The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19
Filth, squalOr and Poverty to a Disgust
Ing Degree.
August ~Tiengusly, a Dirty. Depraved
Frenohman, Who Has Been Living In n
Howell, subsisting ON Dead HoTae
Flesh.

lnht ne WhA III utbtllulb NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
On different occasions assistance hat
been offered him. all OF which he sys
tematically refused.
The history OF the man Ia somewhat
obscure, People living In the south
end OF town say he has lived Ia Canton
after his own peculiar fashion for aboul
three years. In the summer time he
worked q little at market gardening, In
which no was assisted by his son, q boy
OF about seventeen years. Last fall
Tienguely got permission o. MIR. james
Saxton TO put up a little shanty on the
land OF the latter at the extreme end OF
South Cherry street. In which no pro-
posed to spend the winter. lie was
without money or means, and last
August Trustee ROBIN offered TO take
him TO the County lOfitmary. This
offer was Indignantly refused, and
Tlenguely built a miserable howell out
of such material as he could find. In
this he managed 10 exist until the
present time. The recent cold weather
was especially severe upon him, and
the miserable lie no was leading at
tracted the attention Of Sanitary Police
man Sell, whose official duties took him
to that part Of the city where Tienguely
lived.
Officer Sell consulted with the Town.
ship Trustees. and this morning Trus'
tee Rohn and 0flcer Sell drove down 10
Tienguely's place. The house In which
he lived almost battles description. The
principal building material used was
MUD AND SOD.
which had been plastered against a
framework Of four corner posts and a
few old boards. The roof OF the domi-
cile was made Of stray pieces OF old tin,
boards, bOughsu OF trees, etc. The shanty
was about Sxl6 feet In dimensions, one
low story In helghth. The sides and
roof were far from being air tight, and
the wind wbistled through the rickeiy
place as II would through u sieve.
The interior Of the place surpassed
the exterior for poverty. In one corner
stood q cook stove, made up from odd
parts Of stoves pleced together. The
atOyepipe was made up In q similar
manner, and more smoke entered the
hOyel than escaped through the chin
ney. The stove was the only evidence
OF comfort In the room, and II burned a
slow FIRE, fed by dTiftwo0d and logs, the
warmth OF which would scarcely keep
water from freezing on the top Of The
stove.
In a corner Of the room q lot Of chick.
ems and Muscoyy ducks tramped and
picked upon about fifteen bushels Of
turnips. Chickens, ducks and tnrDips
were black with SCOT, 40 was everything
else In the room.
An excuse for q bed or rather a bunk
consisted Of n few old boards nailed up
against one Of the mud walls. A lot OF
old coffee sacks made up the bed cloth
Ing.
Poverty might excuse q human being
for living In such destitute circum
stances, but no excuse can DO offered for
a man, living In q civilized community,
who will st00p to convert into food,
DEAD AND pUTREsoENT HORSE FLESH.
An old tin pan containing u lot OF
such meat was found standing on the
stove, and although TieDguely claims
he used this meat as food for hiS chick
ems, II Is the firm belief Of the officials
that he and his son subsisted upon IL
also. A few days ago James Moore, the
drayman, was arrested by Sanitary Po'
licemen Sell, for depositlng the dead
body of q horse In the field where Ten.
guely's howell IL located. Moore said he
put the carcass there because Tienguely
had agreed 10 remove ". The latter
partially kept his word, Az soon M the
dead animal was dumped In the field he
skinned the carcass aud
CUT OUT THE HEADQUARTERS
and other choice parts, and carried
them TO his howell where no sailed the
meat down for future use.
When Messrs. Rohn and Sell entered
the place this morning q dense volume
OF smoke poured out Of tho doorway,
Tionguely was found grooming over the
stove, waiting for his mess OF horse
fash 10 boil. Trustee Rohn Informed
him that they had come TO take him 10
the Inllrmary, ~ which he made no
reply, but prepared 10 accompany them,
He went through the process Of washing
himself, hut II was time expended use.
leasly, and no doubt was the frat time
no had made such M attempt nj cleans
Ing himself during the past year. He
then stepped into the light wagon, In
which Meesrs Rohn aud Sell had driven
hither, and the party drove TO the gro
Gerry store Of MIR. julie Kline, on the
Public Square. Here Tienguely was
taken In and planted near the stove and
given such q warming up as no has moi
had for many days.
While sitting In Kline's grocery 0
number Of people dropped In TO
SEE THE CURIOSITY,
for Tienguely was one indeed. He 50,
close TO the stove, one leg crossed over VI,
other, an arm resting on the back OF Thu
chair, the hand OF which supported hi
dropping head, He kept HIS eyes cas-
toward the floor and maintained q no
spectful silence. His appearance wa
not quito 30 repulslve as that OF Gustav
us Leixler, the tramp, who slept on
Tuesday night, and was taken TO the IN
Urinary Wednesday, but was auflicientl!
disgusting to excite such exclamation
M, "What Ia itp" "Whero did II com
fromp" ETC., from those who saw tn
being. II.
Tienguely's attire was e~xceedingl
scanty to battle the intense cold no ha
had to contend with recently. In hi
tumble. down shanty. What clothinI
no had was old and worn out, and on
served u hide his nakednees. On hi
right foot no wore an old Arctic over
shoe, without o stocking, aud bis lei
foot and leg, below the knee, was Vie
up with coffee-sacking. The latte
limb Ia
SEVERELY TRosT.DITTEN.
The condition Of his body could onl
be Judged by the appearance OF his fac
and hands, which ~ frat gave tho DEN
ocRAT reporter the impression thu
Tienguely was a negro. Living rs h
did In HE hut, where the ntmospher
was almost pure smoke, Tienguely b'
| came ~ thoroughly smoked az n har
| aud ~ black as q llneal descendant
49, had 40 that irtha 40 IuEanttinu han