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Mary (elephant)
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916) was a five-ton Asian elephant, also known as "Murderous Mary", who performed in the ''Sparks World Famous Shows'' circus. After killing a trainer in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin, Tennessee in 1916. Her death is sometimes interpreted as a cautionary tale of circus animal abuse during the early 20th century.
==The death of Red Eldridge==
On September 11, 1916, a hobo named Red Eldridge who landed a job as a transient hotel janitor 〔 was hired as an assistant elephant trainer by the ''Sparks World Famous Shows'' circus. He was killed by Mary in Sullivan County, Tennessee, on the evening of September 12. Eldridge led the elephant parade, although he was not qualified, riding on the top of Mary's back; Mary was the star of the show, riding at the front. There have been several accounts of his death. One, recounted by W.H. Coleman who claimed to be a witness, is that he prodded her behind the ear with a hook after she reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind. She went into a rage, snatched Eldridge with her trunk, threw him against a drink stand and stepped on his head, crushing it.
A contemporary newspaper account, from the ''Johnson City Staff'', said that Mary "collided its trunk vice-like about () body, lifted him 10 feet in the air, then dashed him with fury to the ground... and with the full force of her beastly fury is said to have sunk her giant tusks entirely through his body. The animal then trampled the dying form of Eldridge as if seeking a murderous triumph, then with a sudden... swing of her massive foot hurled his body into the crowd."〔 (It should be kept in mind that female Asian elephants are tuskless.)
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