The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-15
PET MONKEY STOPS
INFORMAL DEJEUNER
Former HagenIrck Attraction
lnierferes With Breakfast
of Salvage Corps.
THROWS FOOD INTO STREET.
Party of Ten Assemble nj w
Il. Meer's Place TO Have Meal,
but Animal DevCurs Ediblcs
Befor" Men Are Seated.

Although owing his life 10 Captain g
c. Gallagher OF the Salvage Cops and
10 W. II. Maer Of Nc. 3225 Olive street. A
pe3 Monkey. Jointly owned by the pair.
proved 50 unsratefui as Ia completely de-
stroy tho breakfasts Of the two yestsr-
Gay morn ag and to ca'!Sc utter dcmorali-
zstion in the kitchen 81 tho Nicer estab-
isEr'.ut.
Not only did the monkey throw all the
food Re could lay hands on out of The
window. thus bringing temporary incon-
venience to several members of the house
hold besides Gallagher and Nicer. but ne
even carried The bread behind the kitchen
range and was only discovered when he
made 100 great a noise in eating.
When Fair japan Il several other
bows on the Pike were burned recently
a general alarm was turned in and Sal
wage Corps No. 2. headed by Captain Cal
Iagher. was early on the scene. W. H.
Nicer happened to he on the grounds when
the fire broke out and he and Can
tain Gallagher captured 4 large monkey
which escaped from tho Hagenhack con-
cessiCn.
The monkey was presented to the pair
and Nicer took it to his home on Olive
street. Captain Gallagher and about nine
other boarders eat breakfast at mis- place
In the morning. and the monkey vas
male a great pet. He is A large ape.
Weighing about fifty pounds, and. accord
ing to Nicer. has a face Ike a Chinese
puzzle.
Nicer claims that sev"ra! in the S1-igh-
borhood who are addicted to the liduor
habit. who have seen the monkey nsering
out of the windows after dark. have tax
en- II on the run Immediately. II. also
states that several cases OF signing the
pledge have been reported after the intox-
icated parties have noticed the apparition.
. HIS FREEDOM.
For the first week or two the animal
was kept chained. Then it WAS released
and allowed the freedom of the house. II
is said to be thirty years old. and WAS
extremely friendly with members Of TIE
household.
Yesterday morning 4 larty OF len had
assembled 10 breakfast with Nicer. Be
sides the host, the parry consisted Il Cap
tain Gallagher. bill Quiglay. Tim Gov,
Charley Buehi"r. sack Anderson. Morris
Engel. Frank ErTaail. ~ .IcCa:t: ana
Charley RcsanbcrG.
Attaches OF tlr, hcIsn had laid :hc table
and had Announced that breakfast waa
ready. When the party Med int, The lin
inS-room. however. bo:n -oom and tap:e
were as bare as The rroverbial cupboard
OF Mother Hubbard. An exclamation from
Captain Gallagher caused rhe guests 10
run to the window. and TIE dishes and
edibles were fourd distributed along Chan
venue evidertiy hurled with Il now.
erful arm.
Loud growing behind the range in tie
kitchen also caused much perturbation
among the cooks. Careful INSPECTION by
Nicer revealed the presence of he mon
key. deeply engrcssed in getting outside #
a loaf of bread. Despite the monks pro-
tests. he was hauled forth by the tail. a
was attached TO fis n.ck and he Is
now rclegated to Imprisonment.
Captain Gallagher. Nicer and the others
breakfasted on bread and water. Discus
sion now prevails as to which particular
friend" of McerS the monkey l. to be
donated.