Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-20

metn. The "spankingp began, but
al the first light tap the hand came
in contact with something that
caused the astonished man to stop
as il shot. He then began an ex-
animation by feeling outside of
the dress OF the youngster, and
then when firmly convinced that
he had hold of a child that possess
ed something remarkable about
him, he put him down slowly and
thoughtfully. Then the story was
circulated that little Georgie
Wrenn
HAD A TAIL
Like goat or dog. Many were
the copjectures that the circum-
stance ELECTED, and the story grew
with the repititiun of 1t. Some
said the tail was like a goats; 9th.
ers that the caudal appendage was
exactly like a monkeys, but all
agreed that it was covered with
hair and that it's owner could move
it at pleasure just like an animal.
Some days ago the wonderful story
reached the ears of an Enquirer re-
porter, who determined to hunt the
boy up, and by some means got
permission to make an examina
ton for himself, assisted by some
physician. This was no easy task,
as Mrs. Wrenn and her boy had
moved from their Fifth street resi-
dence and gone to house on Long
worth street. Before the reporter
had time to go there, the parties
had gone away, and thus all trace
was lost until a night or so ago, O
woman with whom the Wrenns
lived on Fifth street was found and
questioned and her statements cor
roborated in every particular the
strange story.
This seemed to settle the ques-
tion, as the woman seemed to talk
in u matter-of- fact way that left
the impression that she was telling
the exact truth, and the reporters
exertions to find the wonderful
freak of nature were redoubled. AT
length a trail was struck which,
followed closely, resulted in a
REALIZATION OF HIS Widest
IMAGINATION
By the finding of the boy with a
tail. An examination was made by
DIR. D. G. Carr, who reports that he
was struck with unspeakable as
tonishment upon beholding the
rarest and at the same time the
most astonishing, sight ever pre-
sented. There was the tail, sure
enough, and growing In just the
same position on the body as does
that of dog or any of the four
footed animals. But here resem-
blance ceases. Instead of being
thin, it is more in the nature of
protuberance, gradually diminish
ing from where it begins on the
spine to thickness of perhaps
three inches in diameter at the ex-
treme point. This point on the
upper side is covered with light,
glossy, curling hair, about four
inches in length. On the left side
of this protuberance, or tail, are in
dentures which are close together
and have the appearance of embryo
human features, whose develop.
ment was suddenly arrested. To
the touch this part of the child feels
like masses of small bones under
the skin, as If the skull were inside,
the parts of which were disar-
ranged. These were quite roughly
handled, but the little fellow made
no outcry, and when asked if it
hurt, answered "No." The poste-
rior portions were ill-shaped, and
seem to have merged with the up.
per or thicker portion of the pro-
tuberance. The "tail" can be
moved at pleasure-like the wag-
ging of a dogs tail, and when be
sits down, he is not, apparently,
inconvenienced in the least. Many
theories have been adduced as to
the cause of this iusuS nature, but
none, perhaps, comes anywhere
near the actual solution of it. The
address of the party in whose care
the boy now is temporarily, while
awaiting the arrival of his only
living relative, sister, who has
been informed of the mothers
death, can be furnished by applica-
tion to this office.
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