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Otago Witness, Issue 2258, 10 June 1897, Page 53

This Elephant Won't Die!

A oirons proprietor in New York is puzzled to know what to do -with a stubborn elephant in. bis possession. Tip, the elephant in question, j has defied all the efforts made to kill him, i although poison, atrangliog, and other ingenious I devices have been tried. i Tip has been sentenced to death through ) having killed so many people, and having i damaged the City of New York. The first . Httempfc to kill him was m&de with seven capsules containing cyanide of potassium, which. [ -vere put into his bran masb, hia owner and a ; lew friends standing by to see him drop dead, i Instead of dying, as expected, Tip seemed much i refreshed. He eDJoyed another strong dose of j potassium shortly afterwards with even more ! relish. When the poison ran out, strangling waei tried, bus Tip only winked at the tightest squeeze. Ke successfully resisted a block of granite dropped on his head, and nearly killed a man ■whojtried to poleaxe him. His owner haa notv given up trying to kill him, as he thinks he is much too clever to die. !