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Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", [1] was a five-ton Asian elephant [2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus.After killing circus employee Walter “Red” Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin.
A purported photograph of the execution of an elephant named Mary in 1916. An elephant execution, sometimes called elephant lynching, is a pseudo-legal or performative public spectacle where a captive elephant is killed in order to punish it for being a "bad elephant" (behaviors that had, threatened, injured, or killed humans).
She was hanged by a railroad derrick car at the Clinchfield Railroad yard. This is the only known elephant hanging in history. Mary, who toured with the Sparks World Famous Shows circus, killed her inexperienced keeper, Walter "Red" Eldridge, on 12 September 1916 during a circus parade in nearby Kingsport, Tennessee. (Eldridge had supposedly ...
Perhaps his most famous protest came in 1999 when he threw horse manure at the Brooklyn Museum for displaying a controversial elephant-dung-infused portrait of the Virgin Mary.
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The celebrity elephant was hit by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario. He died shortly thereafter. [5] [6] Topsy the elephant: 4 January 1903: The elephant was executed by poisoning, electrocution, and strangulation. A 74-second film of the electrocution was recorded and preserved, possibly the first death captured on film. [7] [8] Mary the elephant ...
Mila the elephant hasn't seen another elephant in more than 30 years. She meets Mary, the two share a gentle embrace, and hearts everywhere melt. The story of their friendship gets even more touching.
When Mary reached to get a watermelon rind, Eldridge smacked her with a hooked whip. [6] In reaction, Mary curled her trunk around Eldridge's body, slammed him to the ground, and trampled the body. [7] After the incident occurred on September 12, 1916, the town of Kingsport, Tennessee publicly hung the elephant by a crane. [8]