Some Obscurish facts
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1916 A circus elephant named Mary ran amok and killed a man in Erwin, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 1916. Demanding justice, the enraged towns-people dragged the pachyderm to a railroad derrick, bent on hanging her. Before a crowd of 5,000 curiosity seekers, the mob spent two hours stringing their victim up, only to have her fall to the ground when the steel cable holding her snapped. On their second attempt, however, the cable held and the prisoner was hanged.
1916 A circus elephant named Mary ran amok and killed a man in Erwin, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 1916. Demanding justice, the enraged towns-people dragged the pachyderm to a railroad derrick, bent on hanging her. Before a crowd of 5,000 curiosity seekers, the mob spent two hours stringing their victim up, only to have her fall to the ground when the steel cable holding her snapped. On their second attempt, however, the cable held and the prisoner was hanged.