The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-28
BRO0KLYN'S MONKEY HUNT.
JOCK, OF BRAZTL, MAKES THINGS
LIVELY ON THE HEIGHTS.

Two Months at Liberty, and Has Become
an Expert "second Story OPERATOR
From Lofty Places Throws Things and
Makes Faces at the Police and Others.
II some good. kind hearted. monk o. less NJ Ill
berry street orRan-grinder will go over to
Brooklyn to-day and capture a wea1en faced
simlan that has been worrying the residents Of
Brooklyn Heights for the past six weeks. he
will receive the thanks OF a large part OF Brook
lyn's population. People living in Henry.
Hicks and Pineapple streets were annoyed all
day Saturday and were unable to sleep satur-
day nights because the monkey decided to
have some fun with them. He had often had
| fun with them before. but not on so large
scae az he had on Saturday, when he caused
40 much excitement in the neighborhod that
| the police were called upon to put stop to his
| antics.
But he feared neither the police nor the
neiehbors who chased him with clubs and
sticks and stones. He simply tantaliEcd them.
He ran far enough to get out OF the way Of
club, then turned and faced the cop and placed
his thumb on his nose. When the crowd swore
at him he squeaked back at them and stuck out
| his tongue. He erinned, made faces" and
! threw stones. He finally climbed TO the TOP OF
| a tree opposite 81 Hicks street and threw small
branches at the crowd on the sidewalk below.
Two men climbed UP the tree after him
When they got near him he spat at them and
dropped from the tree to the roof OF house.
There he sat on cornice and threw down
pebblss Now and then he succeeded In hit
ting polceman's helmet That pleased him.
| small boy threw q piece OF coal that Just
grazed him. DodginR the coal. he sat up and
| put his thum b to his nose, Four house painters
| hnally appeared, carrying ladder. Whom the
monkey saw them coming he turned toward
the next roof. glanced hack over his shoulder
and waved his right paw toward Brooklyn
Heights. Just as babies do when shaking bye
bye to papa" From house 10 house he worried
the crowd until darkness set In.
An escaped monkey OF the devil brand 10
still at large In Hicks street." wasthe message
sent to the Adams street police station at mid
night. Tho police OF this particular station
have had a great deal OF animal experience
| recently. and concluded that their menagere
| would be complete II they could get hold OF the
| monkey. Last week they brought dead
snake to the station. and tho week before they
had the pleasure Of capturing a real live porcu-
pine on Fulton street They had also captured
many strange cats and dogs. 30. when thu
monkey news reached the station. ono Of the
| oops said:
Sure it's ridicule fer thin vanderbilts ter be
Goin' ter India ter be shootin' live game when
Brooklyn's 30 full Of strange things"
1t was finally resolved to send out ton police
| mon to capture the monkey. Early yesterday
| when they went to search for him they found
that he had disappeared. A general alarm was
sent to all stations asking II any one had lost
monkey. Another was sent directing all patrol
men to look out for the monkey. Then the
patrolmen doing duty on Hicks and Henry
streets and on Orange and Pineapple streets
learned that the monkey was none other than
Jock. as his owner calls him. or as he is famil-
| {,r 1I<J 49, ofN
| THAT little devil"
They also learned that Jock first appeared In
the nelRhborhood on July last arriving at 80
| Henry street amid the bursting OF shell and
| tho booming OF cannon. Mr.. John Arnold.
| who lives In the Henry street house with his
two sisters. brought the monkey home. Mr..
Arnold 10 engaged in the Joe business and has
several carts at work along the Brooklyn
water front. The captain OF a ship from Brazil
tied up at q Brooklyn storehouse ono day
when Mr.. Arnold happened TO be there. The
monkey was on the ship. Mr.. Arnold saw him
and admired him because Of his In Intelligence.
The ship captain handed over the monkey. ana
when Arnold took Jock home the women folks
said. Put the nasty thing out"
Arnold got a cage and put the monkey In it
The cage and the monkey were put In the rear
yard. Two OF Mrs. Arnold's dogs were there.
They barked at the. little monkey and scared
him so badly that he decided to leave. He broke
his way out OF the cage, climbed up the rain
water leader and got on the roof To get him
back. his owner arranged dish Of choice fruits
on the window sill. The monkey ate the fruit
and went back, to thei 70 IT, The next day
he returned to the window sill for breakfast
He remained there that day. and since then
has lived at liberty in the trees OF the neigh
boring yards. returning to the Arnold home at
meal time only.
He found there was oon iderable amusement
In chasing cats, and in several instances he at
tackled some twice as big as himself. At first
he amused the neighbors whose back yards he
visited. but he finally worried them by upset.
ting milk pals on rear window stills. and steal :
ing home made pies left out to cool Whom the
cooks OF the neighborhood became acquainted
with his tricks they lay in wait for him with
rolling pins and other kitchen utensils. Then
he became what the police would term a
porch climber" or ''second-story operator"
He got through upper Windows into private
sleeping apartments and broke china and
looking glasses.
He took lendish delight In throwing hand
mirrors into back yards. He also amused
himself by dabbling in the manicure cases.
He learned the use OF paint and powder Often
he was found with whitened face. and now and
then he appeared with his muzzle covered
with rouge. On one occasion he got into a
fashionable boarding house and almost caused
panic among the female boarders by appear
ing on the sill OF the ming room window with
powder box In one paw and powder rag in
the other. Grnning at the women about the
dining table. he proceeded to powder his face
Then he threw the powder into the yard,
climbed up on the roof. and chartered In
monkey lingo.
Mss Arnold. sister Of Jocks owner. whom
aata I'd ha- II
said: We can't tell whether It was our Jock
who caused all Of the excitement, although IL
probably was, for he's little terror. He went
away on Friday and only came back to dinner
to-day. He stays away all the time. and we
only see him when he calls at the rear window
for dinner. There are many people on tho
Heights who own monkeys. among them being
Gen. Horatio @. King. but his is not as funny
as ours. so II any mischief has been created
Jock is no doubt responsible"
HURT DURING DREAM.