New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
A REMARKABLE CASE

THE MAN-BEAST or THE SOUTHoLp rooHho0'''
SoUTHoLD, Sept. -. -SOuthold Is lons
sandy level road with houses not arcbitecturay nV
bic on either side. Flies an indigenous proou,I VI
the MACE and the air ia heavy with odor OF nsh Inc
people toll ndu strously through the week III
potstoes or ca itching pOrges and worship deVouV o
Sunday Thus they spend their three-ScoIe Seai' au
ten, and there they sumber unwakinRV AZ INC oApna
on Of that prescribed time One entering tue pace ioi
the first time would leave it without seeing what makes
sontbo,d mora than A NAME The swarthy fishermen are
uncommuneatye and seldom say anything unless they
deem IL emnently conducive the making OF bargain
The tanned farmer talks potatoes and grain VolupS o
hazards only word on any other topic I4e "on0n ao
beautifully bashful and vail themselves from invading
observation with sun-bonnets Inverted. 80 Visitor
might wander and return without finding any ns
further than what has been already written OF he place
But the souhhod Poor House is worthy OF protract
ed study Not because IL model structure Tor IL n
frame building, unpainted ana ID parts
unshngled situate at the end of long lane which Is
bordered by stunted oaks and underDrnsh, ana no"
creek that breeds gnats and all kinds OF nqusitive In
sects to the immense discomfort OF visitors Ine
hold Pool. House notwithstanding its inferior looks Is
ambitions of becoming Insane Asylum, and In 1act'
makes pretenbiOns that way already Tbough es'ao'
shed as refuge for the INDECENT and vagrant OF INC
township there are unaos sheltered there than
poor folk had heard that aman who showed strange
aversion for clothing had been tenant OF the house ior
nina years and that the treatment no receiver
there was reprehensively neglectfuL IL was re-
ported that he was kept III an ou'puiiuins
through the severe Winter, unattended ana
uncohed that lie was left In this distressfu situation
yearn and year out one save the keeper
and him only at meal hours was met by the keeper
A kindly looking man. whose cheek was seaincd Ny
wrinkles and brown with toll 10 whom introuuceu my
self l said ave heard you have an inmate mere "ho
for nine years been considerable trouble ou o"nH
70 bs strange mania" Eyes" said the keeper "ive got
boar fnrp q
Int he makes mo no trouble. He's harmless wouldn't
YOU like TO look him Z" accepted the invitation ana
was conducted to what appeared an exaggerated
pigpen. A high fence with httie nut
inside, at one OF the yard, was the
homo OF this idiot strong odor of fifth was
perceived Oh entering The keeper advanced to door
which opened into the hut, and there ON bed OF straw
which was stained and broken into fine bits sat most
hideousy repulsve creature his launches From MS
mouth dribbled a sckening saliva which no constantly
secretes His beard was NANCY ana anorded retreat
for vermn His head evidently troublesome as the
constant friction his fingers made with his scalp gave
token The keeper called him to get up. and crouch
ing like dog, be skunk away into corner Wmeie ne
then chewing IT. The Keeper then told me that he
exhibits the most filthy propenstles Mhen leu, Inc
il down without maSticaton He devours hlth. ana
shows preference for IT, let out IN Tue
snc aud makes food of IT, In every way he shows that
manhood entirely deficient and that he has Sank into
and people his hut believing the air pos
oued by his pestIlential breath Once week. rope IS
iooped about his waist and he is taken to creek near
nv where the keeper with broom sweeps on the in
cTsted dirt and he brOugbtbacK foranother weeks
waiowing No dog is more filthy his practices are I'M
intentionally foul. About years ago clothing could
be kept on him by constant watching, Dut
soon he tore il in shreds and ate it, He also seemed
deeply angered when clad with civilized Vestments ana
ranged in uncomfortable fury II any one attempted 10
cover his body Herewith AT other times he IS calm
and dirtily dawdles away his Improbable life. In WIN
ter he sits with the cold but will not be GOV
cred and year his toes all frozen on He Is
never sick and has the most notwithstanding frame
His head welshaped, and nothing but the stupid eye
marks the lunatic Otherwise one would Deileye the
Gadarene had been resurrected wild man was lot
loose.
This man. or beast rather will he 20 years OF age the
coming month IS Of those years have been spent IN
the His parents are very respectable PEG
pie. though too to furnish him with 0dgment IN
an asylum where he could find scientific care This has
been reported as parallel case TO that OF the nun OF
Cracow. The represented as enduring forced
confinement and suffering painful nfhictiOp Any snch
Will be quickly dssipatod by this account
Nothing can he done more than Is now performed by
watchfu aud kndhearted keeper, unless In carefully
conducted Lunatc Asylum. sympathy for the creature
is Of appreciate good, and 80 is not extended Inc
man part extinct in him and the animal that re-
mains is reasonably well treated.