The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
AHUMAN MONSTROSiTY.
y Doiikey's Head ON IL Man, Isody
Strange Case of MalGorinatiOn.

At No. 735 Freeman avenue, couple
Of doors above Bank street, there resides.
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, an aged
aud respectable German and his wife.
who make n living by keeping !, family
grocery and provision store. The hu;.
bands name is Philip Vulz. Mr.. Vo!z
is large, ileshy, good nalurcd, honest,
temperate German, who is content to
mind his own business and deal out 10
his customers all the commodities usual.
ly found in u grocery and meat store, save
cigars, tobacco, and liquor His wife is
kind, pleasant old lady-probably sixty
and the people of the ncighborhuod
call her grandmother" She is very
neat and clean in her appearance, nn,l is
one Of those sensible bodies people like
to talk To, either on business or merely
for pleasure.
This good couple are the parents OF one
OF the most wonderful specimens of hu-
manity that the world ever saw, and GER
tainIy the most wonderful ever known To
exist in Cincinnati. 1t is i man having
the head of donkey on his shoulders.
1t almost always happens that monstrO,i.
ties born of either women or animal, die
shortly after birth, if born alive III ali,
oot Nbi' 10 SHNSl'tiOii " tlt iult. III
the subject of this article is alive now,
and il thirty years old. The name Of the
unfortunate creature is George Nolz.
When visited by our reporter, says the
Enquirer, the cripple stared ut him in II
lcnlly, ~ though hcswere trying to get NJ
corrcsponded to human beings hands,
I,I .uf.h ,tt ,,;ti, ri. 4
ity and apparent viciouSne.s. The ~.
porter finally became sufficiently at ease
| to make q close observation, and he saw
that ,he face of the cripple WAS as near
the shape of n donkey rs could be. the
only feature that at NIL approached the
shape of the genus homo being the nose.
Thiswas noticed To be more prominent
than that of Il genuine specimen of the
donkey, but the outline was exactly the
same. The mouth could not be told from
n donkey's, and when it came to obscrv-
ing the upper part Of the face and the
head, tue resemblance was exact. The
head is very large and nearly square like
the donkcy's. 1t is covered with coarse
black hair, az stiff and straight ~ ever
seen on the animal referred to. The eyes
nrc-the eyes of u donkey 10 perfection
put iiC ulOSI ptIItCl ltSSIjOldUcc 10 tue
animal arc the ears. They stand straight
up and iun out to sharp peak. in the
exact shape nfSthe cara of the donkey
The expression-thc lower portion of The
fnce-s covered with short growth oI
hair, which il sheared By .hc mother e!
regular intervals. The body of The Grip,
pic is also covered with growth Of long
still, coarse hair.
| 'TI,a ,,,.,,,,,,,., Of. ~ ,,I
up- or part of the head between the car.
was much larger than the lower part, NJ
first thought This WAS due To the growll
Of hair. In order to satisfy himself OF
this point lie advanced toward George I,
place his hands upon his head As sonr
as he got within range he received cou
monsters feet. Mrs. Volz also advanced
at the same time and she also was kicked
The reporter, however. succeeded in get
ting his hands on Georges head nnt
found That the shape noticed was tn,
by the hair AL! of the hairs grow up
ward. AS the visitor stood looking =
the object before him. it kept swinging
it's head from side To side, and the ex
preston Of the face was precisely that O.
| .uS NWuhSy. tCpi Sc tuth 'tt all
He makes no sound that approaches t,
the human speech.
Georges mother informed the rcporle
that he had sufficient Intelligence to com
prehend enough to have his wants sup
piled, which were few. He expressed (,
wish for n drink or something to eat b,
signs. Georges hands were meniin:ct
above. There nro really no hands, bu
the stumps, g three or four fingers in til,
aggregate are attached to what would b,
hands if he were perfectly formed
human being. The shoulders are very
narrow and the spinal column is nnl
sufficiently strong to. enable George t.
standup long at time. lie crawls when
Inc wishes to move about. One of his
legs is that Of human, but the other is
shapeless. George is powerless to way
his ears He eats the ordinary food that
is served on the table. Mrs. Vclz stated
his appetite was good, usually. and that
he was allotted u place at the family
| board. Sometimes he refused 10 cns Tie
substantial food of an every day meal,
and he was then fed Oh cake or some
other delicacy
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