Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

One of the elephants in Raymond & Waring’s extensive menagerie, exhibiting in Philadelphia, turned on his keeper on Wednesday, 22d. We find the following particulars in the Philadelphia papers!
As his keeper, Wm. Kelly, was preparing him for the afternoon performance, in consequence of being struck, he seized Mr. K. with his trunk and raising him into the air dashed him twice to the ground with the utmost violence, breaking his right leg and thigh in a most shocking manner, and causing many other serious injuries. The elephant then commenced a regular demolition of everything within his reach.
At this time the utmost terror and excitement prevailed. The furious animal seized with his trunk a large cage, containing two hyenas, a wolf, a jackal, and some 20 monkeys, carried it into the room and, after whirling it a moment in the air, dashed it into a thousand fragments upon the floor, scattering the animals and killing some of the smaller ones. Two elephant- dogs were then procured, but were both so maimed as to be entirely useless. They were accordingly removed, and preparations made for shooting the animal by order of the Mayor Swift, who immediately proceeded to the scene with a large body of police. A great crowd had by this time assembled, who, despite the danger, seemed anxious to rush in and witness the terrible scene.
In the meantime the elephant was doing great damage to all the fixtures of the establishment within reach, tearing down railing, demolishing the arena, and shivering everything like wood-work to atoms. Herr Driesbach used every effort to intimidate and subdue the animal by his well-known voice but in vain. Thirty or forty muskets had also been procured, and these were loaded and kept in readiness for use in the event of the animal’s escaping.
At length a strong rope was tied in a running noose, and the persons who had hold of the rope succeeded in catching him by one of the forelegs. But the animal, now more furious than ever, ran towards the boxes which descended from the front gallery to the arena, and, in endeavoring to ascend, crushed the steps to atoms with his immense weight, tearing up the benches on either side of him, hurling the pieces at the same time in every direction, and leaving the place a perfect wreck. Finding that it would not sustain his weight, he retreated into the arena, where after some trouble, a number of large hooks attached to ropes were very adroitly fastened into his ears, and he was then hauled up the recess before mentioned, where, by the self-possession and courage of Herr Driesbach, he was completely subdued.
Two six-pounders were placed, one in front and the other at the back of the menagerie, with a view to shoot the animal should he attempt to make his exit at either point.