The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-06
AN ELEPHANT IN HIS PAST
fOIt NBft SRI DE\T BETRAIS
AZ EPISODE or ms lOt rH.
Augustus osborn Bourn. Jr.. who's 90
hut Likes College iLfe. Recalls the Ia,
That ~ . budding Lawyer Ia Coie-
RADIO lie Levied on an Elephant

I huSh-tus OsbOfn l8BuFus Jf.. VINO SD
hut IIkes College ILfr. Recalls the Ia,
That ~ . budding Lawyer Ia Colo
RADIO lie Levied on an Elephant
Augustus Osborn Bourn. Jr. who has
been trying for the record In taking d.,
gress ut Columbia and living at Hartley
Hall. though he's over a.. haas lot the sart
get out among his college chums on ths
campus that fifteen years ago while out
ia Colorado he got an elephant away from
a circus and kept IL two days In his tack
yard.
ColumUia has been wondering why
Bourn. who il the son II a forrn.r Gov
cEI.or u khod. Island. took II IN hls head
four years ago t. enroll himself - a stu
d.ht and bunk H. "a Ilornitpry at has q 90
when hes alr"idy had a Laws Office down
town and had Le"n through college, oE. I.
b.f"r- years and years ago Bouru has
he"n after the d-gr.s Of Ph. H.. o'It no
body up at Columbia discovered Just what
use thus would 10 w him a. a lawyer Until
Student Bourn In u houghtless moment
lot It out about that elephant. advancing
the idea that lawyer who could keep an
elephant two days ~ q mere incident OF q
case had qualified Tor Ph. d
According to the story ~ finally ex-
tracted from tina Columbia student il hap
p-nsd IN bis prep days in Colorado Eft@~n
years ago He VIVA a lawyer then. a peat
and woman suGragist aud good many
p.,Opis out there knew hiin ono day hs
got ~ a client a nian who bad "a claim
against circus and had been following Il
'hTDUgh til. state OF Colorado trying to-
get hls money. without siCc.-s lh-rc
Sa~ only III" way 10 get 1t. BouTn COZ
"lu'l';d. anC that vis to get out an attach
mcui
II vas On a saturday that | got the
attachment" SAID Tho Columbia student
IN relating his "Bp"ri.ncs. and that nj ht
IT." "IrCu- VA "a move About q 81
- .Ir"N saturday evening. lust AZ tho
S'tt" wagons shcr" the tickets w.r. sold
had r"rTn ~ Il" = His husn.ss | Lad thru.
d"putT sh"rIN- taNs possession q them
and grab u. money taken IN h,it " wasn't
enough Sh.ia th.. tJ..rf ormanC- w.l5 on
d', i''d "a 'aA" IN" elephant had hIfr
hrDugit right over Ia my back yard q,
ih"r" 49, ~ other place Ia pat hirn
49, occupying "A small hrIok cottag. "a
lr.n,"r. and TIA" yard accommodated the
elephant nicely
ct cours. my l'l.,A was ~ N..p N"
elephant only over might .as wtS confident
that IN" CIRCUS manager would Civ" the
prOI..r bond ia" n"Nt sLIv IN orol'r "a got
tn" elephant. wh-h was 'h" chief itrra'-
flbh " Iaii"'i4'"'l 'Gi' a. ~ If'H Judges
had left town on saturday uIght and Their.
WAS no Judge before whom 'hn t0nd
could b. gwen Tn. "ir"us man wen,
Of - the next town and lef- III" with ia.
elephant | entertained him and took
car. II him over sunday. while all If tho
s-iall boys 81 Denver rIsitnd nv hack
ward and took turns on tn. f-uC" on
Monday morning ths man "lm" scr
lad all my suits and took the elephant
"a. had hired "A special car for him and
walked HIM from my back ward 10 IN.
railroad tracks. with most Of Denver fol
lowing
All 81 thus was a record case for Denver,
and III. Denver paI"rs printed a good
deal about II az tn" time and SAID that ~
was "a mighty smart triCk and wondered
how had doneit. They didn't know that
the keeper II the elephant happened To-
10. my client. and that was how | was
a hi" To get the elephant and keep hun
over sunday