The Shasta courier., 1871-05-13
Wild Men.
Al r.
sas From the Detroit Free Press.

Early last Winter, parties living several
miles from Windsor discovered in the
woods, huddled up against log in vain
Z effort to keep warm, curious kind of beast
or man, one can scarcely tell which. The
at" is s'fearfully deformed, his hands cover
ed with long. coarse hair; face grown full
,sssof rank whiskers, eyes looking ike those of
wolf, and his present captors treat him
more like dog than poor, unfortunate
/. lunatie After being in Windsor for a
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 Bet have
been capable of making the resistance and
the rapid flight made by the lunatic in
question. But how the being came in the
vicinity of Windsor no one is able to tell,
or at least has not yet informed the public.
A man named Seth Narmore, from Sarnia,
Was at the Central Station yesterday, and
and after paying visit to the keeping
place of the strange creature, retured and
reported that he knew his history. Some
three years since man named Roscom-
mon, living about twelve miles from Saruia,
received in charge from his brother at
Montreal lunatic, supposed by outsiders
to be some relative of the family, although
Roscommon was not communicative OF
facts. The lunatic was at first confined in
a chamber of the house, but he attracted
much attention from the passers-by, and go
disturbed the inmates of the house, that a
small building was soon built for his espec-
ial keeping. Very few people ever saw
the unfortunate, but hundreds of farmers
passing by used to hear him scream and
beat the wall of his prison. At length
one night he made his escape, ard Roseom-
mon was compelled to ask the assistance
of his neighbors to secure him. They
found him in a swamp eating bark and
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 identi-
cal lunatice, 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
Police, that the "owners" of this stranger
do not treat him as they should He is
kept chained good share Of the time, and
the rough boys Of the nighborhood are al
lowed to tease and vex him. Ifthere is a
good reason for believing that he has escap-
ed 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 human and decent for
him to be taken from his present owners
and sent to the County House or the In
sane Asylum.
THE TENNESSEE WILD MAN.
The jackson (Tenn.) Wing, of the 18th
April says: We learn that between Sobby
and Crainsville, 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, aud pos
sessed Of great muscular power. His eyes
are unusually large, and fiery red mis- hair
hangs in a tangled and matted mass Of jet
below his waist, and his beard reaches
below his middle. His entire body is COW
cred with hair, and 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 un-
accompanied by man. He sometime,
with great caution, approaches houses; and
should he see man he runs away with as
tsnishing swiitness, leaping the tallest
fences with the ease Of a deer, defying
alike the pursuit of men and dogs. He
has frightened several women BY attempt
ing to carry them off, as well as By his hor-
rid aspect, and the whole country around
Sebby is in CONSERVATION. The citizens
are now securing the woods, and are de-
termined either to capture or drive off the
monster