The New York herald., 1922-07-31
MONKEY ON A TEAR
WRECKS BIRD SHOP
Breaks From Cage and Then
Frees Other Inmates of
Fifth Avenue Store.
CALLS UP ON TELEPHONE
Receivers Number, Please9'
Frightens Him Back
Crowds at Window.

A mosquito or something bit Sween-
ey last night at . o'clock. This would
have occasioned nothing more exciting
than low moan and a determination
never again to vote the Democratic
ticket II Sweeney had been a man, but
Sweeney Is little black monkey in
Holden's bird and animal store at 800
Fifth avenue. which make him entirely
different.
Sweeney didn't like to be bitten by
a mosquito or something. He snatched
at the mosquito or something. the in
tention being to snatch it completely
baldheaded and have its heart blood.
1t was not his fault he missed and
scratched himself. He glowered for
moment. and when u parrot and SIX
finches began mockipg him he did what
the sporting writer's like to have the
Giants do-he began snarling and Bit
ing and going berserk.
He wrecked the place. He opened his
own cage, he opened the cage OF the
fnches and scattered them and he tried
conclusions with the parrot and got bit
some more for bis pains He aroused
so much commotion among the other ami
mails and among the birds that large
crowd was attracted and this crowd stood
and cheered as Sweeney went through the
store like a devastating whirlwind
through wheat field.
The Parrots Challenge.
The first thing that Sweeney did was
to pull down the curtains that barred him
from the main body of the store. Then
he went for the flnches. He opened their
cage. and although they Chartered and
sang at him ne killed two of them and
was about to kill the other when the
parrot began yelling at him to pick on
some one his size. Sweeney thereupon
leaped into the parrots cage ana en-
gagged in mortal combat with the pird.
The parrot called him names ana
snapped at him. catching Sweeneys nose
in his beak and twisting IL with great
eclat and pleasure. -
sweeney managed to pull about half
the parrots tail out, and then they
called II a draw Sweeney went search
ing for other amusement, and the parrot
joined the finches on top tof the canary
cages. From this point OF vantage the
ma riot searched his vocabulary and
flung choice and vivid segments or II
at the monkey. But Sweeney didn
mind. He had got to Mr.. Holden's desk
and had run afoul of the telephone. He
picked it up and chartered into II Tor
while, and then dropped 1t with
bang when Central yelled number,
pleasev into his ear.
Liberty for All.
The monkey was so startled to hear
something speak from nothing that ne
decided he must have company In his
freedom. So he went about opening
cages. He opened rabbit cages. cutting
rabbits into freedom. where they sat
shivering and huddled together for
safety. He turned on a water fauce,
in the rear of the store, and varied
proceedings every now and then by
throwing something at the parrot. Then
he went back to the window and was
banging on the glass when the crowd
attracted Patrolman Hyman CASTOR
who sent hurry call for Mr.. Holden.
Sweeney was celebrating upon his
career of destruction when Mr.. Holden
came In. He had Just begun to tip over
the cages, but when the boss entered
ne ran to him and showed him where
the mosquito or something had bitten
him. But all he got was a spanking
so he went back to his cage and chat
tered at the parrot. while Mr.. Holden
straightened things up and estimateu
the damage at several hundred dollars.