Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1920 — PETS THAT SAVED PROPERTY [ARTICLE]

PETS THAT SAVED PROPERTY

Instances of Robbers Captured Through the Efforts of Small Dog, Monkey, and Parrot. A Parisian was recently, attacked in a lonely street by apache who was armed with a revolver. The villain fired once and missed, but ere he could fire again the citizen’s terrier had him by the ear. The apache, shrieking with pain, dropped the gun, and the Parisian managed to secure him, according to London Answers. Recently, in the same city, a burglar entered the flat of a wealthy man, who had a pet monkey named Ernest. The burglar made up a valuable parcel while the monkey hid in a corner. Suddenly the monkey began to pelt the burglar with cups, plates, saucers, ash-trays and Inkstand, in fact, with portable in its reach. The man made a dash for the beast with a heavy cane, but the monkey was much too quick for him and mounted to a high shelf. Climbing on a chair, the man was going to strike the monkey, when it flew at his face and man and monkey crashed to the floor. This rousel the rest of the flat dwellers, who q’lickly secured the disturber of their peace, and now Ernest is the pet of the mansions. Quite recently a mansion in Surrey was raided and the burglars were having quite a walk-over, as they thought. But presently the parrot woke up and began to make a few choice observations in such a loud and familiar tone that the robbers thought discretion the, better part of valor and were decamping when caught