The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-03
Rabbit Cars
Stornled by
Hungry Mob
$4,000 Disappear in Two
Hours; Police Reserves
Called to Restrain
Crowds.
1900 Rush to Rail Yards

Never before was such sight seen
in Omaha.
Never before was Brer Rabbit Sc
Apopular.
Three thousand persons stormed the
box cars at Seventh and Jackson
street. Other thousands at the halt
dozen distributing stations throughout
the city carried away the rabbits as
fast os the big truckloads arrived.
And in less than two hours The
Omaha Bees 1000 rabbits were gone
Train Arrives on Time.
The rush for these fat, frozen
"jaclis" and bunnios. onethird of a
kill OF 10000 rabbits made in a drive
by 10000 hunters in northeastern
Colorado, was surprise even to The
Omaha Bee, which had arranged tc
place part of the shipment in cold
storage If the demand didn't take the
enormous supply.
City Commissioner Dean Moves
who handled the trucking to the va
rious stations, was up before and
learned from the Burlington railroad
offices that the cars would reach the
Gibson yards at 7:45.
When the fast freight arrived there
on time, after a &c hour run frcn
Denver, a switch engine Immediately
pulled out the three rabbit cars and
hurried them to Seventh and Jackson
streets, where the trucks were alread,
waiting with a large force Of men.
Crowd Waiting at Z.
At the city market, Eleventh and
Jackson streets. crowd of so was
waiting at I O'Clock. At o'clock the
crowd there numbered about 800.
Bruno Kaline drove the first truck
away from the box cars with instruc
tions to take it to the market place
He left at sos. In just Is minutes he
was back
Il never saw truck unloaded az
quickly as this one he reported
There's a mob up there. yelling fol
more
Another truck left. in charge of J
welch, for sixteenth and Fort streets
Another Crowd Waiting.
Suddenly there was a sound of yell
ing and the workers looked up Jack
son street toward the west.
They saw a crowd of several hun
dred men, women and children. carry
ing shopping bags. gunnysac.Ss
buckets, baskets. drawing littlf
wagons, wheeling wheelbarrows 1nt
baby carriages. pulling sleds ant
boxes over the snow. running pell
nell, as II for the gold fields.
Send for Some Cops.
The crowd ac-ai'e1 the three five
ton trucks bairy loaded. and yellca
for rabbits. ]. Dudley, fireman. ant
his men tried to drive them back
Tie trucks. finally loaded. could
scsrcely get out Of the pushing mass
In front and at the sides.
They finally got away and ther
Dudley directed that the rabbits b'
given out direct from the cars.
well get rid Of this bunch befor,
we pull up those other trucks,' sait
he.
Pnt he reclSoned without the crowd
For 1t grew bigger instead of smaller
| The word had spread and continu
Gus stream of people came down Jack
son street, many running at tol
speed.
Police Squad Arrives.
tSend for some cops" exclaimed
Dudley. I'VE can't handle this mob.
Frank Curran, Burlington railroa,
yardmaster, ran to the freight hous'
and sent in a hurry call.
Ten minutes later six big police
men with Captain Haze arrived.
A big truck was slowly eased II
front Of the door. leaving only abou
a foot between 1t and the car, and
the crowd was started through thi'
space, single file, handled by po
liceman at either end.
Into the Box Car.
But the north box car had been lef
unguarded. And. before II was noted
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