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To: archy
I remember a story about an elephant that had killed it's handler and the townsfolk decided the elephant should be hanged.

They used a crane and I saw the pictures somewhere on the internet. The only thing I can think is that they killed the the elephant first and then hung it as a symbolic punishment.
96 posted on 05/24/2003 8:53:47 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
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To: Shooter 2.5; spatzie
I remember a story about an elephant that had killed it's handler and the townsfolk decided the elephant should be hanged.

They used a crane and I saw the pictures somewhere on the internet. The only thing I can think is that they killed the the elephant first and then hung it as a symbolic punishment.

The story's quite true, it happened in the early 1900s here in my present location of Tennessee. the circus involved was the Sells-Floto show, and the bull's name was Mary. Click on the pic of Mary hanging from the 120-ton railroad crane used to hoist her body for a link to the story with details.

Appropos of nothing in patrticular, my ex's name is also Mary. Coincidence? I think not.


99 posted on 05/24/2003 9:01:48 AM PDT by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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