The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-26
WILD MEN.
One Caught In Michigan and n Hunt for
Another in Tennessee.
From f1e Defroif Free preee.

One Caught In Michigan and a Hunt for
Another in Tennessee.
From the Detroit Free Press.
THE MICHIGAN MONSTER.
Early last winter parties living several miles
from Windsor discovered in the woods, huddled
up against log in vain effort to get warm,
curious kind of beast or man, one can scarcely
tell which. The 'it" is fearfully deformed, his
hands covered with long, coarse hair; face
grown full of rank whiskers, eyes looking like
those of wolf, and his present captors treat
him more like a dog than poor unfortunate
]unatic. After being In Windsor for few
days, the 'man-wolf, as he was named, was
brought over here and it is at present
on Michigan avenue. 1t is the general opinion
that the strange being is the man who escaped
from the lunatic asylum at Maiden last fall, but
this is an error The fugitive was strong, tall
man, standing very stiff and erect, whereas this
specimen is badly deformed, and would not have
been capable of making the stout resistancei and
the rapid flight made by the lunatic in question.
But how the being came in the vicinity of Wind
sor no one is able to tell or at least has not yet
informed the public. man named Seth Mar
more, from Sarnia, was at the Central station
yesterday, and after paying visit to the keep
ing place of the strange creature, returned and
reported that he knew its history. Some three
years since a man named Roscommon, living
about twelve miles from Sarnia, received
in charge from his brother at Montreal q
lunatic, supposed by outsiders to be some
y,
was not communicative of facts. The lunatc
was at first confined in q chamber of the house,
but he attracted so much attention from the
passers-by, and so disturbed the inmates of the
house, that small building was soon built for
his especial keeping. Very few people ever saw
the unfortunate, but hundreds of farmers pass
ing by used TO hear him scream and beat the
wall of his prison. At length one night he made
his escape, and Roscommon was compelled to
ask the assistance of his neighbors to secure
him. They found him in swamp eating bark
ard roots; but he exhibited the utmost ferocity
when an attempt was made to catch him, finally
leaving the swamp when couple of dogs were
sent in after him, and one of the scars on his
face was received while the men were
binding him. Mr.. Narmore was one of the
pursuers, and he is quite positive that this
''man-wolf" is the identical lunatic, as that one
did finally make good his escape and no one was
able to hunt him down. 1t is asserted, and it
has been reported to the superintendent of the
police, that the "owners" of this stranger do not
treat him as they should. He is kept chained a
good share of the time, and the rough boys of
the neighborhood are allowed to tease and vex
him. If there is good reason for believing
that he has escaped from any lunatic asylum
there ought to be an investigation made by the
police or some proper official. Without doubt
he is crazy, as well as fierce and ravenous, and
it would be only humane and decent for him to
be taken from his present owners and sent to
the county house or the insane asylum.
THE TENNESSEE WILD MAN.
lhe jackson (lehn:) Wht9 OF tne lltn instant
says:-We learn that between Sobby and Grains
vile, on what is called Piney in McNairy
county strange and frightful being has been
observed for several weeks. He is said to be
seven feet high, and possessed of great muscular
power. His eyes are unusually large, and fiery
red; his hair hangs in tangled and matted
mass of jet below his waist, and Ehis beard
reaches below his middle. His entire body
is covered with hair, aud his whole
aspect is most frightful. He shuns the
| sight of men, but approaches with wild and
horrid screams of delight every woman who is
unaccompanied by man. He sometimes with
| great caution approaches houses and should he
| see man he runs away with astonishing swift
ness, leaping the talest fences with the ease ol
| deer, defying alike the pursuit of men and
| dogs. He has frightened several women by
| attempting to carry them off, as we'll as by his
| horrid aspect, and the whole country around
| Sobby is in CONSERVATION. The citizens are now
| securing the woods, and are determined either
| to capture or drive off the monster.