The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
FELTNEs ROUTED A FAMILY.
Horde of Cats Took Possession of n
Steamship Engineers Home.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Assistant Engineer Allen, of the Ameri-
can Line steamer Waesland which arrived
at her dock yesterday from Liverpool.
brought with him rather peculiar story.
an experience which befen him in that city
just previous 10 the sailing day of the
voyage just completed. The incidents re-
lated by the engineer on the voyage across
were of 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, including
Capt. Ehoff
Mr. Alien has a pretty little house in
Liverpool, situated about one mile from
the docks, where his wife and child live.
On his return from the trip preceding the
present one he found to his astonishment
that the house had been abandoned.
My first thoughts, of course" said Mr..
Allen, was of my family, and / lost no
time searching for them. Ny wife l found
in my mothers house. where she had been
living for three weeks. Her explanation
for leaving our own house was singular.
She said that she had been driven out of
II by an army of cats. The cats OF the
Liverpool docks are terrors They are big
end strong as tiger cubs. While l had nv
doubts an Investigation of the premises
showed my wife's story TO be perfectly cor
rect. They actually drove me out When
l opened the door of the sitting room | was
confronted by at feast fifty of them, and
savageness is no name for the nature of the
attack they made on me.
"Of course, l was pretty weu aggravat-
ed al having my home broken up in this
fashion and Immediately resolved to exter-
inmate The lot. 1 hurried back to the
steamer to secure the necessary weapons.
/ guess / was pretty well excited when
went uD the side l met Mr.. Fowler. the
chief officer, at the gangway.
"''BiA,' l said send ME your revolver
Fowler sized me up and replaced the
gun, which he had made pass for in his
pocket. He thought l intended to commit
suicide and backed away from me as
though | was a maniac.
That was only a sample of the troubles
| had in my crusade against the intruding
fehnes. Not TO he deferred however
bought two pistols and went for them
right by a hasty calculation. 1 shot about
81 of them, and after two hours hard work
put them TO flight in disorder Subsequent-
| ly found a 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 thai
! place up again and any amount of persua-
sion 10 induce my wife TO live i'm il.
THE worst of all about this is that
| when l reported the matter to the police
! was promptly arrested for cruelty TO an.
imas Would YOU believe 1t? They kent
me in jail for a day until 1 establishes
proof that I was not killing the animals
for mere pastime. Don't talk any more
cats to me-" concluded Mr.. Allen. making
u vicious pass at the Waesland's pet tabby
which at that moment ran between Mi.
l.
il comes to breaking mans home up. h
Is the last straw"