Word: catnip
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York, one Teddy, a Maltese cat, crawled down a chimney, wailed loudly for help. Up jumped sleepers, up flew windows. Teddy continued to scream. Angered residents called the police, nine policemen arrived, tried to entice Teddy out with catnip and pork. Teddy stayed put. The policemen chopped through a 4-in. wall, found it was the wrong wall. They chopped another hole, a policeman reached for Teddy, Teddy reached the policeman first, the policeman let go. A boy pulled Teddy out, the S.P.C.A. executed him painlessly with lethal gas, the neighborhood slept again...