Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-22
900 CHASE PIG
THROUGH STREETS
OF JERSEY CITY
Escaped POrker Upsets Pedes-
trians and Delays Trolleys.
Caught at Ferry.
Ispecial to the Newark star.l

JERSEY CITY. March ga big.
an Adams Express wagon n led hun
dreds in a stirring chase in the Office
section of this city early today. Girl
stenographers on their way to work
were toppled over as the pig with all
the stubbornness of his nature, ran
against them; the Office force in many
of the tall buildings was disrupted as
they Joined in the chase, n the entire
lower section of Jersey City was
greatly disturbed.
John White was the driver and
David Madden the helper on the
wagon, which left the Adams Express
pier, adjoining the Pennsylvania rail-
road, shortly after 9 o'clock. The
wagon had a heavy load of freight.
and on the rear end Madden was
peacefully reclining when a yell from
a messenger boy on the street told him
that something had or was about to
happen. A glance showed him that the
pig had escaped and was m"arathon1ng
it up Montgomery street.
Madden gave chase, as did several
others. A couple of girls hurrying to
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blocked the pigs way. He ran into
them, and they both fell. The only in
jury they suffered was to their pride
and to their hats, which were knocked
askew.
Up Montgomery street the pig lum-
bered along, s%quealing and snorting,
while the crowd in chase grew and
-, Many caught up to, the pig, but
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him it was another proposition. He
either ran between their legs or slipped
from their grasp.
One of the foremost in the chase vas
a man with arch-like legs. 1t was like
taking sweets from a m of the
kindergarten class to get away from
him. The pig simply sailed between
this mans legs. Up Washington street
the pig ran along, bowling pedestrians
over in all directions. Several who ran
in front of the pig took a stand in
front of the Lincoln Trust Company
building, at Washington and Mont
gomery streets, and made a barricade.
AS the pig faced this human wall in
stood for a minute undecided, and then
side-stepped into the big office build
ing. Two colored porters who were
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stitution were thrown into confusion
by the advent of the pig. Moses Klein
was knocked into the pail of water
which he was using to mop the floor.
Patrolman Dennis Sullivan. of the
traffic squad, then. in stentorian tones.
gave an order to close the street doors
of the building. Several fastened to do
It, but the pig squeezed through all
opening and, squealing louder than ever,
again dashed out into the street.
By this time the chase had the whole
lower part of the city by the ears.
Trolley rattle was partially held up and
more than 500 We're actively engaged
in the chase. Down Montgomery street
the pig mad its way.
In front of the Commercial Trust
Company building messenger boys BON :
harded the pig with ticker tape. The
tape tangled itself about the pig, but
did not stop its fight
But there Is an end to all things, even
to a pig chase. When the porker got
to the ferry entrance it was winded and
as it lodged among the wagons waiting
for a boat. Patrolmen job BoIen and
John Murphy, of the traffic squad. by "a
flank movement. caught him beneath a
truck ard placed him squealing like a
human being into a bag and gave him
back to the express company.