| − | }}</ref> Clergyman James H. Gordon condemned this exhibition, which was aimed for promoting [[Darwinism]], and called the dehumanization of Ota Benga hostile to [[Christianity]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/thecity/06zoo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all|title=The Scandal at the Zoo|author=Mitch Keller|date=2006-08-06|format=HTML|accessdate=2008-07-07|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> On March 20, 1916, Ota committed suicide by shooting himself with a stolen revolver.<ref name="ITC44"/> | + | }}</ref> Clergyman James H. Gordon condemned this exhibition, which was aimed for promoting [[Darwinism]], and called the dehumanization of Ota Benga hostile to [[Christianity]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/thecity/06zoo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all|title=The Scandal at the Zoo|author=Mitch Keller|date=2006-08-06|format=HTML|accessdate=2008-07-07|publisher=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> On March 20, 1916, Ota committed suicide by shooting himself with a stolen revolver.<ref name="ITC44"/> |