Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1911 — INJURES TRANIER. [ARTICLE]

INJURES TRANIER.

Gorilla Spends Night at Liberty in Streets of Laporte. Laporte, Ind., June 6.—Mack*, a large man-eating gorilla, brought from South Africa, two months iago, escaped from a carnival company last night, after attacking his trainer, Montana Harrison of Columbus, O. Several hundred people witnessed the attack and fought to get out of the tent,, fearing the gorilla. Harrison’s leg and arm were badly crushed by the gorilla. He is in the hospital. The animal was at liberty all night, but was captured in the cupola of the building this morning.