If you’re at all interested in that unfortunate chapter of Lansing history that ended in the execution of an innocent elephant, be sure to check out the photo gallery posted on the LSJ website.
It’s a fascinating glimpse, not only of the incident, itself, but of 1960’s journalism. Take, for example, this caption of a Lansing detective wearing a suit, aiming a 30.06 rifle at the doomed, terrified Rajje: “Police Open Fire on Crazed Beast.”
