Frank Scott

1: Empress (Gypsy) (fatal attack)

1. 1896: animal trainer Frank Scott fatal attack by Empress (Gypsy). Bernard Shea was away and animal handler Frank Scott ignored warnings to leave Gypsy alone. He exercised her. Scott climbed onto Gypsy’s back and sat on her head, the usual custom for riding an elephant. Riding down an alley, “Gypsy caught (Scott) with her Trunk and hurled him to the ground,” according to the Johnston article. “Using her front Feet, she stomped the life out of him. Frank Scott † Frank Scott Died 1896, Harris Nickel Plate Shows Circus winter quarters, Chicago. Shea was contacted at once. He hurried back to the show to be greeted by Gypsy with happy snorting and trumpeting. But Gypsy’s love for trainer Bernard Shea was a temperamental one.