Rajah
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Lemon Brothers Show in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Rajah
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Alternative name:	Samson, Sampson

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂

People killed:	1: Frank Fisher on April 9, 1899 in Argentine, Kansas
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1900-04-24
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Lemon Brothers Show, in United States

Date of arrival

1892-00-00	Lemon Brothers Show from W. W. Coles Circus

1881-00-00	W. W. Coles Circus from Dan Rice Circus

1871-00-00	Dan Rice Circus from Firma Reiche

Record history
History of updates	2010-09-01: prev. location Reiche (from Page 103, New Worlds, New Animals) 2010-09-01: arrival dates, mankiller 2012-04-12: tex reg Reiche

Latest document update	2020-10-24 04:13:23
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† Rajah is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1900-04-24 at Lemon Brothers Show, in United States, .

Casualties

1 casualties

1899-04-09: elephant keeper Frank Fisher fatal attack by Rajah. † Frank Fisher Died 1899-04-09, Argentine, Kansas.

Origin

Rajah was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Rajah from Bob Cline

RAJAH 1871 - Dan Rice Circus
Male Asian 1881 to 1891- W.W. Cole Circus
1892 to 1900 - Lemon Bros. Circus
( Killed his keeper Frank Fisher on April 9, 1899 in Argentine, Kansas.)
Died April 24, 1900 on the show.

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

W.W. Coles circus trumpeted Sampson, which it purchased from the Reiche brothers.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rajah, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Lemon Brothers Show in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3030. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 103, New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century, by Robert J. Hoage and William A. Deiss
https://www.classic.circushistory.org/ShowWorld/ShowWorld1907.htm

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