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“COWCATCHER” CAUGHT CALFAND HERE’S WHAT FOLLOWED—lt;» i»i i.«— .Tramp oa Fender Heid it m His ArmsForJfiileaTIONESTA, April 28—The arrest ofHenry linill has caused considerable. ex-mtenient iu Hillside, Where he has lived for .nine years with his wife and four children.' iutill runs. a dairyCa.ud. has a line stock - of Holsteurand Jersey, cattle. He.-does it large. - awT. srptoiitbbibusiness and is- 'considered • wealthy.fGrand larceny -the'V;'charge-:. maneagainst. the dairyinafc' .-Robert Cutte?,»- ttho-.-.eaused -Xviiill - dosired. Chargeswith'- stealingbe arrested, t^rgea’-ihim'fswith^ ate a Holstein eo\vh~ how iff Knjll’s possession iff ;t very peculiar ffjamhn“Eight yeara vitgo,” Knill states'. in explaining how he. got- 'the calf, “1 was a fireman-on the old'Western New York ’■. L’ennsylvania,, and one nightwhen we were, running between. Hickory and Dawson .1 saw a -.calf on the-tracki%' i # . . V *l ight ahead of the ehgine. • It was too close to get across and i knew we would hit it. . The. engineer had also seen the calf, and we looked out the window Of the cab as we passed by.But we-saw no signs of the animal. I climbed out on the running board to see if.- it was on the eoweateher, and i nearly fell.off tide running, board when I heard a voice say,,‘Tve got her j Tve j got her.” ' ‘“I looked down' on the cowcatcherana tnere i' saw a tramp who was beating his way, with 'a calf in ills arms..-■Tlie-, calf was perfectly quiet and. I thought it was- dead, but -the hobo said it wasn’t hurt a bit, and neither waslie. I asked him if he could hold'thecalf .until we got into ^Dawson, and he said he eouid,: and would be glad to do..so dr I wouldn't put him.’-off the train.“1 went back to the engine and told the engineer. He laughed, and said' i -could take dhe animal up to my house wiitm wd got to Dawson and. keep it in' the barn until the:owner came for it-“Weil, -sir, :• I kdpt.lt; that' calf for months, and when'liobody came after it 1 added it to our stable- and it helped. :ine vtq start. but m t he . dairy, business.“The calf grew ' ixito a fine hiileJi .cow;• ...In vfhe-i* she' is-the'. best in- the township and T. tbdk^.a. first prize at the cattle; show with- her just the' other day. After the -prize had;. been awardedand : everyb.ody :-was-radmiring . the: prizewiimerap alt; farmer, came' up, looked the eovt. over and aeke'd ihe a; lot of questions:- -I,--thought - lie, wanted to buy -her,from; the interest'1 he. showed, and- T gave him all the information tev wanted as to how.. much ;m.oiiey. I hdhnade •from: . the. sale of; her:milk- and butter:.'.• ‘’lie -then- turnedafound-and .said- the cow . was: his; -thaty it, had. .been stolen off:- his •farm; some 'year e; ago.”
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Warren Evening Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1911
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