Evening journal., 1888-09-24
Mn. cnOWLEY.


On his arrival there the baby chimpan-
zee was believed TO be about 0 months
old. He weighed but fifteen pounds and
was only eighteen inches tall. He was
named Crowley Ga corruption of creoleA,
and as he was one Of tho only two chin
panzees In the United States-the other
being Ia Philadelphia-he made a hit. He
was n RFst quartered In tho superintend-
ents Office, but he evinoed such mania
for tearing up papers with his hairy
hands and wrought such havoc generally
that a fine, large cage was mnde for him
at q cost Of $500 Hero he grow apace.
both In body and mind, and he was gazed
at BY hundreds every day. SoyerM
scientists from England examined him,
and they all agreed that he Just fell
short of being human. Jake Cook be-
came his keeper and tutor aud taught
him many tricks. Tho beast eventually
became so intelligent that be did many
little clever things Of his own. without
any instructions whatever.
He grew TO the height of feet inches
and weighed 100 pounds. II is said that
he was as powerful as two men, and last
spring, when he grew morose from ill
ness, he very nearly broke his keepers
back in a tussle. Tho keeper. a large.
powerful man. conquered however, by
giving Crowley wen directed blow be-
tween the eyes, and Crowley was from
that ti1no very humble The recollection
Of his being obliged TO strike his pet
brings tears to the keepers eyes when he
speaks of it now. On tho night that
Crowley died he would not allow Jake to
leave him, and when the keeper, thinking
Crowley asleep, ventured to tiptoe softly
toward the door of the cage, the diving
chimpanzee would throw off his blanket,
run over to him, and, putting his arms
around him and looking into his face,
would moan SO piteously that JalSe was
obliged 70 sit down again
yves there any affection between us9~
said Jake afterward, in relating the death
scene. well. reckon there was. Amt
been with him every day for tho past
four years, and haven't / taught him
everything he knew-all his little nran-
ners and tricks at the tableS"
Some time ago a female chfmpanzee.
Kitty, they called her, was put in a scpa-
rate compartment Of Crowley's cage, and
1t was intended. m the fullness Of time,
that the two should DO mates. But
Crowley, who In his latter years became
very NgALcA4 Wuuiu nave mono OF her, SO
he remained bachelor.
Crowley had great, bright, sorrowful
brown eyes, that somehow looked as il
there was human soul shut In behind
there, struggling to understand what this
world was. DR.. Spitzlza, who dissected
Crowley, said, after the autopsy:
"Crowiey's brain was in splendid con
dition, and many anatomists would be
unable TO tell it from child's brain-in
fact in all essential characteristics it is
an immature human brain. It shows TO
me that the functions of speech and sight
werc fighting for mastery and that sight
had the best Of Il. which retarded his ia.
tellectual development"
The chimpansse. Of all animals, comes
nearest man. 1t is far ahead Of tho
ourang outang, and there are twenty
three points Of difference between these
animals, in all Of which the chimpanzee
has the advantage. The chimpanzec is a
native Of Africa only, and is found priaci.
pally on the Guinea and Congo coasts,
and IN Gaboon.