The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-14
Their FOraging Incursions Break
Off Cordial Relations of Gala
han and Dallas Families.
STREET FIGHT THE RESULT.
Mrs. Dallas Defends Her Premises
Against the Callahan Pets
Judge Sidener Declares
Honors Evenly Divided.

Jimmy" an innocent appearing billygoat
has kept the persons living In the neighbor
hood of Old Manchester road and Hermita 81
avenue in state of turmoil for the last
three months. Dave" d white ana black
speckled rooster, also has had 4 hand in the
trouble. As result of the disturbances
always traceable To the FRANKS of the billy
goat and the rooster the Dallas family, OF
No. uSG1 Old Manchester road and their mex,
door neighbOrs. the Galatians, appeared in
the First District Police Court yesterday
morning. John. Mary and Mollie Callahan
We're charged with disturbing the peace of
Anna Dallas.
The bilEgoat and the rooster are the
property OF the Callahan family. From the
evidence it appeared that the goat. which
: possessed of all the troublesome peculiar
ities Of his kind. grew tired OF his lonely
surroundings in the Callahan back yard.
where he found only tin cans and old
proorns 10 feed upon. and ionGed for other
fields where he. perchance. could find an
occasional old rag or abandoned wash boil
cr- And it often happened that he bolted
through the partition fence into the Dallas
yard. on one occasion he found new ar
ray OF linen on the clothesline. and he had
about !nasticated everything in sight. with
the exception of pair of red hose when he
was discovered and put to flight
Anna Dallas said she routed the goat with
barrel stave. While she was driving him
off the premises she said Moii.e Callahan
came over and shook her fist in her face
This was more than she could bear, and
Mrs. Dallas admitted she padded her
neiShbor with the barrel stave. The fence
was patched up and billy was prevented
from making further forasing incursions
but IL required two days to patch up a tenn
porary truce.
When all seemed serene again the Gala
han rooster broke the peace by paying
visit to the Dallas back yard and scratching
UP the garden. Mrs. Dallas seized her trusty
barrel staye and routed the rooster. AS She
turned 10 go into her house she was greeted
with d shower Of stones ana sticks from
the Callahan yard
Later. when Mrs. Dallas was crossing the
street in front OF her home. Mrs Callahan
determined TO meet her on neutral ground
and demand an explanation. While the two
were engaged in conversation Mr. Callahan
re-enforced his wife and stood in front OF
Mrs. Dallas. Al that instant the Callahan
forces were augmented by the arrival o;
Mollie Callahan.
Before peace was restored Mollie Gala
han and Mrs. Dallas were rolling over In the
dust in the street, while Callahan stood by
to referee the bout. Blood flowed freely
from Mrs. Dallas's head and Mollie Gala
hans shirt waist looked as if IL had been
run through a hog scraper. At the close of
hostiiities the two families repaired to their
homes TO prepare for a legal fight as bitter
as that OF the street
IL; police court yesterday morning the two
families lined up with an array of neigh
bors on each side, but no one said good
word for poor Jimmy and Dave" the
rooster. Judge Sidener, after hearing the
evidence at some length. said he believed
honors were about evenly divided and dis
charged the Galatians, warning them, how
ever, to take better care of billy and the
rooster.