Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-19

Nhllc MfS, 1eufO lrullllO was wash
 ing clothes yesterday morning in the back yard of her home on the sonth
 side, near the Bartlett. Heard ranch, a hugo tcrrorstrieken elephant came lum. ber.ng madly across the desert, trampling down palo verde trees and tearing up yards of fence wherever they obstrueted his path, says the Phoe. riz Gazette. The furious animal caught sight of Mrs. Truiillo and dashed at her, scattering the fences as he charged. lt was too absurd-an elephant gallon ing wildly about the Salt river valley. Mrs. Truiillo burst out laughing.
 Then the woman looked again, Far oiI in the distance, enveloped in min iature sand storms of their own ere ating, she saw other elephants scurry- ing over the desert, and right there close to her, with red in his eyes and his yellow tusks dripping lather. the enormous pachyderm, like an ocean EEer bearing down on skiff, swayed toward the woman, Then she believed her eyes, and with a hystcrical shrieL darted into the house, with the elephant after her.
 Not many years ago it was not such an unusual sight to see an occasional camel wandering placidly across the desert, the last survivors of those i'm ported to Arizona by the United States army; but never, until yesterday, were elephants, the denizens of African iungles, seen dashing across the river bottoms.
 Four trained elephants, belonging 60 Glascock, the showsu=n, were shipped from Bakersfield to Maricopa. They were consigned to the Coliseum, where they are now showing. At Maieopa they were taken from the train and two men, riding the largest of the ele- plants, started to dT:ve them to Phoe. nix. They reached the Gila in safety. the huge animals swimming the stream. Yesterday morning, when they were about six miles south of Phoenix, the procession came up with man riding in a buggy. Just as they were passing ihe wind blew his hat off It whirred just in front of the leading elephant 's face. He trumpeted wildly and stam. peded.
 In spite of the frantic efforts of inc riders to control them. the animals broke away, threw their riders, and then darted to the four corners of the eOmpass, wreaking havoc to the fields they passed through. It was the van. guard of this strange caravan that near ly frightened Mrs. Trujillo out of her wits.
 When the elephant, known on the ,howbills as "Mike,' saw the woman escaping into the house, he attempted 10 follow her. He thrust his osseous bead through the door, dashed his trunk and trumpeted. Within were Mrs. Tniillo, five children, baby and her ,ster.in-law There was not man within call. The frightened women rshed out of the front door as the ele- Fhant tried to get in the back. Mrs. Iuiillo's sister ran out into field and dropped in a heap. The children scream sl. As they rau out of the house ihey could hear the eiephaEt tearing down the door,
 Mrs. Truiillo ran to aid her sister. in-law, whom she found in faint. Fearing that the elephant would come around the house and attack them she dragged her sister back again. They found the elephant madly endeavoring to tear down the house, but he was not succeeding very well, so they crouebed ID corner terror stricken. Several other smaller elephants came up and amused themselves walking around in the yard and devouring the shrubbery. Then one of the keepers came and beat ihe animal into submission.