American Spectator

In Houston, Texas, Mr. S. R. (Bud) Bailey was arrested at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Howard Smeld, after he fell upon Mr. Smeld with the leg of a dismembered rocking chair. The assault apparently occurred when Mr. Smeld, an incorrigible practical jokester, informed by Bailey, an ardent conservationist, that the turkey they had just dined on was in truth one of the few whooping cranes ever seen in the Houston area. Mr. Smeld was joshing, but it took twenty-three stitches to close the wounds. December, 1977.