The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
EvlCTED BY CATS.
Kind of Fclines Found Along
Liverpool Docks.


Liverpool Docks.
Assistant Engineer Allen Of the Amer
lean line steamer Waesland, which arrived
at Philadelphia from Liverpool, says The
Times, brought with him a rather peculiar
story, an experience which befell him in
that city just previous to the sailing day
of the voyage just completed. The'inci-
dents related by the engineer on the yoy-
age across were CT such an unusual nature
that he was forced to tell them again and
again, and the truth Of the story is vouched
for by all the officers of the vessel, includ-
ing Captain Eiioff.
Mr.. Allen has a pretty little house in
Liverpool, situated about ono mile FROM
the docks, where his wife and child live.
On his return from tho trip preceding the
-present,ono he found to his establishment
that the house had been abandoned.
my first thought, Of course, = said Mr..
Allen, was of my family, and | lost no
time searching for them. My wife / found
in my mothers house, where she had been
living for three weeks. Her explanation
for leaving our W house was singular.
She said that she had been driven out of it
by an army Of cats. The eats of the Liver
pool docks are terrors. They are as big and
strong as tiger cubs. While l had my
doubts, an investigation of tho premises
showed my wife's story to be perfectly
correct. They actually drove me u
When / opened the door of the sitting
room l was confronted by at least so Of
them, and savageness is no nan for the
nature of the attack they made on nae.
"Of COURSE, I was pretty we'll aggravated
at having my homo broker up in this fash
ion and Immediately resolved to extermi-
nate the lot. / hurried back to the steamer
to secure the necessary weapons. I guess
1 was pretty well excited when l went up
the side. I met Mr.. Fowler, the chief
officer, at the gangway.
"sBill, l said, lend me you revolver.
"Fowler sized me III and replaced the
gun, which he had made q pass for, in his
pocket. He thought I intended to COM
nit suicide and backed away from me as
though / was a maniac.
s4That was only a sample of the troubles
l had in my crusade against the intruding
felines. Not to be deferred, however, /
bought two pistols and went for them
right. By a hasty calculation I shot about
80 of them and after two hours hard
work put them to flight in disorder. Sub
~sequently I found O broken pane of glass
in the back kitchen window, through
which they had entered. But you ought
to have seen the condition of the house.
The beasts had torn up everything and
ripped the carpet off the floor. 1t cost me
money to fix that place up again and any
amount Of persuasion to induce my wife
to live in it.
1.-THE worst of all about this is that
when / reported the matter TO the police l
was promptly arrested for cruelty to ami
mails. Would you believe it? They kept
me in Jail for a day until I established
proof that l was not killing the animals
for mere pastilne. Don't talk any more.
salts to me, , concluded Mr.. Allen, making
a vicious pass at the Waesland's pet tabby,
which at that, moment ran between his
legs. t'They never were any good, but
when it comes to breaking a mans homa
ap it is the last straw"