New-York tribune., 1903-03-19
BIG ELEPHANT DEAD.
GRIEVED TO LEAVE HOME.
lingo Was Largest One kno7on-
His Sudden Purchase.

When Frank c. Bostock the animal man, who
bought from the London Zoo Jingo. the
largest known elephant in the world. arrived
here on Tuesday night, he expressed the opinion
that lingo would not arrive in this country
alive That he had diagnosed the case we'll was
demonstrated yesterday when the steamer
Georgia on which Jingo had been shipped from
Liverpool. arrived here without him.
Jfngo died on Thursday, March -. at 1890
p m 1853 miles east of Sandy Hook. Grief
was the cause assigned by his keeper and every
else on the ship When Jingo reached
Liverpool from London he manifested signs OF
grief at his departure from the Zoo" and the
separation from his companion, Soully Fulla the
female elephant which always formed the other
half of the procession when the children took
their rides For eighteen years the two
elephants always mad made the rounds in COM
pany. and he showed his feelings at the separa-
tion by his IstIessness and a swinging of his
trunk from side to side From the day the
steamer left Liverpool. on Friday, March +, he
refused to take\1he food to which he had been
accustomed. His keeper. T. w Lawrence, was
al first unable to persuade him to eat. Once. on
the second day out, he frightened UP little and
ate two buckets Of sea biscuit. After that he
declined to eat He was kept alive however,
until the sixth day by Lawrence. who gave him
gallon of whskey each day. Biscuits were
hours he would stand almost mOtionless. Then
he would rock from side to side.
Early on Thursday morning word was brought
to Lawrence that Jmgo was on his knees in his
box A derrick was rugged and he was assisted
to his feet He was too weak to stand, however.
and shortly after noon while his knees he
died. There was struggle. Lawrence de-
sired that his carcass he brought to port.
but Captain Nicolls. of the George, said this
could not be. and the derricks were again
rugged. For four and half hours the entire
crew and two Of the officers worked over
his body preparing it for burial in the sea. The
tusks were cut off. Chains were put under his
hodv part of the top of his crate was cut off.
At last the order given. and three steam
winches began to grind away on the chains
Slowly the nonstrous hulk. emaCiated from the
fast, was lifted from its narrow case and trans
.ferred to the side of the ship. about ten feet
away Then it pulled outboard and re-
leased. The six tons of flesh fell with mighty
splash into the sea.
Mr.. Bostock yesterday said he was extremely
surprised in London at the suddenness win
which The sale Of lingo was completed. He
went to see a Mr.. De Winton general secretary
Of Geological Society, he declared, to nave az
he imagined a preliminary talk over The posi-
biIity of his buying Jingo. I talked to Mr.. Ds
winton" Mr.. Bostock said talked at him hard
all the while, making MIN my oIitI, anu ao
talked he wrote" IN thirty minutes, Mr.. Bostock
declared the sale was finished. On Monday. tne
day following the sale. he said, 1eputation
from the Geological Society salled on him him Ana r
De Winter had no authority He replied,
To-day value lingo at 10000, and until you
pay me that sum you cannot have him back;
Nr Fostock said he declared that Mr.. De Win
ton, had made the sale, and that was enough
Th4r he said, he went to Glasgow. lingo s
irEErance Mr. Bostwick declared last night,
.tnrasunnosing the sinking of the vessel in which
he travelled. would have footed up $I5OO. As
- Is however the insurance on him will amount
~ ahout $4,000 or $4,000. I am sending a man
~ Gndia to buy the biggest elephant in the Delhi
durbar."
Jfngo was about twenty-five years old and