On March 25, 1890, Jefferson Market Police Court Justice White committed Mrs. Jane Duncan to the care of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction “for examination as to her sanity.” The sentencing stemmed from charges from her landlord, Dr. Thomas C. Knox, who feared that Mrs. Duncan had too many cats in her apartment at 30 Bedford Street.
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1890: The Cat Lady of Bedford Street and Her 29 Feline Companions
Posted: 25th March 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat LadiesTags: Cats of Old New York, Crazy Cat Lady, Herring Farm, Jane Duncan, Jefferson Market Court, New York City History, William W. Duncan
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1899: The New York Cat Who Fell to Earth on West Fourth Street
Posted: 26th February 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Benjamin G. Dovey, cat story, Herring Farm, New York City History, New York University, Washington Square, West Fourth Street
On September 4, 1889, Benjamin G. Dovey offered a $10 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person who had tossed a glossy black cat with tiger stripes from a top-floor window of the brick house at 28 West Fourth Street. “If I can discover the guilty wretch who hurled that poor, […]
