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Topsy (c. 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903.Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised her as the first elephant born in the United States.
Topsy, the famous "Baby" elephant, was electrocuted at Coney Island on January 4, 1903. We secured an excellent picture of the execution. The scene opens with keeper leading Topsy to the place of execution. After copper plates or electrodes were fastened to her feet, 6,600 volts of electricity were turned on.
The electrocution of Topsy the Elephant was not an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents. Edison was never at Luna Park , and the electrocution of Topsy took place ten years after the war of currents. [ 93 ]
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The point is that except for the value of creating a spectacle for the benefit of both Topsy's owners and for Edison, and the spectacle being filmed for exhibition around the country, Topsy would be entirely unknown today, just another anonymous rogue elephant needing to be "put down", and there would be no entry here in Wikipedia for her.
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