Archive for March, 2022

1936: Tige, the NYPD Cat Who Gave Birth in the Fingerprint Room

Posted: 19th March 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cats in the Mews, Feline Mascots
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One day after Tige, the police cat of the NYPD headquarters building, gave birth to four kittens, a detective recorded their paw prints on official NYPD fingerprint sheets.

1897: The Cobble Hill Cat That Caused a Commotion in St. Paul’s Church

Posted: 12th March 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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A gaunt tabby cat, a tiny poodle, and a few hysterical children walk into a church… No, this is not the start of a bad bar joke, but it was the start of a comedy of errors that took place at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn on May 2, 1897. According to The New York Times, “never before had such a commotion been raised in this church.”

1909: The Monkey in the Red Bathing Suit at Roche’s Beach in Far Rockaway

Posted: 4th March 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Monkey Stories
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When Martin Ward, the attendant at Roche’s Beach Pavilion in Far Rockaway, Queens, found a tiny monkey in the bathing house, he brought him to the proprietor of the private beach resort. Edward Roche didn’t know what to do with the monkey, so he called the nearby police station for some help.