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“CAT” DISILLUSIONSNAVY SHORE PATROL---Meets Untimely End After Turning On Sailor With Good Intentionsw'Geotgc W. Hopper, of theU. S. S. Wood, is feeling: disillusioned about animals Mnce a muskrat mistook his intentions Saturday night.While on shore patrol duty near the Terrace Hotel, in Middletown, Hooper noticed what he took to be n rat strolling along: tne roadLoaning1 down to pel it, the animal lover was 1) it ten savagely on Ins finger by the beast, a large muskrat whu'h had strayed from its home marsh.The sailor killed the animal ' with his club. Police Chief \V. Howard Peabody, of Middletown,1 took Hopper to the Naval Hospital where the wound was treated.
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Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Sun, Mar 26, 1950
Page 9
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