August 24, 1968 -- Seven leaders of
the Youth International Party and their candidate for the Presidency of the
United States, a 150-pound pig named Pigasus, are arrested at the Civic Center,
today’s Richard J. Daley Center. The Chicago Tribune reports, “Moving quickly
and without incident, 10 uniformed policemen and several detectives under the
personal direction of Comdr. James Riordan of the First District, loaded the
pig into a police wagon as soon as it was placed in the plaza.” The seven leaders of the demonstration are
loaded into the wagon with the pig. The
Yippie leaders are taken to police headquarters where they are charged with
disorderly conduct and released on $25 bonds with a court date scheduled for
September 19. Pigasus is taken to the
Anti-Cruelty Society where he is “given a bath, fed, and placed in an outside
pen,” according to the society’s director.
The demonstration, attended by about 50 Yippies and watched by 200 spectators,
apparently is enough to scare Country Joe and the Fish away as the San
Francisco rock group withdraws from the
Hippie Festival of Love, scheduled to begin in the city later in the day.
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