Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1910 — MONKEY MADE LOVE TO GIRL [ARTICLE]

MONKEY MADE LOVE TO GIRL

She Boxes His Ears When He Tries to Kiss Her—Simian Bites Her and Lands in Jail. Paris.—As 20 work girls came out of a dressmaker’s shop in the Rue Bolleau at midday an arm encircled the waist of one of them. The girl protested indignantly. The too-gallant intruder was well dressed In a frock coat, gray trousers, top hat, patent leather boots and wore smart gray suede gloves. But he was a hideous little person. The girls began making fun of him, when suddenly he caught hold of one and put his face close to hers. She boxed his ears, and he dropped on all fours and bit her leg. There was a panic. The girls rushed off shrieking, and two policemen arrested the aggressor. The creature was a chimpanzee—the pet of an explorer living near at hand. He was captured after a struggle, and carried off by his master’s cook, who went to fetch him at the police station, where he had spent the night An amusing item of the story is that the police magistrate got very angry with the monkey when he was first brought in because he refused to answer any questions and turned his back on the official table.