Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1919 — CANNOT BE TAKEN ALIVE [ARTICLE]

CANNOT BE TAKEN ALIVE

Gorillas Will Fight to the Death, and Are to Be Feared, Even When Mortally Wounded. The most perilous job that any one can undertake in the jungle is the capture of a full-grown gorilla. It is said that no gorilla has ever been captured alive after he was full grown. He would be a bold man who would attempt such a feat. Gorillas fear nothing. Even when mortally wounded they show strength and ferocity which is astonishing. A famous traveler once stated that it would take 150 men to hold down a gorilla with any degree of safety. On the other hand, all other apes are said; to be pathetically easy to capture. \The usual method is for a trapper to seat himself where he is certain to be observed by these creatures and pretend to drink from a bottle of crude spirits. When he is sure that he has been observed, he leaves the bottle and goes away. The moment his back is turned the monkeys rush to appease their curiosity concerning the contents of the bottle. They like the taste of the spirits, and qdarrel among themselves for it till the bottle has been emptied. They are soon overcome by the intoxicant, and the trapper returns and gathers them in.