Key facts
- Species
- Asian elephant
- Sex
- Female
- Born
- c. 1894
- Died
- September 13, 1916 (1916-09-13) (aged 21–22), Erwin, Tennessee
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- Circus performer
- Employer
- Charles Sparks
- Years active
- 1898–1916
- Training
- Playing musical instruments, Pitching baseballs
- Weight
- 5 short tons (4,500 kg)
- Height
- 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter "Red" Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin.
Death of Red Eldridge
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.