Camden Cops Raided Barn Full of Cats

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Camden Cops Raided Barn Full of Cats But Beat Retreat When Felines Made Rush From Building. Work of Small Boys For two weeks past pet cats have been disappearing from the neighborhood of Ninth and Sycamore streets, Camden. While they did not return to their homes residents have not been having a very quiet time of it. In fact, there never was such a yowling and mewing as in the [continued]

But Beat Retreat When Felines Made Rush From Building. Work of Small Boys

For two weeks past pet cats have been disappearing from the neighborhood of Ninth and Sycamore streets, Camden. While they did not return to their homes residents have not been having a very quiet time of it. In fact, there never was such a yowling and mewing as in the last night or two. It all seemed to come from an unoccupied barn close by.

Things came to such a pass that the police were asked to investigate yesterday. With several officers, Captain Stanley visited the barn. As he approached he heard an unearthly noise, which seemed to indicate that all the cats in creation were in the barn. And when the door was opened at least a hundred felines bounded out amid such a spitting that the policemen beat a hasty retreat. There was all sorts and conditions of cats, and most of them were half starved.

Captain Stanley learned that the boys of the neighborhood had become imbued with the idea that the barn was haunted. They were told that cats would frighten the spooks away. So they gathered in every cat for blocks around and simply filled the barn with the unfortunate tabbies.

The attention of the S. P. C. A. has been directed to the matter.