from The Times (Tuesday, 2 March 1938)

LAST RITES FOR 'JIGGS'

Bing Crosby and Miss Lamour

Mourn Trained Ape

HOLLYWOOD--March 2--(U.P.)--The late Jiggs, $100 a day movie ape, who took showers in his mistress' bathroom and ate with a knife and fork at the family table, was buried this afternoon in a coffin with silver handles and a purple satin lining.

The rites were held at 2 o'clock at the Hollywood pet cemetery with typically Hollywood fanfare. Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour were chief mourners. Flowers were sent by these and other stars.

Jiggs was far-famed as the only ape star able to express emotion. He could laugh, cry, or show rage at the word of command from his mistress.

The chimpanzee, nine years old at the time of his death from pneumonia yesterday, had been trained by Mrs. Jacqueline Gentry since he was two.

He had polished table manners and dined at the table with the Gentry family. He had his own knife and fork and silver mug. An upholstered chair, small size for the 80-pound ape, was placed in the living room for him.

Mrs. Gentry taught him to take his own bath, and he grew fond of showers in her bathroom.

She bought him a bed and fixed him up a bedroom, but here Jiggs drew the line at civilization, and indirectly caused his own death. He lay in the bed but refused to sleep there. Instead he insisted on sleeping outside in the patio. The last few days have been stormy and Jiggs caught a cold that quickly developed into pneumonia.