The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-25
q CAT WALLED IN.
ats Pitsaus Cries for Relief Agitat-
ing Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Get 25.-All unwittingly
corner OF Baltimore and Calvert Streets
is likely to become the tomb of an inof-
fensiye cat. while the comedy of the cats
''meaouw" is fast developing into trag-
edy with complications enough 10 please
the lover OF the EneIedramatie
It was on Saturday lasc that employees in
the repair shop of Wyckof, Seamans &
Benedict 131 East Baltimore Street heard
the faint cries OF a cat evidently in dis
tress. The repair shop is in the basement
Of the building, and after investigating all
possible places OF conceaiment in which
the cat might be hidden one of the en-
plcyes found that the sound came from
behind the thick stone wall which sup
ports the building on the east side
Little was thought Of the matter then,
but when again on Monday and still on
Tuesday the sound was heard il was con-
the cat must be cruelty confined IN a space
from which 1t could not escape
So on Tuesday the kindly offices of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10
Animals were invoked.
Inspector Patrick GIynn was sent OF the
building, and after listening around and
sounding the wall he found that there
was UuS particular spot N1tIS upon Tap
ping on the wall the cat would send an an
swering cry from the other side. On the
other side was the thick foundation wall
of the Brown Building which has been
bricked up 10 about eighteen inches above
the sidewalk.
At first 1t was supposed that the cat was
in a nicho in the old walt which had been
closed by the building up Of the new wall.
But when a squint was taken along the
walls from front to back it was sean that
the wall of the building 131 was seriously
out Of alignment in the middle. There the
bulge away from the new wall amounts to
five or six inches in some places, while at
front and back the two walls meet on the
line of the two lots. In putting up the
new wall the bricklayers had drawn their
lines plumb true. leaving the space between
the walls OF varying dimension.
1t was known that the foundations for
the Brown Building extend about six feet
below the walls of the adjoining building.
The point where the cat was located is
about five feet above the floor of the base
ment, so it must be about five or six feet
below the top of the new wall. Evidently
there is a sort of pocket in which the
cat is ensconced, as nothing can be seen
of the animal by looking down into the
space between the two walls. How the
cat got into its dangerous predicament Is
a matter for conjecture.
1t was concluded that the only way of
rescue would be to knock hole through
the wall through which the cat
could be coaxed to liberty. Then
arose legal complications. The build
ers of the Brown Building objected
to undoing any of their expensive
work The new wall is faced with glazed
brick, and to tear down five or six feet or
to tear out hole would be an expensive
job Besides the cat was clearly not on
that property, for the new wall goes to
the building line and is solid from bottom
to top.
Next the owner of the adjoining build
ing was sought. This proved to be Mr.. J.
terests are looked after by his agent. Mr..
Alphonse s Provost. He told Secretary
Hensell that he had no objection to the
S. P. c. A. tearing a hole in the wall at
the society's expense, but he warned him
that the society would be held accounta-
bic for any consequent damage This
called halt, for the bullying wall threat
ened collapse If it was weakened by a
hole SO close to its foundation and Sec
rotary Hensell hesitated before he would
take the responsibility of having the
building tumble down about the heads of
his workmen while engaged in their hu-
name work.
So yesterday the cats cries went on in
piteous accents, reaching the ears of per-
sons willing enough to help the animal
out of its difficult and deadly plight il
thew only knew how