New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
MONKEY CAUSES SCARE.
He F1ghtens Dzoellers in 4 pGrtment
Houses-StiU Roaming.

Now 1t hath come to pass that terror regneth IN
the dwellings encompassed by Sixth and seventh
and Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth sts ana tne
habitations of men have become places OF suspl-
cioD, In which lurketh a hidden foe WHY ne ls'
and with tail that nabIeth him to swing from
window sill to window sill. and prehensile feet ana
hands. which giveth unto him power to toooggah
down lightning rod. Small he is. yet his ap-
pearance striketh fear to the hearts of those VINO
look upon him. and they cry aloud, saying. Be
hold we have seen the devil And he Is a monkey!
On last Sunday of the man servants at the
Navarro apartments beheld the monkey as ne
sprang from shTubbery in the courtyard to win
dow sill. and thence to a pipe. Up which he did CO.
like those who go down to the sea in ships, hand
hand. until he reached the roof And 1t
CHANGED on the evening Of the same day that a
maid servant going to her room, saw hairy
body, with grinring face leap through the window,
whereupon she crossed herself and did exclaim so
that she was heard two blocks away:
"shure. an twas Ovid Nick himself! shure, an
I his tail an his cows feet!"
And this she did aver to those who, hearing her
cries, unto her.
And behold. on that same night the monkey ap-
peareth at sundry and divers times and places unto
sundry and divers publicans. sinners Pharisees
and men servants and maid servants and doth
scare them so that their hair remeineth upright
for many hours. And to woman he showeth
himself as she readeth The Murders In the Rue
Morgue." Whereupon she goeth down and out. and
the monkey purloineth the chronicles OF the deeds
of his relative.
And on the next day the simian leapeth. skip
peth and chattereth the fats called the seVilta
and likewise those called the Clarence. And in
these places he rummageth about. especially II
there be decanters at hand And he spilleth INK
OH himself and frescocth the ceilings with the
same, and doth things upside down and down
side up, pulling clothes from closets and drawers
from their places. And he runneth about joyously
on roofs stripping the weeks wash from the line
whereon it dries.
And again he leaveth a track as of a whiri"1nd
at the Boston apartments. the German Club, the
Catholic Club and the La Sale institute ana III
each place his visit is regretted.
Now those who suffered from his depredatlons
took counsel together. saying:
we will set cunning trap and catch him."
And they did leave. in certain storeroom the
cover of barrel OF apples. slightly raised In such
a manner that should try to get into the oarreI
the cover would fmprison him.
And on the next morning they went to the store
room. and found all the apples gone
Now. on Thursday he cometh again to the Sev1lla
flats and maid servants surprise him in store
room. And they armeth themselves with pillows
sofa cushions and other hard weapons, and ad-
vanceth upon him in serried phalanx- But ne
leapeth over their heads and through a window
and giveth them the sinian haha. Yea, verify, he
sitteth on the roof and maketh signals unto thern
with his fingers near his nose.
And he still roameth at large. though he fs SMALL
and in the block before mentioned no one retfreth
without looking under the bed and closing the
windows