Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1914 — Cales of GOTHAM and other CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cales of GOTHAM and other CITIES

Orang-Outang Ties Knot in Half-Inch Iron Bar

MEW YORK. —Ali, the big orang-outang of the Bronx zoo, is going to have Is a new house with three-quarter-inch steel bars Instead of his present one-half-inch iron stays. Following his transfer from Hagenback’s in Berlin to the

zoo on May 5, Ali passed a few' sluggish days and then aw’oke to the fact that he has a reputation to live up to —the reputation of being the biggest orang-outang in captivity. It became evident at once that the cage fixed up by Keeper Fred Engleholm was a misfit by several sizes. All tested his prison the other day and tied a fair imitation of a bowknot in one of the half-inch iron bars. Then he bent most of the remaining

hars, opening more or less terrifying holes. Engleholm realizes that if Ali should get out, the gruesome tale of Edgar Allan Poe of what happened in the Rue Morgue would be uppermost in the minds of most folk, and there would be a great deal of unpleasantness. •> ■ There is no danger of All’s getting out before his new cage is ready. The bulk that goes with his 215 pounds cannot be squeezed through the openings he has made. But there is enough peril to make the keepers wary of going too close within the fence inclosing the cage. In a playful mood Ali, who has a nine-foot reach, measuring the extendi arms across the shoulders, poked his hand through the bars, took hold of Engleholm’s jumper and gave a yank. The buttons yielded; The orang-outang tore the garment from the man’s back and jumped with it to the big boom in the upper regions of the cage, where Ali skins the cat and turns giant swings. Ali’s palms are nine inches broad, and Engleholm’s arms are covered with black and blue spots where All has given him playful slaps. • .