In 1947 Ben Davenport imported seven young elephants "Charlie", "Tommy", "Mary", "Maud", "Norma", "Bessie" and "Konti".
The following year he imported eight more "Tex", "Nellie", "Virginia", "Mysore", "Calcutta", "Rosie", Eva" and "Baby Butch" still on a bottle and named after the shows Office Manager Butch Cohen.
Bringing the herd up to a total of 23 that season.
Seen above is Eve Davenport with "Butch" in her living room accompanied by Arumi Singh one of the Indian mahouts included in the deal.
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Monday, May 18, 2015
Dailey Bros. Elephants #1
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Which one of the punks was it who was killed by Jimmy O'Dell driving the truck too carelessly? At least Ben blamed Jimmy. When they opened the door the punk was dead. You must know the story how Jimmy later came back to Gonzales with Si Rubens to pick up an elephant and Ben worked him over.
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