Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-08-30
A CAVE GREEK TERROR.
A Wild Man Roaming Among the
 Cnve Creek Hil.s.

Since the 14th of the present month the various families and num- erous prospectors in the Cave Creek region have been tcrrorized by the appearance of wild or craZed man, who has occasionally been seen for a moment in daylight, but who has almost nightly, since the time named, made his presence known to one camp or a mother of prospectOrs on Gave Creek in most startling way. Suddenly in the darkness of the night a sound, seemingly quite near camp,as of person crying and murmuring will be heard the sounds increasing in vehemence til; sudden ly the most terrific. unearhly screams rend the midnight silence and the most agonizing calls of "Jakey" arc distinguishable. This is his usual programme wherever II . has made his appearance at night He has been tracked by nails in hi
 shoes and once while group of four or five prospectors were seated in the shade at midday they noticed, across a distant canyon, tke rapid approach, through the brush, from the direction of a small mountain, known i'll that region as the Sugar Loaf," the form of man who appar' ently rushed to the water in the bed of the creek, but seeing his observ- CTS took to a rapid flight down the creek into the bushes and on follow ing his tracks it was discovered that he soon left the creek, turning otf in the direction of the mountains whence he apparently came
 When he first made his presence known, one night, It was at the camp of two young men at work on the Justice mine and one of them stricken with terror seized a rifle and discharged it in the direction of the horr:fying sounds, which had the eff feet of changing their location, and they soon ceased. When quiet had come to the camp and the boys laid down in their cabin, with eyes wide open, they heard some one rumaging about the outside and the door ci their cabin was opened and thrown back. That cabin is deserted now
 When Drs. Cook, Osborne and company were on their way to Ash Dale, few days ago, Dr. Osborne awakened one night in their tempo, rary camp to see tho form Of man and seizing his gun hC arose to his feet when the person sprang behind bush and though the Dr. talked to the bush, threatens ed to shoot, etc., no move was obs served. and on finally going around the bush at safe distanced, nothing further was to be seen It is thought that this is the same person who has lately made his appearance known as we have already noticed.
 Who this unfortunate is; where he comes from; whether he is wild or crazed; how he lives; how long he has been in this condition, are ques> tions as yet unanswered. Surmiscs are plentiful, but the most probable one is that he is some prospector, whom long isolation, hard labor and exposure, dissipation, disappoint- ment and possibly crime have turn
 cd into wild and raving maniac.
 Yesterday a party was to leave Woods siatinn to hunt him down, and if possible capture him that he may be taken care of properly be- fore some terrified pro>pector shoots him or he takes the life of some one in his frantic moments. He has been -eeu and tracked mostly in the neighborhood of what is known as the Sugar Loaf mountain beyond which is spring and in this region it is expected he will be found.