Peggy Gavan at The Hatching Cat writes about cats in vintage New York City, but found a tale that was so utterly bonkers that she had to share it, despite the fact that an unnamed cat only made a cameo appearance. To fix a plumbing problem in 1893, workers tore a hole between an upstairs kitchen and a downstairs dining room. The upstairs neighbor shooed the plumbers away, and the hole remained. That seemed okay until the upstairs cat fell onto the dining table below during dinner, and the feud was on. The guy upstairs began throwing objects through the hole on a regular basis, including the cat.
The story involves neighbors in their underwear, a large saber, harsh words and threats, and finally a police chase before the matter was resolved. The saga made the papers, of course, and that is why we get to enjoy the full story. -via Strange Company