New-York tribune., 1909-06-14
ISLAND IN GOOSE CHASE
FrN on 4 RAINY DAY.
R;,ds Plea Coop" HThen Police
Ciamped Sunday Lid.

- -s-a-e sustained its reputation yesterday
.a NOS. versatile summer resort in the world. and
- , sare OF tho torrents % rain that fell
i-,-oa,- ,i,c greater part of the day. The crowd
r. u -sI;rv ore Aaadrea nnd seventy-fve
,...-s rs AGAINST almost twice that number two
- .Lgo. 2-d ;hes came prepared for stormy
veatner-
=. ard 20 :hose who watched tAen as they
- s,a,-c surf avenue II looked much ike The
.5rsn,e ~ . vast army OF crawling black Seetles
= - a gigantic "thousarj-leSGcr' xere about 10
-, destruction the city by the sea Every
-, carried an umbrella Almost everybody wore
awz:eIp-oof coat
.,e a,---e - Coaey Island a. O'Clock yesterday
..e--oCa rs attention would have been held by
=. 81. D thrrs thousand persons dashing nadly
80 -l- streets :-te1- aPor catching some
slrei-a of.ec1 Werc tne height a. which this
e~o2ais; ,aI.e,l sufficiently near the ground he
- have N-a-d ;ae calnr sound % geese cacklirs
,actin= 81 Orr distress For the floating and
ornament population OF Coney Island was engaged
:, goose chase. and FOR most CT chem II turned
ont 20 6e ~i!d goose chase.
T,-s persons responsible were Detectives FiNhh
I'D -7r-eIIy Of the Coney Island police station
nov, o. The Bowe-y were a couple Of enterpTis-
,r Samuel Lipqincott. twenty-nine years old
a ss.ae,,s.ead BAY Road and James Davies. thirty
.,-s oid O. Vest 9Th street. Coney Island sam
90 lin r-ere conducting what they called the
&C -ar7e" which consisted in passing about
,s-e rubber rings 70 bystandeTs with the request
.bst they toss these rings over the heads Of a
---,re- Of geese. the docile birds being conthed
IL a small corral
The geese were well trained birds. and they al
g managed 20 evade the encirClinG bands Of rub
~ so nobody had drawn d goose as prize ana
-. cvne~s Of the fluffy geese grew steadily rlcher
:, ,;ckels While business was thus thriving the
81, detectives swooped down and stopped the game.
--.e,- arrested Iirpincott and Davies and carted
:. sunday law. Just here Is where the Tcu0le
h., After arraigning their prisoners. the ON
csrs returned 70 The goose pen 10 capture me gees
-rs-7rtarion had evidently got in It's deadly Work
., -ss feathe-ed citizens. When they discovered
Pat he restraining influence Of their late owners
- baer removed they started operations Al
,+,,rh their wings had been partly clipped. they
found no difficulty in flying over the low inc4osuFe
r-sic5 kept them prisoners First one, then an
o.fa- made the awkward futter, until al fI'eeH
r-s-a safely out in the open world
r-,-a--1v what happened during the next few mo-
,an-z NAV never be known. but certain il IS thai
within the space OF a few minutes every onlookeT
--,e chasing goose. The crowds grew; fat men,
.+s, men women tall and short. and boys OF
thousand varieties Joined in the hunt Porty ola
--ler,e7 walking down the street with their good
wives on their arms. shot furtive glances from
their ewes hurried their gait into fast walk then
into dog trot, and finally into a furious gallop-
7 be-a-1e neutrality-suspicious. passing newcomer
g great chance 10 get a goose; there he goes ana
,soon they would be Joined by one more lover Of
roast goose for dinner
Il the devious twists and turns Of the chase the
geese were bearing prominent part They dashed
.ro concert halls became twisted in the feet OF the
dancers created q riot IN large summer garden
and few and numbered over the ground, emitting
souauks indicative Of alarm. Finally the police re
Ee-ves were called and set sail after the birds
with their clubs
After two hours hard running they managed 10
car,ire most Of the and took them 70 the
station house. Here Lieutenant Rooney ordered
that they be taken 70 the stables, in West Sh
street He decided they made much noise while
lacked I'D IN the cells DooT-nan Muiltn voun-
te.red FOR the sob OF conveying them hither, ana
s<-sr -u1lch work succeeded IN doing 50.
For all the rest Of the evening there was not
nan woman or child in all the island without
sthat tired feeling Surf avenue and the Bowery
were Uttered with breathless and heaving fat men
Thev leaned against lamp posts and between gasps
discussed the fury and passion OF the hunt There
was 10 other topic Of conversation 0Eer the dinner
tables last night Everybody was intent on telling
his reighacr Just how close he came TO capturing
z goose And thus ended Coney Islands most ex-
citing DAY.