Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1917 — DENVER MONKEY A HUGGER [ARTICLE]

DENVER MONKEY A HUGGER

Simian Causes Sensation When Ho Boldly Embraces Young Woman Passing Along Street. The lovable monkey is loose. When he swung from the low branches of a tree at Twelfth avenue and Detroit street and threw his arms about the neck of a young woman pedestrian there was a lot cf commotion, says the Denver Post. Aside from breaking the spooning laws, the monkey shouldn't have chosen broad daylight. A scream from the young woman brought residents to their doors. They saw her running in one direction and the monkey in another. It was difficult for them to ascertain which was the more frightened—the young, wom-an-or The lovable monkey. Patrolmen from the Capitol Hill station have been pursuing the lovable monk all over the Montclair district. Where the monkey came from is ■ a question. The zoo keeper at City park says all his monkeys are “just where they should be”; that none of them would be ungentlemanly enough to leave home and try to hug pedestrians. Residents of the Montclair district have joined In the hunt. A tree-to-tree search is being made by the posse, including an examination of the nursery at Eighth avenue and Clayton street, whete the affectionate simian was last sighted. The monkey sought temporary haven on the front porch of G. A. Clason’s home, at 945 Detroit street, but when an attempt was made to capture him he curled up his tall and departed suddenly. In addition to the frightened woman pedestrian, the monkey was seen hugging several trees. Just now he Is hugging some secluded spot. Residents hope he is apprehended, as they do not want to be monkeyed with any more.