Famous Shows circus.On September 11, 1916, a hotel
worker named Red Eldridge was
hired as an assistant elephant
trainer by the circus. On the
evening of September 12 he was
killed by Mary in Kingsport, Tennessee, while taking her to a nearby
pond to splash and drink.He prodded her
behind the ear with a hook after she
reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind. She went into a rage,
snatched Eldridge with her
trunk, threw him against a drink
stand and stepped on his head, crushing it.Within minutes,
local blacksmith Hench Cox tried to kill Mary, firing five rounds with
little effect.
However, ever the showman, Sparks
ordered Mary's execution to be
performed in a public venue. The elephant was hanged by the
neck from a railcar-mounted
industrial crane.
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