On January 24, 1899, a cat sprang out of a mail pouch after it had been unlocked at Branch Post Office H on Lexington Avenue and 44th Street. The unexpected contents gave the postal employees quite the surprise.
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1899: Eurita, the Midtown Manhattan Cat That Was Sent Through the Mail
Posted: 24th January 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Cats of Old New York, Grand Central Palace, New York City History, postal cats
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1881: The Jail Cats of Edward Reinhardt, the Silver Lake Murderer Hanged on Staten Island
Posted: 15th January 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Annie Degnan, Edward Reinhardt, New York City History, Richmond County Jail, Silver Lake, Staten Island history
On the night before he was hung for the murder of one of his two wives, Edward Reinhardt spent time smoking cigars and petting the three cats that lived with him in his prison cell at the Richmond County Jail.
1908: The Widow of Yorkville Who Shared Her Ramshackle Mansion with 23 Cats and Dogs
Posted: 4th January 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat LadiesTags: Angelica Schuyler Reed, Bide-a-Wee, Captain Edward Dunscome, Metropolitan Republican Club, Milne Parker, New York City History, Yorkville
In 1908, a member of Old New York’s most aristocratic families was evicted from a ramshackle mansion on East 83rd Street in Yorkville, where she had been barely surviving with her 15 dogs and 8 cats. @Bideawee
1897: The Christmas Rush on Gilded-Age Angora Cats at Wanamaker’s on Broadway
Posted: 19th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: A.T. Stewart, Angora cats, Cats of Old New York, Christmas cats, John Wanamaker, New York City History, Wanamaker's
In December 1897-1899, Wanamaker’s Department Store on Broadway and 9th Street lured shoppers with a “bargain cat day,” in which Angora cats were sold as Christmas gifts for $10 to $40 each, depending on the cat’s color, size, and age.
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
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.
