The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-19
4 JACKSON COUNTY GIANT
The Most Wonderful Creature Ey-
or Sccn IN Alabama,
supposed to be n Species of th'
iirObdignaG3
Caught, but Makes His Escape

From, thc TIu,,i.vilIn lAlo\ Adyocoto
July III.
It was near three weeks aoo we frs,
heard of this wonderful Lc,ug. or rath.
or Of the wonderful track. for no to
tim, time the track ONLY Ind been seen.
Our first iurormo,iou in rngorl 10 the
mansion WINS rron our rcllow-ci,izen
and noighhnr Dr Clnu,on who had
,n., rn,nrnod ron q yi.i, IA T,orkins-
y,Ilo W. nhsoryrd o ,hr limo that he
,o,J ,hn s,orv with a ynod dca} Of sur.
mice and wn,lor drnIrtoA in his conn.
,oronc,, Ian, e,ul yn mid li,,c heed 10
II r,kin,, /, for orun,cl ,Lot some GOOD.
notrrod r,iond hoL nnnn trying 70 hoax
,ho Dnctor Nor Lil wo think much
.nII,o .,,,r ,,L,u wo GNU /, rnuortod
in ,hc SrottsLnrn Herald THINKING that
nur rorn,ious friend con Snodorass.
hod .nhmit,od ia ,ho hoov himself will.
iinaI, So inf Inc rould oniov fine bio--
n"nL wonLor mot If ,,ioy, ovc,tc in
,,hor. In roct wn noid M attention
ia il ot oil merely oInncinc ot the head
and hon,Iing ,hc Miner nyc,, ia a friend
,n ro,J Which tricnl slinord II into
~, ,nnrko, and elinmnl of with ia
,hiut lLat' ,r,on hourons
MA e,nrv mr. rcnnrl ~ wc first got
II wo. ohont thus' Col .Iohu Snod-
,roes onl Dr PAYNE head hcoo off ON n
Gshin,, sn,nowhoro ,nor BELLE.
r,,,,o o,l an ,hofr rotnrn hmm. dis.
nnvnr,d .o,nn imnonso human tracks
o., yo.y Iorun ,hot ,hrv almost,
donh.od tho trnIh ot tb,ir own natural
nyo. .i,It Those tracks thcy traced
tIrouTh a leryc ro,top.GpId bclouping
E,n Aha Whi,o ,yhnr. the tracks
,yoro Ioo,l, ;r,riu,nI IN lhc soft earth.
I-rn, r"o,I,in,, S,o,,ahnr, iLry re-
,orioI ,yho, ,hro Lo1 .ron bpi fine
',nr., soo,,od g, i,crodiLIn ,hat hun
l.,,I, 81 ,,oo,,Io want T., emo far them
'ar,.a.. anL sauna win, rnul6 NOT 90
lo,,uii,,d Raw r n Shook editor Of
Ln oI,hilonthrori.t - T., On aud SEQ
Cnr ,hcm knnwino tho, he would make
q ronnr, tI1, nu rnuld hnlipyc. He
.on, ,o,in, y;,h him An, Caldwell.
u,'n,.a ',nni7 . ,ono lima f., mink, ocru-
,,,o ,,oo .,,rn,,on. and nnon his r,lurn
Lilo ro,,,r, FAM, n,rrnhorotnd thot NJ
lioe.rg Cn,I,,r,ss ,ud poynn.
Io,or 100 hHyo ma, viii, some rplia.
Il, ,,or,ioo FRAN J,cl,sou countv. and
ho,n loornod q rrnot dp,l morr about
,hr oi,ot We find that the half had
NOT bpcu told ns. and there was no
hoov ohout i, hint q storm and fearful
roo,i,v Ana il Is ipdccl a rrnrlul
thinc to knnw thot sucb a monster is
ot LARGO in any community, When it
,,cnono known 10 ovnrvhody the fen,
and onvio,v hcromc Intense. and each
l,y incroosnd un,il II woe Gnollv re-
aoivol ,hot . ooocyol hmm, should he
oolc and a dpsunrale effort TO capture
,l,o horr;I ,ronstcr Men feared to 90
abroad les, they shonld DE gobbcd uD
for il vos evident ;hot the creature. if
he was disposod to- feed upon man.
couId easily ,ol,n one in at . sinuIo
mani Thnv r,n,l iulon of his sj2r
orly by fine sin, or mis- foot, and the
,on,,h re his Stride a., ocrurnDr
r,nnsnromnnI thc trocl, wos RI inches
Iong "A inchcs wide and ne s,cppcd
,crn.s ecvnn cotton rows nt cye.y
stride
II bcino resolved TO make a thorough
Ilnnt = day wos set for the drive. for
,hn noon}o wnrr determined that fine
,onu,v g,onlI Ia ril Of soch . mon
strositv if nos.jhIc S,at,he ouuoiu,
cl ,tmr loron numhor were osscn.