The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-29
A RENDEZVOUS FOR CATS.
THEY GATHER NIGHTLY NEAR JUS
TICE AWARDS q

investigation Discioses the Fnct Tint Mrs.
Geddy and Her Daughter 60 There Nightly
and Feed All Comers-Hr Threatens sinuEh-
ter and They Promise to Find Another Place.
ELIzADETH, n. j.. Juno 2s.-Justice Joseph
Awards, after being kept awake by cats for
several nights, discovered recently that they
gathered nightly In large numbers just around
the corner from his house. There were about
twenty eats In the corner of tho lot when he
first learned Of tho meeting place, and us he
pecrcd cautiously over the palings they made a
rush for him. Thinking the cats we're mad, he
took to his heels, but when no found that thcy
did not follow him no stopred running, and to
satisfy his curiosity crawled behind a bush to
watch developments.
Tho cats returned to tho corner, and 1t soon
became apparent to the Justice that the gather
ing was constantly increasing In numbers. In
about ten minutes he saw two women turn the
corner, and when they were a few feet from the
cats they were welcomed with a chorus Of
meows that caused the Justices hair to stand on
end. AS tho women passed the cats he noticed
that one Of them. the younger. stopped and
placed something on the ground. The cats at
once attacked 1t, and for n few seconds there
were angry alterations between some Of them.
The successful cats carried away something in
their mouths, and, when clear OF the bunch.
stopped and swallowed it. Tho next day the
Justice made inquiries among the ncighbors
and learned that tho women were Mrs. Margaret
Gcddy and her daughter. who live on Lafayette
street.
The next clear night Mrs. Geddy and her
daughter visited tho lot at the rear OF Justice
Awards place, and this time the Justice found
that they carried meat and other eatablcs for
those cats of the ncighborhood that would como
and eat. AS not only the cats ha wing homes on
the block. but those for several blocks around
came to be fed. the Justice objected, and Satur.
day he determined to put a stop TO what he
termed n nuisance. That evening Mrs. Geddy
took food for the cats. As they were feeding
them Justice Award made his appearance and
Inquired what they were doing.
Mrs. Geddy replied that she was feeding some
OF the poor cats of the neighborhood that seemed
never to get enough to eat. She was doing it
out OF sympathy for the dumb brutes. she adj
ded. when the Justice informed her that the
practice must be stopped. rs he did not propose
to be p~estered any longer with his neighbors cats.
ket and kill any of the cats that he should see
prowling around his rear fence the women. be-
came fearful and begged for the lives of their
pets. The Justice was relentless in his purpose,
and the women finally agreed TO choose some
other place in which to feed them. But last
night they were seen to go within a few yards
Of the Justices place and drop some cat food.
Mrs; Geddy and her daughter live a very Be.
cluded life. and their hobby Is to pet, feed. and
nurse stray cats. They keep a large number of
cats in the cellar of their house, it ia said. and
also feed every evening u number Of cats belong
ing to their neighbours. besides making the trip
each night to Elizabeth street. This trip, the
neighbors say, has been made regularly every
clear night for several years.