[at-l] Bear Hanging

[quoleldil@xxxxxxxxx (Quoleldil)]

I'm interested in the story about the bear hanging.
I've not heard of it before.
In Erwin in 1903 or 1916 or thereabouts they hung an elephant.
Believe it or not.
Here are some cites:
Burton, Thomas G. "The hanging of Mary, a circus elephant." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 37 (1971), pp.
1-8.
Ewing, James. "You mean they hanged an elephant?" TN Conservationist 36 (June 1970), p. 6.
Ewing, James. "Mystery solved: why they hanged the elephant." TN Conservationist 36 (Oct. 1970),
p. 10.
Price, Charles E. The day they hung the elephant. Illustrations by Randy Hodge. Johnson City,
Overmountain Press, 1992. 44 pp.
And here are some lynx:
http://www.blueridgecountry.com/elephant/elephant.html
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/bigmary.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunicoi/mary.htm




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David Addleton
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http://dfaddleton.home.att.net/

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