The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-30
APE
STARTS BIG
LAW SUIT
FORMER CUTHRIAN, NOW
MILLIONAIRE, HAS MANY
UNUSUAL PETS

The following story Of the escap-
AIDES Of a pet ape owned by Il. w.
Knowlton a former Guthrie barber,
who made a fortune out of the manu-
facture of Danderine will be of inter
est to Guthrie friends of that gentle
man Knowlton is now a Millionaire.
Los Angeles, Cal, June 30.-As Il
modern adaptation for The Murders
in the Rue lMorgue, by Edgar Allen
Poe, The kidnapping in the Rue
Strickland" by firm of local at
torneys. dedicated TO Mr.. and M.s.
o. p. l.indley and their two children
was published yesterday in the stl-
perior court. For the publication.
which is in the nature of COM
plant, the attorneys and their
clients want $50, ,00e.
An ape alleged counterpart of the
near human creature that slid silent
ly along the rainspouts and the shut
ters of the house in the Rue Morgue,
uttered as silently and stealthily the
Lindley home at No. 1918 Strickland
avenue in the Eagle Rock district
md attempted to kidnap a babe held
n the arms Of Mrs. Lindley. At least
o il IS asserted
The ape. about four feet high
ihrew bulldog through a window,
ore the dress of Mrs. Lindley.
cratched the throat of her paDe,
Jumped a pot of hot rice on the I'm
ne room table, ate it wlel II bad
ooled, and departed according to the
Jlaintiff.
Mrs. l.indley is said to be mental
nd physical wreck as the result OIL
he encounter. which occurred on
March II. Her husband says that his
onsequental damage is $4,000, and
through Hunsaker & Britt and w.
\. Goodwin, their attorneys, they are
skiing the owner of the ape tc pay
55, 900.
Il. w. Knowlton, millionaire hail
emedy manufacturer of Pasadena, is
,wner of the ape and defendant III
he suit. in which his pet is describ-
d as a desperate villain.
HARMLESS, He Says.
Mr. Knowlton has a number CT
monkeys, baboons, apes and chin
anzes as pets. He says they are
larmless. Occasionally one of the
iie. intelligent fellows would straJ
rom the Knowlton home into tue
treets of Pasadena. accOst a passing
foman or child and cause no end OF
,onsternation
Mr.. Knowlton lives at No. 80
irand avenue, on "Millionaires
low" His mansion is surrounded by
retty grounds and in the rear OF
he house is tier of cages for his
;imian pets.
Charles Fuller. the ape which, 1t is
harged. tr ed to kidnap the lindley
rid. used to be permitted about the
rounds and PLAYED with the child
en-. When he wandered into the
,treet the neighbors complained, and
n ordnance to regulate him was
assed by the Pasadena city council.
provided a penalty for conviction OF
ha owner of Charles Fuller for al
owing that beast to wander at large.
fter that Charles Fuller had to con-
ant himself with sitting in the sew
NJ room stitching clothes he never
rore and smoking cigarettes.
inter Mr.. Fuller.
On March II he wandered over into
-dEit hbth On Nos
licking a Panama hat from the head
# barber He rang the door bell
one residence, but a Mortified
ousewife locked him out Trying
thsr neignTbors for more friendly
Welcome. Charles Fuller entered the
indley home without knocking. Mrs
indley sat rocking with her baby. A
sulldog snoozed on the rug at her
feet.
Mr.. Fuller stod at. the door and
lpped his hat. No one noticed him
until he coughed apologeticaly. He
cached for the baby with one nafu
nd for the bulldog with the other. it
ppears. The frantic mother strug-
led for possession of her child and
fled to the bath room. after her
lothing had been torn and the child
had been slie'itiy sera-csled. Mr.
Fuller hove the bulldog out of a