Show S 'S S 5 1 5 L' L J SAVAGE SA V AGE TRAINED APES THEY MAKE A FEARFUL SCENE IN A THEATER A Terrible Incident In a a Varlet Variety Show Show Show- A A. A Professor antI and Ills nil Wife Wife- Badly S Mangled by b. b Two 0 Infuriated Beasts Dealt The Te patrons of the Wigwam theater witnessed an exciting battle batte lately says the San FranciscO Examiner and ansi It was not down on the program It wc wap Wl a light fight in which a man and woman did battle batte for their lives against a couple of monster apes and it was only ony by the courage and presence of I mind of some ten tea attaches of the theater that the tho enraged brutes were prevented from killing both people i I Part of the evenings evening's entertainment was furnished by Professor Samwel's troupe of trained animals consisting of goats dogs cats and five largo large apes handles the animals himself himsel while on the stage his wife and their assistants remain in tho the wings ready to take charge of the animals as they go off oi tho the stage The monkeys are aro kept in a large cage and have always been looked after by Mrs she taking the animals animals animals ani ani- mals out and retuning returning them to the tho cago cage when her husband is through with them During the last part of the performance the largest ape is dressed like a lady and rides ride rides about the tho ring in a little phaeton drawn by byone byone byone one of the dogs When tho the ape was cent on the stage by Mrs that night it was vas rather rathor sullen and an and at first refused to get into the vehicle It showed its teeth leeth every evory time timo its is master approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap but at last was induced to tako take its is scat seat in the phaeton The professor patted it on the head and then stooped to adjust tho the harness harness harness har har- ness on the tle canine steed Then quick as a flash fash the the cunning brute Bp sprang spang arg from the vehicle and fastened its long tusks in his left wrist driving them clear to the bone In an instant instant instant in in- stant the house was vas in an uproar wom women n screamed and strong men men turned their heads aside the as maddened mad mad- cloned brute bit and tore at sit t the mans man's arm while his screams for help rang through the building S C Grace I Grace I For Gods God's sake take him off of Ho lie is killing hilling me shouted to his wife wie Mrs who was holding huge hugo ape in her arms threw throw the animal anial from her herand herand herand and rushed on the stage stag to her husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's ass assistance tan e. e She seized the big ape by the he throat and tried tied with ithal all her strength to td choke the beast in inor order or der to open its ja jaws s but she might as aswell well wel have tried tred to strangle strangle a Bengal tiger S She then did what few men would have done thrust done thrust into the brutes brute's mouth and superhuman effort efort wrenched the Ithe by-a by t ten ible jaws apart It I was just at this instant that the ape which M Mrs s. s wells Sam had left in the wing ing sprang span on the tho if i to the assistance of of it comrade S o Thc of look out for forthe was a dry or orthe the ot other er one and the next instant the newcomer had haA seized the woman by the left hand and driven his sharp teeth clear through it- it now now free free from th the gidi grasp of the first monster monster rushed to aid his wife wie but buthe he heco could ld render her but little assistance assist assist- ance anco as both his hands were wOre almost torn to pieces At this moment several men inca rushed on the stage stag and the fierce brutes were beaten into insensibility with clubs and pieces s of boards torn from the scenery The victims were carried carried car car- ried ned from the stage as soon as a the patrol wagon arrived were were taken to the receiving hospital hospital Dr Simpson who w was s in attendance attendance attend attend- ance anco found that the mans man's loft lef thumb was almost torn from the hand The tendons were completely severed and there were a dozen wounds reaching from the tips of the fingers far up on th the wrist vrist The wounds made by the tho animals animal's teeth looked as as' if i they had been inflicted by a tiger so badly was the flesh sh torn and lacerated Every Everyone one of the tho wounds had to be sewn up and after this was done and the dressing dress dress- ing bog applied Mrs was attended attended at at- tended to Sho She was not nearly so 80 badly injured as her husband but her hand was badly torn The Te animals that made the attack were purchased sed in this city about two ye years rs ago in ono one of the tho bird stores and up to the time tio they displayed displayed dis duo played such fiendish tendencies had been extremely mely docile docie The bite of an ape is regarded by surgeons as fully as serious as ss as that of a a amad mad dog and even if i the tho mans man's mans man's life le is saved sved it is a hundred to one that he will wi have to suffer surel the amputation amputation tat tation on of on ono one if i n not t both his hands |