The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-17
A MUSTANG AMUCK,
ST|RS UP GOTHAM
Elijah, a Wild Steed, Leaps a
Five Foot Fence, Dash
es Through Streets.

New York, July 17.-Everybody in
the neighborhood of 81 North Third
street, Williamsburg, had been saying
for several days past that the I'M
tanned New Mexican mustang OF 10
seph Lukowski was going to make
trouble. He made it today, and a
great deal more of it than anybody had
reckoned on, when he jumped the
fence in the lot on North Third street
where Lukowski was keeping him, ran
nearly three miles through crowded
streets, and ended up in seven feet OF
Newtown creeks water.
The fence is nearly five feet high
but late yesterday afternoon the mus
tang, whose name is Elijah, came soar.
ing over it. He romped straight across
the street to where group of tene-
ment dwellers were taking the air on
the sidewalk. There he tipped over a
baby carriage in which Miss Annie
over Mrs. Annie Robonsky and Morti-
1ner RODOnSky, nef son.
Elijah then stepped on the foot of
Mrs. Mary Mitchell, kneed Baby John
Fisher. aged 2, in the stomach, and
passed on to seek fresh adventure.
whoa There" Doesn't Feaze Him.
He got IL at the corner of Wythe
avenue, where Henry Vogt was stand.
Ing with arms outspread calling Whoa
there" The mustang took a bite at
Henry and bowled him over at the
same time.
Then Elijah crossed the street and
found Walter Mangus trying to climb
into coal chute: he beat Mr.. Man.
gus to the hole and kicked him in the
lumbar region.
Thoroughly warmed up to his work
by this time, Elijah galioped on down
North Third street. through panicky
crowds Of tenement folks to the juno
ton Of North Third street and Metro
politan avenue. Sergt. John Cassidy
OF the Bedford avenue station there
seizel Elijah by the name and was
dragged half a block before he let CO.
He--the policeman-was considerably
'""SeSu up uoSlolCu " Ills IceJ.
Elijah shook his unconquered head
and passed on his way. At the Marcy
avenue crossing Policeman Peter
Smith and two citizens tried to work
tandem play against him, and were
knocked down and pranced on.
Two More Policemen Wounded.
The wild mustang of the staked
plains was then a mile and half from
home and still happy. At the corner
OF Union and Metropolitan avenues
Policemen Charles Boyle and Dan
O'keefe attempted to do their sworn
duty, but they got what are described
In ambulance reports as decorations
for their effort
Down at Grand street Is the bridge
over Newtown creek. For some rea-
son or other Elijah preferred not to
take the bridge. Instead, he vaulted
a low fence into the middle of the
creek. A rowboat a few feet away
from the hole Elijah made in the wa.
ter was nearly swamped and the two
women who were bing rowed by male
companion therein received a shock
to their nerves. .s ,,
John Haggarty, a bridgetender there,
saw the dive and he straightway rove
a lasso, slipped it over the mustangs
neck, took three turns Of the other end
around lamp post, and sought out
policeman. One came and he led the
to the Bedford avenue sta
ton away back in Williamsburg. There
he was locked up in the yard. Being
a minor. he was plainly case for the
Gerry society. but at last reports Eli
jah was still with the Bedford avenue
police.