From the February 7, 1913 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Ulmers, S.C.–A novel adventure incident to parcel post service, involving two babies and a wooden leg, all three sent by mail, was reported by Edgar T. Phillips, a rural mail carrier connected with the local office. While covering his route, with two infants and a wooden leg among his parcels, Phillips was attacked by a wildcat. For a moment, says the carrier, his live mail was in danger of being carried away. Selecting the wooden leg as the most available weapon, however, Phillips wielded it so well that he put the wildcat to route. All three parcels were delivered, none worse for the encounter.”