to see the elephants drink. |
turned the animals loose, and as soon |
as Romeo got into the light l saw he
had a spell on. / can tell you | got |
those ladies out of sight as quick US |
hey could go. Juliet went to the trough |
and drank, but Romeo stood still, shak- (
hi. I within q hn1