The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-24
FUN WITH A MONKEY.
HAZEL keyEs REs,srs Rosears


ysunis Yam Yan. the monkey that Il in
the hsbit Of making serial ascensions With
Hssei Key<s. the female aeronant. did not
90 up with her mistress at Madison street
park yesterday aftefnoon. Instead she
ran about on the ground. through cars ard
6nally, when che had located the balloon
in the air. perched herself on the root Of
Laurel Shade and jabhe1ed It her mistress
- she came down into the lake. Dseec-
tive John Roberta Who represented the
police department. acting - the request Of
the Seattle Humane Society, arrested the
fair seronaut on the charge OF cruelty TO
animals and her husband on the charge Of
interfering with IN oficer. The detective
found little sympathy among the crowd.
and was the object Of many uncompli-
mentary remarks while he Vas struggling
70 get the monkey away from it, owner.
The stand taken by the Humane Society
caused Chief Jackson 20 send Detective
Cudihee TO Leschi and Detective Roberts
to Madison street park yesterday after
noon 70 prevent the aeronauts from TAX
ing up animals. Detective Cudihee had
no trouble at all. The professor simply
said that hs had no wish to fight the au-
thoYitieA il il was held to b cruelty TO ami
mails to take dog mp that was used to the
business. At Madisons however. Dectec-
tive Roberts was in hot water. and IL II
safe to say that Hazel Keyss thinks he il
the most contemplate Of men. What
happened il most difficult to say.
What the detective afiirms Hazel
Keyes denies. In the minor points
their stories have . slight ~
semblance. When Roberts reached the
ground the asronaut vas getting her bal
loan ready. He told her who he was and
stated his object. She asked him for the
papers giving him authority aud says he
replied in an impudent manner that he
did not have to show them or his badge.
Roberts says she paid little attention to
him when he told her that he was an
officer and that she must not take up the
monkey, and furthermore told him she had
heard people talk like that before.
The crowd gathered around and watched
the proceedings with interest. At last the
balloon was ready and Miss Keyes took
her place ready to 60 up. The monkeys
parachute lay on the ground, but thu
monkey herself was fastened to her mis-
tress's wrist with string. "All ready"
said Miss Reyes. and Roberts grabbed for
the monkey.
LET 60 that monkey" ysllsd the
woman.
Roberts chung on. The monkey clawed,
the woman yelled. The crowd laughed.
Then J. J. Romig. the woman's husband,
came through the crowd and grabbed Rob
erts. All was confusion. The balloon
jumped into the air. Roberts and Romig
lay on the ground in tight embrace, and
many who were there declare that the
monkey went jumping across the ground
in violent effort to catch her mistress.
Soon she lost sight Of her. and. becom-
Ing bswildered. jumped upon car No. 8
and nearly caused panic among the
she rushed to the sidewalk and, on CATCH
ing sight Of tho balloon in mid cir. ran
along in the direction it was travelling
until Laurel Shade was reached. There
she got on the roof and made symbolic
gestures until the parachute jump was
over
Detective Roberts. after his encounter
with Romig, sent him to the police sta.
ton in charge Of another officer and then
went down to the lake after Miss Keyes.
She Was placed under arrest and brought
to the city in her wet garments, although
the detective says he gave her plenty of
time to change If she so desired. The
charge against her was ''crueity to ami
mails" and upon putting up SIS hail she
was released. Later her husband was also
bailed out
In speaking Of the affair Hazel Reyes,
whose real name il Mrs Romig, said that
she did not intend to take the monkey up.
although she was satisfied in her own
mind that the animal enjoyed it, and con-
tinued:
ut would have been her fiftieth asceu.
sion and she has yet to be hurt bit. I
told the man who arrested me that I did
not intend TO take her up and pointed to
the little parachute on the ground. How
ever, he got very nervous when / said.
All ready and grabbed Jennie. Ii was
really laughable to see hun trying to get
some one to cut the rope by which I held
her and for q moment IL was tugging
match. In fact, he came near pulling nv
finger off, do not know who cut the
string. but anyway I went up without
Jennie, and while coming down saw her
sitting on the roof o, Laurel Shade making
signs TO me. When this man arrested mo
! went with him, although he acted i'm
pudentiy and would not show me his
badge or papers"
When told that the detective said she
took the monkey up with her, she said he
told an untruth and Furthermore spoke of
her husband In IN uncalled for manner.
Detective Roberts said that the woman
took the monkey up in her arms and that
her husband interfered with him while
trying to prevent the trip. He also said
that he gave her half an hour to get ready
to come to the city. but she refused TO
change her ciothea