Slippery Simians Netted at Logan

Four Harvard monkeys escaped from Logan International Airport yesterday and led pursuers on a 14 hour chase before being captured.

The primates had been sent to the Department of Nutrition at the School of Public Health from the Rockefeller Research Center in New York.

According to Robert A. Geyer, associate professor of Nutrition, the chase began at about 3 a.m. Tuesday when these monkeys apparently pushed out the wire screen covering one side of their wooden crate. They were soon swinging on the rafters and pipes in the attic of the one-story Railway Air Express Terminal.

Reinforcements Arrive

Harvard had two animal men on the scene by 10 a.m. They were joined at noon by three specializing from the Animal Rescue League, who brought an impressive impressive arsenal of equipment including large, long-handled nets and poles with drop-over-the-head leashes. The last monkey was finally netted at 8 p.m. from his headquarters on a corner rafter.