Elephant Executed by Hanging

In 1916, an elephant named Mary was executed by hanging in Erwin, Tennessee, for killing its circus trainer. 

The prosecutors agreed upon hanging after they exhausted the possibilities of firing squad, electrocution, and dismemberment by train engines.

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