Two weeks after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a Connecticut pond, a cat found the murder weapon in the NYC apartment where the woman had been killed.
Archive for the ‘Cat Stories’ Category
1912: Tipsy, the Expert Midtown Mouser Who Helped Police Solve a Murder
Posted: 12th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old New York, George Samuel Dougherty, Georgetown Connecticut, Gilbert and Bennett, New York City History, Salvatore Geracci
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1900: Isaac, the Bank Cat of Grand Street Who Stopped an Attempted Cat Burglar
Posted: 21st November 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Ajax Whitman, Cats of Old New York, Louis Scharlach, Lower East Side, New York City History
Don’t mess with Isaac the bank cat. And don’t even think about coming in and stealing his territory–or the cash, for that matter. That was the message a “gaunt hobo cat” received when he sauntered into the Louis Scharlach & Co. bank at 362 Grand Street on the Lower East Side on November 14, 1900. […]
1903: The Poor Stray Cats That Sparked an Explosion at the SPCA Shelter
Posted: 14th November 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: ASPCA, Cats of Old New York, Henry Bergh, New York City History
This is a tragic story that involves injury and cruelty and death–both human and feline. But it is an important story to tell, because it is part of our history. In fact, it is a major part of the ASPCA’s 150-year history in New York.
1921: The Pitkin Avenue Fire Cat and Her Lucky Halloween Kittens
Posted: 31st October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn History, Brownsville, Cats of Old New York, Engine Company 233, John R. Pitkin, New York City History, Pitkin Avenue
When a fire broke out on Halloween at 1632-1640 Pitkin Avenue in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, a mama cat was not about to let the firemen ignore her box of kittens.
1907: The Bedford Cats of Brooklyn Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part II
Posted: 27th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bedford Corners, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lefferts, New York City History
When a Bergen Street trolley struck a horse-drawn milk wagon near the corner of New York Avenue in 1907, street cats and parlor cats came from every direction to wade and wallow in the spilled milk.
