Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-05
4 TALE or TWO MONKEYS,

One OF Them Committed burglary in
Paris and the Other Entered a London
Church.
New York World.
London and Paris are ringing just
now with the exploits of two remark
able monkeys. So intelligent were
these Simiaps and so human-like were
their deeds that it is pity Mr.. Oar
win were not alive to discover in them
two excellent exemplifcations of his
theory. The first monkey came in the
guise of criminal, professional thief,
and terrified an elderly Partisan jani-
tress out Of her seven senses. The Rue
Pigale was electrified the other morn
ing by the appearance of this Nine.
Carquet with her garments awry and
her face full of terror, rushing like
mad woman out of the courtyard of
her house, with the yell of ''Au
voleurs - which is the French equiva
lent for Thieves! Thieves!'' Several
passers- by tried to discover the extent
of the depredations, but the excited
janitress, despite her girth, fed like
deer until she came to the office OF the
nearest Commissaire of Police. There,
breathless she told how she had Just
discovered in her room an elderly per-
son, who, with his back towards her,
was riding her chests Of drawers at
tremendous rate and ainging every
thing in heap ON the floor
Two gendarmes went around to the
house on double trot, but no elderly
burglar could be found. In a room in
the attic, however, the mystery was
unveiled. A large white bearded ape
sat calmly there engaged in investi
eating the warp and wool Of Nine.
Carquet's best dresses. Politely the
policeman tried to get him to leave the
attic, but the monkey resisted
The fact that he was common ami
NAL did not save him, however, from
ordinary police methods. Jocko, for
that was his name, probably arrived
nearer the dignity of humanity than
any other monkey has done in the his
tory of the world. -Four other men
were called, and he was conveyed to
the lookup, surrounded by large and
enthusiastic crowd, as if he had been
a human criminal of the deepest dye.
! St. Stephens is a quiet and digni-
fed church in Hampstead, which dis
trlct of London is chiefly remarkable
for being the home of the man who
wrote tTrilby" Mr.. Du Maurier,
though, had nothing whatever to do
with Hampstead's latest episode. 1t
was large, dark brown monkey who
had come, no one knows from where,
to extend his experiences and evidently
to get some accurate knowledge con-
corning the established Church OF
England.
For this intelligent Simian, with a
black kid glove in one hand and a
book in tie other, entered the church
while it was icing swept and inspected
the pulpit in the first place, and later
on the organ, actually attempting to
play upon that instrument, but finally
desisting after a futile experiment
with the blower. He wandered in and
out of the churchyard, and his presence
there assembled crowd of onlookers,
who were very DESTROYS of accompany
ing him in his expedition, but could
not climb sufficiently well.
He mounted up to the belfry with
the evident intention of sounding the
chimes, but this he did not accom-
plish, owing probably to the fact thai
darkness was setting in He final.
climbed to the ledge of one of the
upper windows Of the tower and sa
there in solitary state, an object OF thu
greatest interest to the youth of Hamp
| stead Heath.