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Show Smoll 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 headquarters headquar-ters to report: "There's a gnat on my roof." Patrolman William Purdy, who was sent to the scene, called back: '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 leaped the fence. But Walter Davis. 12. saw the goat on a porch, caught him and hung on |