From the December 8, 1910 edition of The Dillon Herald, Page 5:
(As it was published.)
"Gipsy Queen" Given Poison.
New York, Nov. 25 - It took 500 grains of cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, to kill "Gypsy Queen", a trick elephant, this afternoon, in execution of the death sentence passed on her for the tragic killing of her keeper, Robert Schiel, on October 20 last. Less than one grain is ordinarily fatal to man, and the last conclusive symptoms supervane almost before the victim can set down the glass from which he swallowed. But the Queen swayed backward and forth, flapping her big ears, for ten minutes before she showed the least uneasiness, and it was 44 minutes before she was pronounced dead.
The poison was given her in three pailfuls of bran mash, in which had been sprinkled 100 capsuls each of five grains of cyanide. She had been starved for 24 hours and ate greedily.
The Queen was 87 years old, born in Africa and one of the largest elephants in captivity. She weighed 7,650 pounds, and stood eight feet, seven inches high. In recent years her temper had not improved, and last October she picked up an unaccustomed keeper who had been warned to keep away from her, and slammed him to the cement floor, crushing his form into pulp.
(As it was published.)
"Gipsy Queen" Given Poison.
New York, Nov. 25 - It took 500 grains of cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, to kill "Gypsy Queen", a trick elephant, this afternoon, in execution of the death sentence passed on her for the tragic killing of her keeper, Robert Schiel, on October 20 last. Less than one grain is ordinarily fatal to man, and the last conclusive symptoms supervane almost before the victim can set down the glass from which he swallowed. But the Queen swayed backward and forth, flapping her big ears, for ten minutes before she showed the least uneasiness, and it was 44 minutes before she was pronounced dead.
The poison was given her in three pailfuls of bran mash, in which had been sprinkled 100 capsuls each of five grains of cyanide. She had been starved for 24 hours and ate greedily.
The Queen was 87 years old, born in Africa and one of the largest elephants in captivity. She weighed 7,650 pounds, and stood eight feet, seven inches high. In recent years her temper had not improved, and last October she picked up an unaccustomed keeper who had been warned to keep away from her, and slammed him to the cement floor, crushing his form into pulp.
From the December 8, 1910 edition of The Dillon Herald, Page 5:
(As it was published.)
"Gipsy Queen" Given Poison.
New York, Nov. 25 - It took 500 grains of cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, to kill "Gypsy Queen", a trick elephant, this afternoon, in execution of the death sentence passed on her for the tragic killing of her keeper, Robert Schiel, on October 20 last. Less than one grain is ordinarily fatal to man, and the last conclusive symptoms supervane almost before the victim can set down the glass from which he swallowed. But the Queen swayed backward and forth, flapping her big ears, for ten minutes before she showed the least uneasiness, and it was 44 minutes before she was pronounced dead.
The poison was given her in three pailfuls of bran mash, in which had been sprinkled 100 capsuls each of five grains of cyanide. She had been starved for 24 hours and ate greedily.
The Queen was 87 years old, born in Africa and one of the largest elephants in captivity. She weighed 7,650 pounds, and stood eight feet, seven inches high. In recent years her temper had not improved, and last October she picked up an unaccustomed keeper who had been warned to keep away from her, and slammed him to the cement floor, crushing his form into pulp.
(As it was published.)
"Gipsy Queen" Given Poison.
New York, Nov. 25 - It took 500 grains of cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, to kill "Gypsy Queen", a trick elephant, this afternoon, in execution of the death sentence passed on her for the tragic killing of her keeper, Robert Schiel, on October 20 last. Less than one grain is ordinarily fatal to man, and the last conclusive symptoms supervane almost before the victim can set down the glass from which he swallowed. But the Queen swayed backward and forth, flapping her big ears, for ten minutes before she showed the least uneasiness, and it was 44 minutes before she was pronounced dead.
The poison was given her in three pailfuls of bran mash, in which had been sprinkled 100 capsuls each of five grains of cyanide. She had been starved for 24 hours and ate greedily.
The Queen was 87 years old, born in Africa and one of the largest elephants in captivity. She weighed 7,650 pounds, and stood eight feet, seven inches high. In recent years her temper had not improved, and last October she picked up an unaccustomed keeper who had been warned to keep away from her, and slammed him to the cement floor, crushing his form into pulp.
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