MONKEY ARRESTED FOR SHOP LIFTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 69, 17 April 1909, Page 3

MONKEY ARRESTED FOR SHOP LIFTING

TRAINED TO STEAL BY ITS OWNER. |, I A monkey wan arrested for shoplift- , ing in a large jeweller's shop in Paris oil ,- 10th. February. Incidentally its owner, j a Mexican named Miguel Androval, was also taken into custody. , Androval, who is described as a travel- | ling mountebank, has long been under | suspicion by the police, who were in- , formed that valuable articles bad dis- i appeared in a most mysterious manner ( frOm shops which Androval bad visited. , For some days the man bad been care- ( fully watched by detectives, but al- , though his actions were apparently above suspicion, the thefts continued, On 10th February the Mexican visited a fashionable jeweller's and asked to be shown some rings. A tray was placed in front of him, and after pretending to examine its contents. Androval indicated another tray, and asked to examine it also. The shop attendant turned to pick up the second trav. while Androval stood a couple of feet 'from the counter, in such a position that the slightest movement would have licen delected. The man did not move, but a detective, who was watchiii" through the plate-glass window, saw a tiny head peep furtively out of Amlvoval's overcoat povkel. Then in a Hash a small brown monkey sprang out. deftly seized two diamond rin»s ' anil disappeared again into the pocket before the «hop attendant could turn round with the second tray of jewetj. . , i The monkey fought fniio|!?ly wli-n arrested bv the detective. It was removed to the Foiiniere. a depot where , |„ st or strayed animals are detained, and its owner was taken to the police ■ ■ station. , , T„ the la Iter's pockets were found ■ n.anv pieces of valuable lac and jewel- , i,ry' which had been stolen by 11.. - mollkl .y. Androval is said « lwu ' trained the animal so cavefnlh Uiat il, • wo«U pick up article, which its owner i tal previously touched with his faigers.