Bingham Bulletin | 1947-06-13 | Page 3 | Hoses Force Gorilla to Free Zoo Employee

HosesForce Gorilla To Free Zoo Employee PHILADELPHIA. Bamboo, a 400 pound gorilla of the city zoo, attacked a keeper In his cage and dragged the man into an outer yard before three other zoo employees em-ployees with fire hoses forced the beast to drop his victim. The keeper, Ralph Davis, was . mauled. Zoo officials said Davis was cleaning the outer cage of the 21-year-old 6-foot-taU jungle beast when another employee accidentally ac-cidentally left the door to the inside in-side cage open.