![]() ![]() Once inside, the elephant knocked over the peanut roaster, snarfed a couple of the treats, rolled Mrs. Kessler ducked into the drugstore, but Modoc followed, squeezing through the front door of the corner shop. Chauncey Kessler was entering the Bradley Brothers Drug Store when she saw a 1,900-pound pachyderm barreling towards her (allegedly attracted by the woman’s striped muskrat coat). Judy and Empress merely escaped to the nearby woods, but Modoc made a break for it and headed toward the center of town. Terrified, they broke loose from their chains and ran for the hills. All was well until neighborhood dogs began barking at the elephants. Outside the high school gymnasium, the elephants stood chained up. Everyone, Wabashians and circus performers alike, was ready and excited for the show. ![]() The circus was there as part of an annual military fundraiser at Wabash High School, but the circus owner predicted it would be the last performance for years to come because so many circus hands were headed off to war. In November of 1942, Great American Circus was in Wabash, Indiana with its star performers: Judy, Empress, and Modoc, three Indian Elephants. ![]()
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