Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1914 — This City Cow Qualifies as a First-Class Militant [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

This City Cow Qualifies as a First-Class Militant

PITTSBURGH, PA. —Special Policeman James Boyd of East Pittsburgh doesn’t want a Job as a cowboy. There's nothing to it! He couldn't qualify. He tried the ether day and failed.

Came to the ears of the East Pittsburgh police the story that a stray cow was in the Brinton district and that foreigners were putting a crimp in the dairyman’s receipts by milking bossy by turns. Boyd was sent to investigate. He found the cow—easily. But taking her back one mile to the police station —well, that's another story. Here ’tie: Boyd hobbled Bossy so that she could not run away—he though. He then tied a rope to her horns and the other end about his waist. They started well, but in crossing the Pennsylvania railroad at Braddock avenue the cow fell in the middle of the track. Boyd heard a passenger train approaching and the cow lay on the track. He was still tied to the cow. By an almost superhuman effort Boyd dragged the animal from the

track Just as the flyer whizzed by. Once across the track, the cow was relieved of her hobble. All went well until the Pennsylvania railroad arch bridge was reached. Here the cow refused to move from a spot under the bridge and directly in the middle of the single car track. Traffic was tied for half an hour. It was after noon when Boyd and his “prisoner” arrived at the police station. The cow is under the special care of Burgess Shields until such time as the owner of the animal appears.