INFAMOUS WHITE ELEPHANT FINALLY FOUND!

The Jumbo Problem Solved
by Tina Tiny Teena

The ingenious Inspector Blunt could taste victory as he stumbled upon Hassen, the cunning white elephant, at midnight down in the NYDF basement after the gruesome massacres.

Jumbo, a.k.a. Hassan the white elephant, was finally found after the hard battles he waged. Shortly after he was stolen, there were reports of havoc. In the end, there were 120 people wounded and 60 people and one horse dead.

Two of the 60 people dead were detectives Brown and Burke. Tragically Burke was crushed by the elephant’s trunk. Detective Mulrooney also accompanied Burke but escaped. He was quoted as saying, “ I was shocked to see Burke killed. Right after though, the elephant started coming towards me so I ran. I was only saved when the elephant became distracted with the ruins of a funeral.” The other detective, Brown, was checking to see if Hassan had a scar under his armpit, to verify it was the real elephant, when he was struck on the head and killed. Some other incidents that occurred involved a funeral dispersed, plumbers killed, and even a lamppost destroyed.

As the days went on, there was still no sign of Hassan. The owner decided to offer a reward of 25,000 dollars. Blunt wanted the reward for detectives only because he thought that other people would steal all of the clues. What led to finding Hassen was the description of him and the clues he left behind. Some of these clues include bottles stolen, a haystack missing, gas bills gone and footprints left behind. There was also a gaping hole in the wall which turned out to be only a clever attempt to mislead detectives.

While all of the havoc was happening, Blunt hatched an idea that Brick Duffy and Red McFadden were behind all this. Of course Blunt was testing our wits because everyone knows that the criminals have been dead for a while. Blunt told us, “ I had long suspected these facts, and the testimony proves the unerring accuracy of my instinct.”

As the weeks went by with detectives searching under every rock in Baxter Center, Hogansport and many other cities, there was still no sign of the elephant. Blunt had everywhere searched. He quoted, “So, the elephant turned westward. However he will not escape for my men are scattered all over that region.” As the third week came, Blunt made a deal with the thieves. The detectives and the thieves would split the 100,000 dollars and Blunt would find the elephant.

The reason Hassan was brought to New York in the first place was to be a reparation gift to the Queen of England from Siam. Just 20 days after he arrived, he was stolen from under our noses. Even with 300,000 witnesses it was still a tough egg to crack. There were at least 37 suspects and 12 different theories.

In the end, Hassan of Siam was captured but ended up deceased of unknown cannon wounds in his side. Hassan’s owner said a few words: “Poor Hassen was lost to me forever. The cannon shots had wounded him fatally; he crept into that unfriendly place into that fog, and there, surrounded by his enemies and in constant danger of detection, wasted away with hunger and suffering until death gave him peace.”

Even though it was a miracle that the elephant was found, his caretaker was left penniless and ruined. It just goes to show, do not give white elephants as reparation gifts.