Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-22
LOCAL YOUTHS
FIND KANGAROO
Mas Stuck in Pond Get Sis
Reward.
The kangaroo has been car

The kangaroo has been captured!
The little city of South Amboy has
again nestled down to Its usual state
OF serenity, as It's citizens know that
no hopping marsupial now turks be-
hind the corners OF fences to shock
the equilibrium of its citizens on
dark night.
The heroic deed of capturing the
beast remained to two daring youths.
of this city, the animal having been
saved from drowning In a pond when
1t was apprehended by Victor Peter
sen, of Market street, and Frank
Caulfeld, of Grant street. They re-
port having found the kangaroo,
which escaped from the American
Vitograph Moving Picture Company
aG0ut noon Sunday near South River,
in the wiids between South Amboy
and Parlin. They report tussle
with the animal before subjecting 1t
to captivity. Otto 0yergaard, OF
Market street, who was with the
other two boys and helped to hold
the animal after Frank and Victor
had made sure of their prey, re-
eeived the same reward as the other
two; that is five dollars. 1t seems
the young men did not know that
$50 had been offered for the return
of the marsupial TO captivity, and did
not demand that amount.
The capture was actually made at
about 4 O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
though few knew that tie animal
had been returned at that time, and
most of the citizens of South River,
where the picture company have
their headquarters were under the
impression yesterday that The kan
garoo was still at large.
The three youths left this city
about noon Sunday on bicycles to
ride to Parlin to see the "moVies"
made. They reached that place after
the cinematograph had stopped
grinding out the film. 80 started back
home. They learned. however, that
the kangaroo, of the company, had
escaped, AMI ON their return trip
kept a sharp lookout for signs OF the
animal. Between Parlin md Sayre-
VILE they espied some peculiar tracks
along the roadside. They followed
them for a short distance until they
suddenly branched of. leading down
q steep hill toward pond. Leaving
Otto in charge of the bicycles, the
other two youths took the trail OF the
animal whose tracks they had seen.
For about quarter of mile they
followed the Impressions of the kan
garoo's hoofs until they ended alb
ruptly at a small pond. Here they
took survey OF the water, and IN
the middle saw the kangaroo In dire
distress almost up to Its neck In
water, and gradually sinking In q bed
of mud.
Victor, without 30 much as TAX
ing off his shoes, plunged In after
the animal which was slowly sinking
to its death. He was followed by
Frank. They found the water was
above their knees but this did not
phase the preserving. stalwart Perth
Amboy lads. They took pains not to
go too near the animal because of
the quicksand like mud which they
saw was pulling the kangaroo down.
Victor leaned eorward and grabbed
the front legs of the beast, and
loosened the animals position, and
In another pull he had lurehed the
marsupial from where 1t was fasten-
ed. Then Frank caught hold of the
animal, and both together dragged It
from the mire. They picked 1t I'D
bodily and carried 1t to the top OF
the hill where they let the animal
lie down to get back Its breath. AS
sisted by Otto they bore the animal
to the Raritan River Railroad tracks
In that vicinity and awaited the Vito
graphs special train bearing the
actors, which soon arrived, and af-
ter tagging the engineer they turned
the animal over to the keeper, and
we're given their reward of sI5.
Before the rain arrived the animal
showed fight after 1t had been thor
oughly revived, but the pIucky
youths subdued its efforts to break
away and kept it safely until the
rain pulled up.
The three youths hope some day
20 rival ''T. r. In Jungle hunting
md capturing wild animals, and be-
ieve they hare made good start by
the kangaroo In the
'wilds" between Sayreville and Pal
In.