Big Apes Carcass Will Provide Data on Evolution BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 26 An anthropologist probed into the 550 pound body of Gargantua today to learn the cause of the big apes death and possibly to uncover for science some facts about the evolution of man. Gargantua, biggest and best known gorilla in captivity, died early yesterday in a circus cage in Miami, Fla. His body, encased in ice, was flown to Johns Hopkins medical school here for an autopsy by Dr. Adolph Schultz, professor of physical anthropology. Structurally, a gorilla is the nearest to man of existing anthropoids. It has massive bones, broad shoulders, long arms, strong jaws, prominent teeth, 13 pairs of ribs, and small ears flanking a black skinned face. Schultz hopes to find in a study of Gargantuas body new facts about the evolutionary similarities and differences between man and ape. Rare Opportunity This is one of the very few opportunities to get a gorilla whose carcass is in good shape, Schultz Said. Many, many measurements will be made of the entire body. Schultz will dissect thoroughly the ugly brute who fascinated more than 40,000,000 spectators during the 12 years as a feature attraction for the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey circus. He is expected to write a scientific treatise about what he learns. The anthropologist also will send a report on the cause of Gargantuas death to John Ringling North, head of this circus. Shortly after Gargantuas body was discovered huddled in a corner of his glass lined, air conditioned cage, circus officials said he died of tuberculosis. But later they said he had suffered long from lip cancer. 18 to 21 Years Old Gargantua was believed to be 18 to 21 years old, a ripe age for a captive gorilla. The Ringlings bought the beast in 1937 from Mrs. Gertrude Lintz of Brooklyn. She had obtained him from the captain of a tramp steamer who bought him from natives in Kribi, Cameroons, West Africa, Gargantuas jungle home. Gargantua eschewed romance. Several years ago the Ringlings acquired a second gorilla, Toto, and sought to mate them. Gargantua would have nothing to do with his female counterpart. The older he became, the meaner he grew. He tried repeatedly to kill his keeper. Two Ton Tony Volunteers ORANGE, N. J., Nov. 26 Two Ton Tony Galento, former THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD EXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1949 Outbreak of Sex Crimes Points up Americas Great Forgotten Problem By Howard Blakeslee Associated Press Science Editor NEW YORK, Nov. 26 The current outbreak of child sex murders points up Americas forgotten crime problem protection of children. This is the consensus of a group of police, medical and legal experts queried by the Associated Press. The murders are not unusual, they say, but are incidents in thousands of attacks which go on against children yearly. They think the attacks will continue until the public wakes up to the real cause of the occasional child sex murder. They think the problem can be attacked. But to do so will require new types of laws, new kinds of social work training, and new types of medical confinement in custodial hospitals. Comments come from New Yorks famous Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz, Kings county (Brooklyn) court; Alfred Kinsey who wrote the scientific book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male; J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI; Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati lawyer, brother of the senator, and humanitarian student and churchman; Dr. Charles C. Burlingame, Hartford, Conn., one of the leaders of American psychiatry, and from scientists in police work who did not want their names used. No Statistics There are no statistics on the crime against children. The only figures are on rape of all kinds, which the FBI finds increased 1.3 per cent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year. These are only the rapes known to the police. They are up 50 per cent in 10 years. Child sex crimes follow regular patterns. One is attacks by elderly men. Often this is only sexual petting. The reasons are senility, reversion to childish curiosity, and lack of other outlets. If the child cries out, the man is apt to feel that killing her is the only. way to protect his reputation. world heavyweight boxing challenger, volunteered today to take the place of Gargantua the Great, famed circus gorilla who died yesterday at Coral Gables, Fla. I should have done it years ago, said hairy, 269 pound Galento, who in 1939 was knocked out in four rounds by Joe Louis in a bid for the heavyweight title. Thats a job I always wanted. A second pattern is attacks by young men. The experts say these probably are fewer. They are made by types of men whose actions can often be predicted. A third is attacks within a family, where everything is likely to be hushed up. This number is unknown, but some experts say it may be very large. It fosters Freudian sexual warping of child character, and develops potential child murders. Publicity Stimulus A fourth is crimes stimulated by publicity of a horrible sex murder. These are few, and due to excitement overcoming men just on the verge of sex offenses. No objection is made to the publicity itself, but to the failure to use it for constructive ends. Judge Leibowitz, formerly a prominent criminal attorney, said a lot can be done if people realize that this isnt a one day horror. There are thousands of these cases. When a rape degenerate appears before me, I can only send him to an institution. What kind? Prison! Where he receives no psychiatric treatment whatever, and he comes out a thousand times worse than he went in. We have to tackle this problem in the schools, among the children who show perversions, and for that we need more psychiatrists. J. Edgar Hoover said: The sex offender must be dealt with before, not after, his perverted urges explode into horrible crime. Almost invariably he gives forewarning of his propensities and should be placed under observation at that time. If medical or psychiatric care is possible, it should be afforded. If not, misplaced leniency, parole or probation, or inadequate laws should not be allowed to release him to strike again. Meanwhile what can fathers and mothers do? The answers teach young children always to ask mother first. Dont let anyone touch your dress. Dont let anyone touch your hair. Dont get into a car with strangers. Dont take candy. Dont talk to anyone you dont know. Dont listen to anyone who says you are nice. Psychologists see a special risk in the fact that young children are apt to trust older men as if they were dads or grandads. And remember, they say, it is not always the total stranger who is a potential offender.