Woman Related Here Did Remarkable Feat In Africa.
Her Shot Brought Down Elephant Larger Than the Fabled Jumbo. Tale Told in Chicago.
Mrs. Carl E. Akeley, wife of the chief taxidermist of the Field Museum and sister-in-law to T. E. Akeley of Third street, Waukegan, killed the biggest elephant ever bagged by an American and the largest pair of elephants in the government hunting license records of British East Africa. As her husband’s companion on his expedition to Africa a year ago to secure specimens of big game for the museum, this Chicago woman accomplished feats of sportsmanship that would turn Diana green with envy.
Mr. Akeley revealed his wife’s skill as a huntress in telling an audience at the Art Institute Saturday about the expedition.
Mr. Akeley had killed two male elephants, all that his license permitted, without obtaining suitable specimens. Mrs. Akeley had the only other license in the party, and her nerve and good aim became its only hope of getting the desired tuskers.
Both of the elephants she killed were bigger than Jumbo of circus fame.
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