AN ESCAPED BABOON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3163, 1 October 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

AN ESCAPED BABOON.

At Mallow, Ijor.l Goo rare Sanirnr's nirc.iis and hippodrome arrived rcefiitly for tlie pnrDoso of liolilinir an exhibition. A number of people were titti-iorod I.y tho show, and jrathered round a cure in whi'-h a larsro baboon wh* enclosed. A tn-ui was hriis'iinqf nut th* fia<r<\ ari'l after li» had left, it was observed that the baboon released the fiisteninar and onened tho door, jumping out on the hisrliway. Tho spectators snatrered in fill dir»otions, and the monkey rubied down Wi'.Hnm O'lji-ipii street cnnsinir ft regular stampede. On the way tho baboon seiwd a dop. and tifter a short, Ptnia-.'rle, killed it. Ho then bolted into a china shop of Mr. Denneby, where be cauijlit a child by the n >(ik, and guvo her an ugly scratch, cutting her severely. The animal, on beinur turned from the shop, rushed down Hull Alloy-lane. Here, incsbiiiff a child of .1 mini named Houlihan, he inflicted a nasty wound on the cheek and nod;. Tho nninial was r-lvised bick, and doubling up William O'Bnon-stiwt, it sousrht shelter in the ynvcl of a lnim named O'Sulliv'in. Policemen were summoned with their rifles, ami havin.sr brought the baboon to bay. they dispatched it with a few shot j . f-iim! Geortro Sanger his threatened an action for £200, the valin of tho animal, and the persons whoso children wore injured have threntened proceedings against tho owner of the circus.