Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1913 — Goat Butts Up Broadway; Puts “Cops” to Flight [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Goat Butts Up Broadway; Puts “Cops” to Flight

ATEW YORK. —Broadway’s peace In Il the wholesale dry goods district was shattered the other day by a large William goat which routed twelve subway laborers, sartorially disabled two policemen and caused many girl workers to elevate their hobbles and sprint before it was lassoed and dragged back to its home. Prince street was lined with pushcarts when the goat walked from the stable and strolled toward Broadway. It spied a pushcart laden with cabbage, spinach and lettuce. His goatship bucked the center and touched down most of the greens in his interior. \ Greatly enlivened, the goat butted twelve workers into the-subway excavation on Broadway. Other laborers sought refuge on a eand pile. They and the goat played tag up and down; the pile until Policemen Brown and Hnck appeared, . Seeing new playmates, the goat gave each officer a little rearward love tap which laid them low. The po- 1

licemen, when they rose, joined th* eight on the sand pile. The goat turned its attention to girls alighting from a street car, causing several “openwork clocks” to appear. After a ten-minute siege Brown coaxed the goat up on the sand pile while his brother officer and the ItaF ians got a rope. Brown threw a noose around the animal’s neck and, aided by the husky laborers, pulled it to the street. As the policemen prepared to drag the goat to the station house a greatly excited Italian ran up and, claiming the animal as his pet, released the ropes and led it away.