Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-24
PIGS CAUSED HAVOC
Twenty-Five Young POrkers Li5-
Grated by Mischievous BOYS.
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sons Suffer spralnra lees. Dev
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lets Few thick and fast. ara whsn "a
excitement lad rsasi1es ne fcncwirg
had happencd.
One E4loon wrcckc1.
Three persons suEerel suralaez
legs.
A newspaper automobile delivery
wagon partially wrecked.
Twelve pigs killed.
Several plate glass windows wreck.
cd.
Many women and children in hyster.
ics.
Numerous pedestrians suffered from
bruises caused by the pigs upsetting
them.
One wagon demolished when horse
ran away.
Numerous other events marked the
day, and when it was all over Lieut..
Heidlemeier said he had not put in
such an exciting day in all his career
as a policeman.
1t all happened when a number of
mischievous boys saw two crates OF
young pigs being delivered to Charles
Meuthen. 1857 Clybourn avenue, and
intended for an annual holiday, one
of the chief annual events enjoyed by
"Burgomeister" Heidlemeier's Sub
iects."
The two crates were set directly in.
side the rear door of Meuthen's place.
The youngsters had no difficulty in
entering unobserved. Several pieces
or wood were removed from both
crates. The next minute there was
excitement galore. There were pigs
on the floor pigs back OF the bar,
pigs under the tables and pigs every
where. The air seemed full of
squealing, terrified "porkers"
Brave sons of the fatherland, mem.
bers of the famous "Clybourn Avenue
Guards" who served with brilliant
honors in the Boer war, promptly sur
rendered when the squealing pork
ers attacked them. The brave war
riors went down together Herr John
Spiess, general in command Of the ely
bourn Avenue Guards, promptly grab
bed his trusty Boer gun and proceeded
to clean out the enemy. The other
members did the same.
In a minute the place was filed
with leaden balls, which raced with
the pigs in breaking the glassware.
Somebody sent in riot call to the
Hudson avenue station. Lieut.. Hell
dlemeier, at the head of twenty-five
policemen, responded. In the mean
time, Ike Meyer threw open the doors.
The battle was then transferred to
the street. A car was passing. Sew
eral pigs took notion to leap aboard.
Panic Immediately followed among the
women. Charles Menthen, with his
trusty Boer gun, went in pursuit. One
of the enemy tripped him and he fell,
spraining his ankle.
Richard Harder, 1454 Clybourn ave-
nue., emptied repeating rife from
his bedroom window and missed ev.
erything but number OF plate-glass
windows on the opposite side OF the
street. His ammunition gone, Harder
leaped from a secoud-story window,
landing on the backs of two pigs. He
surrendered with a sprained ankle. A
newspaper automobile came in contact
with the leader Of the porkers, skid
ded and crashed into a hay and feed
wagon.
The gasoline tank exploded, the
wagon was partially wrecked, horse
belonging to Alfred Schaart OF Bow
manville ran away and the excitement
ceased only when twelve Of the pigs
had been killed and the others driven
pell nell in all directions.