Bingham Bulletin | 1948-04-30 | Page 2 | Small Boy Captures Nimble Goat with Flying Tackle

Small Boy Captures Nimble Goat With Flying Tackle DES MOINES.-A flying tackle by a 12-year-old boy put a stop to the escapades of a fabulous goat The critter's first triumph came when he eluded 2 patrolmen by leaping 20 feet from a church roof A startled grocer called headquar-ters headquar-ters to report: "There's a goat on my roof. ' Patrolman William Purdy wto was sent to the scene, called "That goat's as big as a cow. He runs like a deer." Later a whole squad of pursuers closed in after trapping the goat against a 4-foot fence. The goat eaped the fence. But Walter Davis 12. saw the goat on a porch, caugh him and hung on. ""gm