The sun., 1894-02-16
CHIMPANZEES IN A FURY.
CHIKo AND JOHANNA ATTACK THEIR
KEEPER szTAGEBE

They Hsid Hir Fest -ua Bu or Ons Toe
and ons Finssr. Be.ids. Tearing His
Fle.h-Reseusd sy the Police Ju,tir Tine.
Edward D. Goss. tawny young Texan who
had charge Of the big anthropoids Chiko and
Johanna on the second floor OF the Arsenal In
Central Park, was taken to the Presbyterian
Hospital last night suffering from many lac
Grated wounds inflicted by the suddenly en-
raged animals.
| The appearance Of o squad Of Rray-coated
policemen. commanded by Sergeant John b.
Mulholland. probably saved the Texan from
| death. AZ Il was he lost the middle finger OF
| his right hand and the great toe OF
| his right foot. Johanna bit on the toe
and Chlko chewed away the finger. lie also
| tore the right wrist and nearly severed the
| other fingers OF the hand In bis rage.
Goss had taken OF all but his underclothes.
| and was about to 90 to bed in room just
| back and east Of the cage In which the two
| chImpanzee are kept when he heard Johanna
| clap her hands and grunt in manner indi-
eating that she wanted something to eat
ON the west side OF the cage and In the rear
Of IL is q room where the food for the animals
| is stored. The floor Of the cage is about
| eighteen inches from the floor Of the big room.
| 1t is single cage divided into two compart-
ments by heavy wooden partition running
north and south.
| johanna occupies the com apartment on the
east and Chiko the one on the west They
| cannot exchange smiles. but they can easily
| shake hands or feet as they may feel inclined
| In order to get from his own bedroom to the
| room where the food for the big monkeys is
kept the keeper 10 obliged to pass In front OF
the cage. The lights In the room were out
| and the keeper could not see exactly where
| Johanna and her mate were sitting.
hont fnrr f,,t frorn thA frOnt of the In
a glass partition through which the public
view the antics Of Chiko and Johanna between
| IL and 4 O'Clock on week days.
! The keeper passed between the partition
! and the front Of the cage. As he
turned the southeast corner. Just brush
ing It with his clothes. Johanna,
who had been crouching there. reached
| out her long and muscular arm. and caught
the luckless Texan by the right foot. throwing
| him on his face. He fell with his arms ex-
| tended.
| They reached Just few inches beyond the
partition separating Johanna from Chiko
| The angry cry OF tho female chimpanzee and
| tho fall OF tho keeper aroused Chiko to
frenzy. He reached forth and grabbed the
f. The two two Al animals @ drew the keeper close up to
the iron bars OF the cage Chiko got the Tex,
ans right arm through space between 81, tive tive
clawed the right leg of the keeper with similar
| ferocity
| heard in the police station In the floor below.
Sergeant Muiholland and about six policemen
felt the vibration OF the KEEPERS fall and heard
At hrst the Sergeant thought that the sr9an r,9i
tios oi ssa the Srosn "a convneed him that t was the
| keepers voice. Then he suspected that Chiko
or johanna had got their liberty and had at
There were two pitchforks In a corner OF the
| room. They were brand new and their prongs
| ahar m ~ SaTReAnt
jumped up ran out Of the rail enclosure around
dS'E and s,is! fad tS the think cbilo
| b.a cot a. his Keeper"
Policemen John r. MeGee and James E. Cain
They burst open the door lie the gas. and ran
in behind the glass partition.
ch@panaoss ms G' released s% their Victim and re,
treated in appaIent terror to the rear OF the
the eleam OF the pltchiOrks was too much for
| their brute courage.
FROM %aiS loss COS 81 SSod e
The nails and teeth S Of & the animals animal. hSS S
asath DiSSSe0'ff SSs for u sSs eu!st rsspsn.. q
buIanee. Less than i've minutes after Ser
geant Mulholland gave the call the ambulance
At the hospital Goss was put under the In
| fuence OF either and had his painful wounds
dressed. The middle finger was entirely gone.
From the right wrist half way up to the
| elbow his arm was like O piece OF raw hesh.
| The ankle OF the right leg was torn almost to
| the bono in places
| bility OF blood poisoning.
| the Barnum 4 Bailey show for about two
| years He was formerly with Sells Bros He
| has been somewhat unlucky. Last summer
| he was laid up for several weeks because OF
injuries received by being stepped on By an
lie has been attending to Chiko and johanna
since Dec 1S. when Johanna game here on the
| Portuguese steam ship Dona Maria. johanna
| is not OF q gentle disposition. On the voy-
| age from Lisbon she escaped from her
! cage by stretching her hand through
| her Portuguese keeper. lost his right foretin-
| ger in helping to recapture her
| Manoel said that Johanna was O very dam
| perous SimiAn. and he was glad to turn her
| over to Cioss. She Is about q years old Chiko
| is credited with a pleasanter temperament
| George Il. Burns. assistant superintendent
f, OF the menaRerie In Central Park, assumed
| charge OF the chimpanZees last night.
! He telephoned TO Mr. Bailey. who lives In
| Harlem, and Mr.. Bailey promised to send .
! man down from Bridgeport this morning to
doss has. the reputation Of being a very
/, have never shown a disposition. heretofore. to
| attack him. When THE Sun reporter saw
ChiKo and Johenna last night they appeared
They we're sitting with their hands on tho
| bars Of the cage, peerinR out through the
| glass partition. They did not seem to be dis.
| inrbed in the least by the two big pools of
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