The evening world., 1911-03-22
WOMAN BUSTED
WITH 81 CATS
CAMPS ON CURB
Blocks "Jack'S" Sidewalk With
Chromos, Crockery and
Menagerie of Pets.
BIG CROWD SEES SHOW.
Discharged in Night Court, She
Goes Her Way, Leaving
Cats to Console Jack"
BIG CROWD SEES SHOW.

~Yhis,- sah . seasoned gentleman OF
- vicinity a. he stopped in front OF
JedArs r~sstaurant this morning and con
tsmpiatsd . barricade of household
0oods and chattels which barred his
w 'rhis Ia indeed remarkable. No,
Dat ] have not seen this pavement piled
Aish with encumbrances before now.
But usually Il has been college boys.
his Is different"
Which Il certainly was. Barrels OF
household Utensils unjointcd bedsteads.
bundles of beiclothing. rolls OF carpet,
. chrome entitled Teaching Baby 10
Waltz" a colored work In oil, Catching
salmon on tho Columbia River" a steel
engraving Paul and Virginia dsst
names not etven) an empty bird cage.
adeboard full Of hashed brown c~rockery
and such like articles OF furniture and
furnishings stretched along the sidewalk
for thirty feet. the whole being garnlsh-
"a with cats. There were all kinds OF
oaAs Of all shades of color. but sharing
IN oommon one s~ensation-they were all
hungry cats.
Cats 70 Court With Her.
''Cats7 Thin amt the start" said
Larry Gallagher. h assistant head
waiter Of the morning room. where most
Of the evening parties take place. thin
u but tho ieavins. Probably al. the cats
In the known world was disrossessed
from these here premises las, cven,n'.
49, "A. naA.g tool V,au, 90 ,kN.. ..t,N -.
when she whit under escort to the Night
Court"
To begin at the beginning It should
be stated that min months ago a widow
lady giving the name OF Mrs. James l..
Ward. took q lease OF the top floor Of
the Sixth avenue building OF Jack. She
took In sewing. boarders-and cats. At
nrst there were only two cats. which
she brought with her. But you know
how It Is with cats. Rabbits multiply
rapidly. but alongside OF rabbits cats
are lightning calculators.
Anon there were more cats on the top
floor. Tenant on the floor below com
planned. They said the place was suffer
Ing from a violent eruption OF cats. II
wss broken out with cats, they said,
like a case OF nettlerash.
Jack Investigates and Acts.
These reports came TO the ears o.
Nine Host Jack Dunstun. Mine Host
trsmped upstairs 10 investigate per-
oonally. on the way he met several
immature cats rolling down stairs In a
cascade effect. inside the rooms cats
were leaping from crag 10 crag. utter
ms their characteristic note the while.
Coming dow again after vainly arsu-
ing with Mrs. Moore he fell over sew
eral assorted cats. lie then went direct
to the kitchen and fred a lady dish
washer answering to the name OF Kitty
Katxenberg.
Then Mr.. Dunston was moved 70 ask
Mrs. Moore 20 vacate-So go away and
take her cats with her, With hrnness
she declined. BY this time the cats had
Increased from two TO four. from four
60 eight and from eight 10 sixteen. from
sixteen. some said. to t~hirty-four. Day
before yesterday Jack went to the
Municipal Court and got a dispossess
warrant for Mrs. Moore on the ground
that she was ~harboring a nuisance.
t AAg'AA AAt FlA ~
men came around
Holding In her arms a venerable era v
gentleman cat named Plutarch's Lives
and q valued cerise lady cat named The
Nine Nurses, Mrs. Moore deaed him 70
do MS worst.
And he did II. Up and down the stairs
tramped the sheriff's merry mon sing
ing their blithsome roundelays and
lAftn& Anu - ~ l.A- -
goods. cats. bedding, pictures, orna.
ments. cats. sewing machines. carpet.
ias. cats, q green parrot. cats, a pup
cog and more cats. These articles and
chattes they piled upon the sidewalk
IN a neat hreastwork EFF Get and went
away. carolling songs, as Is their wont
Crowd Blocks the Avenue.
II is a mild figure OF speech ia say
that a crowd gathered. Reliable bystand.
ers are quoted as saying that II was a
spectacle worth seeing. Along the pave.
ment In front OF Jacks next mornlnp
room was the barricade, Upon It's toI
perched Mrs, Moore. a militant figure
on guard. Thlrty-four cats. more OF
less. weaved in and out Ike Twins
threads. At the doorway stood Min,
Host Dunston uttering low cunyulsiv,
means. And ever larger and more en-,
t~husiAstio grew the crowd uutll (!
blocked Sixth avenue.
Came then Cavanaugh OF the police
lie ordered Mrs. Moore to dispense. Sh,
told him home is where the cats are
and anyhow. she inquired. whore wa
she 20 go? After thinking II over 10
some time ~Cayanaugh decided the Niga
Court would be as good a p,aca a. any
So thither he took Mrs Moore. The.
wsst afoot, being followed ry Plutarch'