The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
CAT WHERE HELP CAN'T REACH.
Immured in Marrow Chasm Between Two
buildings since Friday Morning.


Dimiy visible from the roof and distinctly
audible Mrs. David Kresky's white cat
Tommy hangs stuck in a narrow space
between two buildings, and not all the
strategy Of Capt. Brennan and the force
of the fremont avenue police station can
bulge him.
Mrs. Kresky says that 1t happened Friday.
She has often feared the very mishap that
at last occurred. Tom was too fond, alas,
Of mapping on the window shelf Of the
Kresky fat. This ia at 1000 Third avenue.
and next door is Public School I. on the
corner OF 1874 street. W the two
buildings there Is a narrow chasm. A
cat can drop into 1t at the top, but 1t narrows
somewhat and no cat can come u OF IL
at the bottom.
1t seems as II Sirs. Kresky must ave
had some preeentment Of this danger, for
she repeatedly pulled Tommy inside when
he was summing himself on the brink. On
Friday morning Mrs: kreskX vent into the
breakfast. Tommy saw that his mistress
was OF her guard. With the self-con-
fidence that distinguishes egg and milk fed
tomcats, he jumped stealt billy out on the
window sill, and finding the place warm
and sunny stretched along the edge for q
He was purring drowsily when his mis-
tress came in with the bowl of cat tonic.
When she saw his perilous position she
lost her head for a moment, screamed and
jumped without taking, the time even to
wake up. Unfortunately, he jumped the
Mrs. Kresky ran TO the window. Twenty
feet down the white coat Of Tommy showed
family in the gloom, while his cries came
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move an inch and therefore took 1t out In
utterance.
soon the school was disturbed. Teacher
sent word to the principal that the meows
could be heard through the wall and that
the work Of the class was being interfered
with. Principal sent word to the police
station to send men to quell the disturbance
and Capt. Brennan came In person, with a
strong detachment. He said he knew how
1t must be. as he had cats Of his own.
When school was let out, the children
gathered, and wese soon joined by their
elders. As the crowd numbered several
hundred and there was room for only one
eye at the crack at a time, great confusion
ensued. Capt. Brennan, seeing this, made
the line form at one side, 50 that every n
had a chance to see Tommy. Nobody
complained Of any difficulty In hearing him.
A detail Of policemen went to the roof
with a long piece Of Irvine noosed at one
end. At their head was a cop, who was
once a cowboy and is well versed in roping
creatures In the open. After q number OF
tries he gave up In disgust saying that the
cahon was too narrow for effective work.
The champion fisherman Of the fremont
police station took q hand with the line.
He has the reputation Of being able to
drop a sandworm into q tomood's mouth at
twenty fathoms. But he, too, failed.
On Saturday the situation was unchanged:
Several small boys with airguns stepped
up at different times and volunteered to
put Tommy out OF his misery In anywhere
from eight to fifteen shots. This, how
ever, was not permitted.
Yesterday II became apparent that the
SUSPENSE was wearing on Tommy, and his
cries grew fainter. A committee OF the
neiRhbors took action and got UP q device
for lowering down to Tommy q small sanoer
OF, his badly needed milk INC egg. The
first sauoerful went TO wreck against the
bricks. But Mrs. Kresky beat another
and another and finally one was SUCCESS
fully lowered within Tommy's reach. The
crowd oheered and Tommy tried a feeble
purr.
Finally Officer Goeway OF the 8. p. c. A.
was summoned. He is q specialist on oats
and It was thought that he could eItricate
Tommy IL any one In New York could do it,
He saw right away that It would be a trying
case and did nothing hastily. After, sur
veying the situation from above and be-
meath, he went home to sleep on il.
In the meanwhile the saucer makes reg
ular trips down to Tommy and m back
empty.