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After stepping on her trainer's head, Mary the Asian elephant (also known as 'Murderous Mary") was hanged from a crane until death. It was later discovered that she had an infected tooth, and the unqualified trainer had prodded it, which caused her to react.
A town in Tennessee hanged an elephant for murder in 1916.
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About 'Electrocuting an Elephant', a 74 second silent film by the Edison film company from 1903 showing the public execution of the circus elephant Topsy at Coney Island by Hanging, Electrocution and Cyanide Carrots.
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In 1903, a circus elephant named Topsy killed a drunken man who was using a cigarette to burn its trunk. A movie company planned to hang Topsy to death, but after protests from animal groups, instead electrocuted it to death while filming the execution for a movie.
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About Mary the circus elephant who was executed by hanging from an industrial crane in front of 2500 people in 1916.
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When an elephant (named Mary) killed its circus trainer, the public was so outraged that the circus decided to use a crane to hang her.
In 1916 Kingsport TN a elephant was found guilt of murder and executed, by hanging. - source
In 1916 Mary the Elephant was shot in the head 5 times and hanged 2 times on a crane after killing an assistant trainer that prodded her.
The original plan to kill Topsy the elephant was by hanging. It was stopped by the ASPCA and she was electrocuted to death instead
A 5-ton circus elephant was once hanged for killing a trainer. They used an industrial crane to hang it, while a crowd of 2500 people watched. The first attempt failed when the chain snapped, further injuring the animal before it was killed on the second attempt.
Mary the elephant was hanged to death for murdering its Handler.
