The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-25
Hunter Scorns Gun; He Nabs
Stupid Bunnies by Their Ears
Filling Station Operator
Can Bag EN- as Fast as
Ordinary NimrodS. .


lead, or even saltshaker, there's
man in indianapolis who has
bagged 200 rabbits in twenty years
time merely by plucking them by
their ears and taking them home
to his frying pan.
And with this weeks snowfall he
was at it again and he SCOTS at
you hunters who pepper the ears
off Of a bunny at twenty PAGES.
The rabbit-snatcher is Isaac N.
Williams, So, Of 1866 Lowell avenue,
operator of a filling station at Tenth
street and Arlington avenue.
Kills Them After He Gets Home
He'll bet you almost any amount
within reason that he can go out,
and pick up the first sitting bunny
he sees as easily as he picks onions
in his garden.
Kill them - sure he kills them
after he gets them home. But their
execution is as tender as the one
where the chicken gets the ak, and,
on top of that, he pens some of
tie rabbit fricassees up, and only
eats them when he gets hungry for
couple of dark legs smothered in
gravy.
Now all this might sound as if
it was nomination to a radio tall
story" tale but its authenticity is
borne out by Williams brother,
Superior Judge Joseph r. Williams,
and other sportsmen of the city.
They've seen the man, who pumps
gas in car tanks, work magic on
Dummies in the field where their
shotguns proved to be just so much
banging away"
why He's Rabbit Snatcher
Let's let Williams tell you how he
came to be a rabbit snatcher, how
he prefers it to shooting them, and
how he does it.
Twenty years ago I was hurt.
I'd been convaleScing and walking
around over fields and brush during
rabbit season. ! noticed sometimes
the Dummies would run as I came
toward them, and other times
they'd stay squatted on their
launches. So I practiced, and
found I could catch them in GER
tain way" he explained.
Here's the way: Rabbits by in
stinct will run only if you look at
them, and walk toward them. So
when I go to catch a rabbit, I walk
toward him nonchalantly in
straight line, but a little to the
right or left Of him. I never look
him in the eye. The rabbit sees
me coming, but as I'm paying him
no mind, he keeps on sitting there"
He Bluffs the Dummies
Then, added the bunny buffer"
just as I get alongside of him, 1
drop to the ground and literally
fold up, and as I do so 1 throw my
right or left hand back and grab
him. You see Br'er Rabbit sees me
coming first as large huge object,
but when I fold up beside him, 1
and he thinks the danger
is gone, and when my hand goes
back I grab him."
Williams tells of hunting parties
he's gone on in which he's equaled
the bag of other members by merely
using this mystical Straightaway
walk, folding up quickly, and giving
his hand a back-f1ip and grabbing
bunnys ears.
First Hundred Are Hardest
He admits that the first hundred
rabbits are the hardest, but says
he's teaching two of his nephews
to follow in his Snatching foot
steps. They're having pretty good
luck at it for amateurs.
Don't blame me now if some of
the fellows whose names I've told
you won't tell about seeing me do
this. They're tired of telling it,
and being called liars.