Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 18 | Black Diamond, Circus Elephant 'Taken for Ride'; Shot by Trainers

Black Dia Diamond nond nd Circus Cir us Elephant Taken for Ride Shot by Trainers KENEDY Tex Ter 17 P I Taken for fora a ride by his his' own d herd mates and put on tho spot by his human humann of ot the th circus circuit lot Bt Black ro ue Uc elephant who nt at Coral Coral- Saturday killed a n- n woman cann canai Tex was executed here yes yes- CS Short Short machine m machine guns like employed c by li were employed hi executioners ncr With Black D amonds death the circus ti lost between en- en enten ten thousand dollars dollar but bul rid itself of an nn animal which according dIn td t It Us its former Cormer trainer had killed three people Clr Circus us elephant cl men men who vho conducted conducted con con- ducted the execution yesterday t took ok no no hance on a repetition of ot Sat Sat- S Saturdays Saturday's Sat Sat- t- t tragedy In lu which 11 eJ ele elephant han with no RI apparent pit nt provocation tion seized and crushed to death Mrs Mra l E Donoh t n spectator STARTS DE DEATH TH M MARCH R H When n a huge hugo grave graye had nd been prepared ared In a cols v pasture about bout two miles s from town tho elephants elephant's Handlers Handlers' 11 n nth th tho tar familiar r rallying cry cry cry- for tor the parade and h ht he lumbered Into position is na he had b been n acc accustomed J tomed to to todo do do for years Three Three- of his herd mates mates' were were yoked to him wIth chains to make certain he would not stampede A queue o of or circus I people and curl curious OUR townspeople followed him in his lies lumbering death march The rhe elt eie pliant Ji h A. A magnificent nt year 31 oM old b bull one qt f the tallest tallest-in tallest In captivity was a n dramatic figure an as h ha Ito went to his death and many of or his liH old friends had tears In their r eyes cs N Near ar the grave mack Black k Diamond fIrmly chained to lo three trees 5 and end liana Hans Nagel haget director of t the Houston zoo zoo and Adrian 81 a taxidermist who Vrho ho wished to save the head fo for tor the tho Houston Institution tion U took ok charge c TL The e first first burst of lead fred llred tired Into the Uti body of the th ton ton l n pachyderm seemed dlo to nuzzle tho animal Another Another An An- other other- burst made mAlle him groggy He Hc rolled l J slowly and took took another another fusillade In tho the bod body The exe u- u iloner then g gave ve Black hack Diamond Dl mond thor the coup co do de single Hingle p grace 1 a t Veil Veil- U Ud d directed shot hot In the brain an nd the circus had done with him After t the 1 to head lied had been removed ed workmen work men ruen tugged d and hauled at the the- huge body until It rolled roiled d Into the tho grave JEALOUSY J RESPONSIBLE R BLE According to the advanced the advanced by byH Hi H J D. D Black Diamonds Diamond's trainer before ho h felt left tho tha circus to t work C for rJ Mrs Donohoe Jealousy and Dei a long Jong ry for tor the tragedy Saturday In his hospital b bed bed nt d' d nt Cor where ho bo Is fa r recovering from front injuries es 1 ro re- re 1 when wh n he lie tried to tW iv v JUra 1 Don Donohoe hoe lIe he said the elephant saw aw Mrs lira Donohoa Donohoo with him n when he c. c said goodbye to it the circus s. b believed cd the tic elephant n re remembered r re- re and charged the tho woman c he had seen leave with h her r The former tr trainer had m gone gonet t to the railroad yards as 88 the show how sh v to pulled In and had been allowed lead his his' old chargo charge tI the av the circus lot Jot it was on 01 this trip than th the tragedy occurred r