The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-27
A WILD WOMAN
A North Carolina GanniBal That
Feeds on Babies.
a Tale Like the Stories Told in the
Great Forests of the Old
Country.

[uhafiotte d. b. feiogsrIara is Uhitas5 Tribune,I
For months past III re have cen runors
of a terrible apparition, which has terror
lied all the women and children in c ear
Creek township. The women say that for
two wees they lave besn subjact 10 ferris
flying visits in the absen e of their husbands
from a creature like shiny, black negress,
with long hair and cleaning eyes, She asks
in hardy distinguishable gibberish for a
baby to eat, and makes efforts to getho!d Of
the children. The men. HetEiitg tired Of thu
fears sf theit tEive5, det9rid ned to Try and
cat h. the reature, and for the last week
crowds of farmers have been daily and
nigh .ly chasing her. Withouhs 81 ccess.
The first etfoitto catch her was made d
week agb BY John Roberts, a blacksmith.
The wild CT, allure had appeared several
times at fire which it was the habit of
Carey Moore (colored) of the neiqhborhood
to light after dark in he yard of house
for the, preparation of his ineals Roberts
" s pitt t5 watch hef, and she appeared
even before the flames were well kindled.
she presented such wild look in the ha f.
light, and asked for food in such wild fash
ion, that Roberts was demoralizei He re-
covered, however, made an cutlery, and
atten pied to seize the woman, but she
eli ped through hts hand8 and aisapbeArsa
II the dark shadows of the woods
Tuesday morning Mai stephen Cowell
caught sight OF the creature, and chased hel
across an open field. He was badly hurt in
his efforts to keep up, with her, and reported
that she oiltrail bHck, and cleared 18th
euril- rows at a leap. That same night she
was again enticed from the woods by the
k ndling of fire, and was chased by thirty
men without success. Capt Marsh Allen
later in the day, met her in the neighborhood
with her face torn and bleeding, and long
bloody knife in her hand The creature was
naked and SO unearthly and terr ble~lookind
80 him that he says he is n1tsst1le Il is a. htaa
man being. Her hair reached almost to he1
feet, and was knky like that of the African,
1t is not mere fright which has caused the
country people to organize in their attempts
to catch the creature, which has been living
in the forest and swamp Businesses fol
q year or more. Some months age
it is reported an infant was spirited
away from its parents yard while they
were in the coTn-tieid, and was never hearC
from, and che disappeatanee was from thai
section of the country iii Which the wi {
woman has been seen, and mothers white
and black, are in terror for fear their littlt
6heS MAY also Become food Tor tie Gambia
hegress Yesterday this far1ners. somt
mounted and others on foot, assembled fol
the purpose of surrounding swamp il
which the creature known to be hid
There are 400 men ready for the chase Al
first it was attempted to run her down will
bloodhounds, but they refused to chase her
which deepened the ,uperstitious feeling
with which the men as well as the women O.
the community began to regard her The
men made the attempt to catch Ter, bu1
without, success The excitemetlt among
the negroes and sAnaple c6tinty folk is in