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Show Rampant Monjcey , ' Knocked Cuckoo SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 4. Ths second knockout within a week wna suffered by a Java monkey which ran amuck In tha eaidenca aectloa of Spokane a ahot time ago. whan after a eecond aacapada It wsi cornered cor-nered rn a kitchen and knocked cold at tha and of an exciting- cttaaa by city flramen and a crowd of citizen. Police and fire calle were turned In by frightened resident; when the monkey broke from tha case of his first captor and made a flying escape es-cape via trees, telephone pokes, tele-phona tele-phona wlree and housw tops. Klre-men Klre-men came with ropes and ladders, chasing tha Jungle animal Into a garret window and from -there through tha house to ,the kt'eben. Hera It was cornered, but fought until knocked out by a blow over tha head. It wee necessary to revive re-vive It with a pall of cold water. Now tha monkey is making nla homo at No. tin atatlon. the pride and mascot of tha fire fighters, still awaiting to be claimed1 by It 4 original orig-inal owner. |