Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 03/19/1897.
Tip Strangled by Means of Block and Tackle.
    Tip, a monster elephant which has been shown throughout the country for many years past, was put to death by strangulation at Bridgeport, Conn. While the brute’s feet were chained to stakes firmly driven into the ground, men with block and takle drew a rope taut about his neck until he was dead. The operation was completed in thirteen minutes. Tip had developed vicious tendencies, and his death was determined upon in order that he might have no opportunity to kill his keepers or people visiting the show. He had been given poison, but without marked effect.
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