, 1881-01-23
A. HUMAN GOBBLER.
What a Cell In mn Indiana mad-7Iousa
Developed .s-
TS&1r1nprff Fsrr1tfrer

| Ci,1c,nnati Enquirer.
| About twelve miles north Of LawreucehurK,
| 1nd.> IN Manchester Township, on q drcary road
! which is rarely trod by anybody but pailpers,
! and which, If 1t leads anywhere, might lend to
! the mythical section OF Hades familiarity known
as the "Halt-Acre," Is located a lot'of dilap-
1datcd, broken-dowu, rookfsh old buildings
which. taken together, constitute the County In
tirmary. In the rear Of this God-forsaken. spot
stands an old stone-piie, covered over BY roof,
under which existed being which resembles
masculine humanity nut which, EXHIBITS all tte
truits and characteristics Of a turkey -gobbler.
This ''thiug IS called Bradley, and has proba-
bly, existed about forty years The antecedents
Of the creature are unknown further than that
it WIS picked up In Lawrencebprx Township
some. fifteen or twenty years ago, and
carried to the inflruary and thrown, into =
cell in the stone building dedicated to the
hopelesly insane. When seen by the writer
Bradley was sitttug-or rather 1oosting-on q
sq1atttng, SOU and appeared to rest entirely upon
bis feet, while his body swung between his legs,
h!s 1 head nearly on parallel WITH hls knees-
fntcndeut, ''is his uniform posture whom not
moving. III tho position you now see him he
W 9as az n us s.
drilling loose slip made in tho shape OF a bag
From MS mouth protruded u handful Of tobacco-
in bis hand he held another bunch OF stems Of
the same weed He w1s surrounded by a lot OF
tin cans and cups, from which he never parts;
no more does he part with his tobacco-stems-
With them perched upon hts cot he toys cou-
stantly. and. save when eating, be Eever ceases
to sTobble In his mouth the stems. In few
instances the. experiment has been tried
OF depriving him at bis toys Instantly tho
creature has become wild, and making noise
about hts caxe furicusy, butting his head agalusk
the wall, as II intent on 5elf-destruct1on. The
experiment has always had the same result, and
when again tn possession o. nls 1r1ake@ ana
customed roost and become calm. Save tho nnlsa
OF gobbier, no sound has ever come from the
Creatures throat. During the cold sTeatneF. be-
caIse Of his meagro uresa. Dfadley ts always
he Is occasionally trusted out doors. On such !:
occasions he uniformly Wanders on into tho lots !;
adjoining the intlr1nary, climbing trees and
fences, and balancing himself on a ltnb or board,
hour, frequently utterin9 the singular ~ob1ety-
QubIcty Sound. His tin cups and tobacco
stems be always carries with him on these expa-
d1dons+
humau, Dr.. Kyle, who Tor years has been the
Jnfrmarr PHYSICIAN, said: !" I hive agHtu and
again seen bradley, while Of in the fields, get :.
frightened, and then seen him in q 6toopnE :
traps gathered upon his arm, the stems sticking
out OF his mouth. run Us no dog anywhere IN
this whole region can run. When be comes to 8
fence he runs up over it, using bis elbows apd
neous. In speed the creature Gun almost outstrip
q fnst horse" Bradley has very coarse hair all
over his face. He obcys only q few commands.
but does not recognize his namc- When slowly
moving over the ground he frequently hops, IN
his habits he is as helpless as baby. His food
Is principally graniyorous, he rarely eating any,
thing other than that food made from grains