New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-11-29

Galveston, Texas, n ey. 81
"The guy that grated them mon
key glands on Pap overdone the
job, and the police will be wor-
ried with him for another sixty
years if he gets over his mash
up" That's what the Galveston
police department thinks of a
clouded mystery brought about by
the queer capers of "Pap" Hog
gers, S0-year-old roustabout,
"bar-fy" and garbage filcher,
who has spent more than than
half of the past century in the
city Jail here. The police are
watching a certain young surgeon
in connection with the alleged
transplanting of monkey glands
and say if he did the ''job" they
will send him to the cooler" for
life.
Pap has been in Galveston for
over seventy wears. He has never
made the acquaintance of work.
When the saloons were running
wide open Pap was a moocher'
extraordinary. He was a "bar-
fly" that the white-apron man
could not swat with his towel. He
begged booze all day, stole his
food from scraps cast in the barb
age can in his district and at night
slent on the beach.
Now about four weeks ago Pap
was missing from the street cor
ners and garbage cans. He dis
appeared from the straw pile on
the beach. At the same time q
couple of spry young monkeys dis
appeared from the ZOO. Folks
made no connection between the
disappearance of the two. They
thought Pap might have taken a
notion to have bath in the gulf
and was washed out to sea and
they were not worrying about it..
They reasoned that the monkeys
were either stolen or ESCAPED
from the zoo, and let the matter
drop at that.
Now Tongues Are Wagging.
But now their tongues are wag
gipg. Mystery pervades the at.
mosphere and the people who
claim to be on "the inside" talk
in whispers. Pap suddenly made
his appearance on the streets. He
now is in the hospital, where his
bent limbs and broken flesh are
being patched up.
It was one sunny afternoon last
week that Pap put in his appear
ance on the busiest street corner
and his old acquaintance were al
most struck dumb at his antics.
He was dressed in coat of green,
more scarlet trousers and had a
little fez set saucily on the corner
Of his gray heard. He carried al
cane juntily and there was a scent
of lavender which almost smoth-
cred the old odor which Pap
formerly carried about with him.
But that was not all. Pap was
making eyes at every pretty young
lady who passed him. He clucked'
and whistled at them, and if, per-
chance. he gained their attention,
he called them "cutey" or said:
"Oh, you chicken, / have 4 nest
for you.'' He even got worse
than that. He began at the cops
and the astonished onlookers. All
probably would have gone well II
those monkey glands" had not
caused Pap to think he was III
some virgin forest. He was near
a cross.bar on the pole and about
ten feet from the pavement. He
stopped his chattering, hung his
green coat tail over the beam and
swung of.
But Pap didn't hang on like
monkey with his tail. He came
down with a sickening thud and
the police gathered him up from
the pavement and rushed him to
the hospital. They report that
he is doing welf now and will be
out in a few days.
Police Suspect Young Surgeon.
Now the police are firmly Of the
belief that young surgeon stole
the two monkeys from the zoo,
enticed Pan ito his private sani-
tarium and transplanted the mon
key glands into Pap. Pap was q
customer Of the sanitarinm for
years. That is. he visited the
garbage can there every day.
may not be : crime to graft