Mary Herman

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Mary Herman
Profession circus visitor
Personal details
Born ? in United States
Dead 1982-09-13 near a Wisconsin Rapids restaurant in United States
Country United States
Locations
Title visitor -
Location at Woodcocks’s elephant acts elephants in United States
Biography details

Mary Herman , circus visitor in United States

Born ? in United States dead 1982-09-13 in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Anna May (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1982-09-13: visitor Mary Herman fatal attack by Anna May. swatted the woman with her trunk, killing her Mary Herman † Mary Herman Died 1982-09-13, near a Wisconsin Rapids restaurant. Mary Herman, 30, a friend of elephant trainer Ben Williams, was found dead of a "crushing-type injury," on Sept. 13 in a bushy area near a Wisconsin Rapids restaurant.

1982: The body of Mary Herman, 30, a friend of elephant trainer Ben Williams, was found dead of a "crushing-type injury," on Sept. 13 in a bushy area near a Wisconsin Rapids restaurant. Officials initially thought she had been beaten to death with a baseball bat, and Authorities charged Mr. Williams and another trainer with first-degree murder.

They later found the real culprit was Anna May, who had been startled by Herman's visit to her trailer. Anna May swatted the woman with her Trunk, killing her. Authorities dropped the charges, even though Mr. Williams admitted hiding the body.

Mary Herman

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). visitor Mary Herman in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3333. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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