1904: Alice, the Elephant That Escaped and Swam to Staten Island » Gunda

Gunda Indian elephant

Alice was brought to the Zoological Park in the Bronx (Bronx Zoo) in 1908 to be a made for Gunda, shown here on the left. Years later, Gunda went mad from captivity, tried to kill his keeper, Walter Thuman, and was executed by bullet.

Gunda Indian elephant, Bronx Zoo, about 1910.