The afterward of Water For Elephants mentions an elephant execution carried out by Thomas Edison. Apparently these were common in these days when an elephant had killed 3 or more workers(or 1 rube). This particular execution, of Topsy the elephant, was filmed by Edison to show the dangers of his rival's alternating current method. This 1903 version of Faces of Death was then shown to audiences around the country.
I won't show the video of this here, but it can be easily found on youtube.com for those interested.
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