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...gravity of the situation first became apparent Tuesday evening when Yard-cops Mortimer Mahoney, Christopher Morris, and Albert Roach sighted the Mephitis mephitida, ambling past University Hall. But it was not until the dawn brought Apted and the day force of John Connolly and James Reddin that the pursuit began in earnest. The strategy of an enveloping flank movement brought the skunk to bay at 4.30 o'clock at Johnston Gate, and a few minutes later he was making his final stand in the sunken window of Massachusetts Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colonel Apted Tops Skunk Hunt by Thrilling Murder in Yard---Corpse Buried by Mass. Hall | 5/17/1934 | See Source »

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