Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1908 — STRANGE MONKEY FROM JAVA [ARTICLE]

STRANGE MONKEY FROM JAVA

Nearest Appraob Ever Seen to the Long-Sought “Missing ~ Link." New York,. Oct 13. —Experts at the Bronx zoo are puzzled over a strange monkey from Java which is the nearest approach seen here to the longsougbt “missing link,” the dream of science since the Darwin theory of evolution was propounded. The simian in qustion was brought to New York a day or two ago by the captain of the steamship Clan McDonald. It was taken off the ship in the Hudson and conveyed to the zoo In a stout cage. The captain said he had never seen any monkey like it In all his travels in the East Indies. The creature fs supposed to be a gibbon. It stands 3% feet high and has an unusually intelligent face. The body is covered with long black hair.