The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-29
A KENTUCKY WILD NAN.
The Latest Acquisition to the 8Yensrcrtc
Businebs.
From tie Philadelphia Press.

from ne ihHddeiphid Press
among the passengers last nigh
bound for New York from the West or
the day. express was a wild man, who
occupied seat In smoking car 1853. II,
was accompanied by James Harvey an,
Raymond Boyd, his captors, both o
~h;ai belong iii fadlicni County. ke,,
tacky. They had three second elias,
ticketa to New York, which privilege.
them to three seats in the smoking ca,
OF any first class train. They %-.c or
their way to Bridgeport, Conn, To make
arrangements with =. Il. Baruum to
exhibit their prize in conjunction with
lis circus.
When the day express arrived at the
Broad street station at s O'Clock. James
Harvey ran down the platform. into tho
restaurant and purchased box of sar.
dimes and some sandwiches for tho wild
mans supper. His companion remained
IN the smoker in charge of the wild man.
He was dressed in citizens dress and
wore big cloth shoes. His hair reaches
nearly 10 his wsis. and falls over hi,
shoulders. completely covering his back ::
MS beard Is long and thick, whilo his
eyeorows are much heavier than thoso
"i an ordinary human being. There is
nothing imbecile in the wild mans man.
ncrs or actions. He cannot talk and
ae'"oth MAKES any sound whatever
except low howl like a leopard. Hia
actions are as much like those of the
hyena in the geological Garden MS it is
possible for anything in human form to
be. W
Raymond Boyd, who seemed to have
perfect control over the wild mnn, said
his body was covered with coarse, brown
hair as thick as the hair on a horse's
hide. The palms of his hands looked
IKE the paws of q bear, and hio finger
nails, which were over an inch long,
resetnbled the claws of an eagle. "
THE DISCOVERY AND CAPTURE.
lie was first seen in Paducah County
thirteen years ago, aud was known az
"Alunl, the Hermit" because whenever
any one accosted him all he would say
was, "Mum's the word" He we'd in
An old pine hut In the woods for about
hve years, and was seldom seen by any
one. Finally he abandoned the hut and
tock up his abode in cave under n
ledge OF rocks known as "Lizard Rock"
A ilttle over six years ago two or three
citizens OF Paducah County, while out
hunting, saw him running into a cave.
without stitch of clothing on him. He
was seen several times after that wearing
no clothing. Three years ago 1t was
discovered that thick coat of hair had
grown all over his body.
Boyd and Harvey built a biz .r.trap
I'D, MIN over three weeFs ap" 'aced
a big piece of freshly it.
Ihey watched the days
before he entered it. Il. fraid
OF any bird or beast of prev, 1, ], ter.
rified away from any human b, ing who
approached him. 1t took two days 10
acchstom the man beast 10 their pres.
ence. The tinkle of small dinner bell
they used had a great influence over
him. He watched the bell intentiy but
would not touch it.
EATING LIVE CALF AND TWO SHEEP.
Some time ago farmer missed "A calf
and two sheep, which had strayed of.
They were tracked to NUNS cave :"
here all trace ofthem was lost, and it is
supposed he devoured them.
In his cave, which he had occupied for
the last seven or eight years, Boyd aud
Harvey found the skeletons of small
animals and the skins of over fifty
snakes; some of the skins belonging to
the most venomnus species Of reptiles.
The floor Of the cave WAS alive with red
and green lizards, and hundreds of toads
hoped about.
The wild man ate the box of sardines
voraciously, and the two sandwiches
which were handed him we're sreea:!y
pulled apart. He ate the ham and
threw the bread away. Whenever a
train passed on the opposite track he
crouched down in the corner of the peat
terror stricken. After the train had
passed he would put his hand to his ear
and listen with look of animal cunning
stealing out of his restless eyes, like a
panther about to pounce on it's prey.
Every time the engineer blew his whis.
tie the wild man would grab the back of
the seat with both hands and hold on
until the whistle ceased blowing.
Boyd had little tin music box which
he manipulated with n crank. The one
tune of Empty 10 the Cradle" was
ground again and again to the great sat.
isfaction Of the ex.hermit who sat and
looked at it silently, but would not touch
it.
AFRAID OF THE CoNDUCroR's PUNCH.
When Conductor Harry Smith took
out his glistening nickel. plated punch to
cancel the tickets the wild man watched
the punch intently until he heard it
snap. Then he got down in the cor.
ner Of the seat, fairly shivered with fear,
and set up low howl supposing, evi.
IDENTITY, that Conductor Smith was about
to wing him.
Boyd and Harvey said that there was
6 story to the effect that the wild man
had originally come from North Caro-.
lima, and that during the war he had
been o sharpshooter on Bald Mountain,
and that shortly after the war he had
murdered whole family of settlers in
tho mountain and fed.
Both Boyd and Harvey appear like
ahrewd fellows, and expect to make
fortune out of their prize. Their great
anxiety and fear is that the authorities
will interfere with them, and claim that
the man is simply lunatic, and place
him in some institution. They had the
snake skins in boz in the baggage car,
together with some other curiosities
found in the cave. Boyd said that the
wild man will not touch anything but
fruit and meat, which he eats ravenous.
ly, and much the same as o wild beast.
Segar smoke bothered him good deal,
and dc Kept driving :s away from him
with his clawy hands.
When the train arrived In jersey City
the mon took q carriage, and said they
were going TO take the New Haven night
boat from the foot Of Peck's Slip, and
avoid daylight crowd in New York.
In case they cannot make satisfactory
terms with Barnum, or some other prom.
inent circus man, they intend exhibiting
their prize themselves as soon a. thew