Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-16
THE WILD MAN CAPTURED.
A Tennessee MuIhattOn Finishes His
story.
Froaa " Nashpille 4 n1erionn.

From the Nashville american.
How is your wild man getting alougf"
asked reporter yesterday OF the gentle
man VINO gave him an account recently
of the excitement in Marshall County
over the appearance of veritable wild
man in that section.
"Why, hadn't you heard" he answered
in some apparent surprise, "we have cap
tured him."
''How did you get him? asked the re-
porter.
well, Pn tell you the whole story"
said he, ''you see the morning after we
had run the wild man to his den, as you
stated in your previous article, four OF us
got our lamps and candles and determin-
ed to find out what it was. We went
TO the den or cave and started in not
knowing anything about where it went
TO. After gong down two or three
hundred yards we came to a wet maTshy
place where we found foot prints and we
knew then that we were on the trail and
it gave us renewed courage. We looked
to our firearms to see that they could be
depended on at moments warning and
moved along cautiously until we came to
a narrow pass, a sort Of fat mans misery
which caused US to malt for a moment.
But one Of our men said he was going
through whether We went or not. and we
all squirmed through and found very
large room, beautiful to behold, but as we
mad something else in view we did not
stay to look around, hut moved on
until we came to a creek where we
found a crossing made of chunks and a log
washed in there somehow. This gave us
renewed courage. BY this time we sup.
posed we were about ? miles and from
our compass going north. and we were
getting uneasy, as our oil had given out
and we had started on our candles. We
had but half dozen candles TO 60 ahead
with.
"suddenly one OF the boys saws: sWbat
is that? We stopped and listened, when
we could hear voices that made us feel
uneasy. We were not looking for but one,
but we were ready for them, for there APP
peared TO be several. SO we moved along
cautiously as before for some distance,
when we could see daylight, and then we
were determined TO go forward, let the
consequences be what they would. 7 look
q pist0l in each hand and went ahead, the
others behind, until we came TO another
small place 20 60 through. told the
BOYS TO keep quiet and ! would slip
through aud see II could make any dis
covery. When I had almost got through
| could see that the mouth of the cave
WAS Just across this room but could not
see any one; 50 told the boys 70 come
on and we would see through that room.
When we all got in and looked around We
found IL 10 be a harr0om. There were
several barrels, decanters, glasses and
ANYTHING that would be found useful In a
place OF that kind. ] told the boys 10
pu. out the lights and we would stay
there and see II the wild man would come
hack for we had heard talking. and were
satisfied some one would come. We had
not long 20 wait. We heard talking on
the outside and In a moment we could see
some one moving brush from the cave
mouth, and in came the wild man with
his long beard and whiskers OF. just as
be and bis partners came In we presented
our pistols and told them 20 surrender,
which they did without a word. told
the BOYS 20 light up and we would see the
wild man.
"When we saw each other we all had a
good laugh. He told me Of his last nights
trip. He had put on HE long hair and
whiskers aud was down In the cenars
looking for some wagons 10 bring him
some wildcat whisky when the fox-hunt-
ers came on his trail. he then told US
about the cave. During the late little
war the conscript officers got after him,
and be ran 70 this cave and lived in there
for 3 years, and that is why no knew the
cave so we'll. Since the mile law came
into effect be has been selling wildcat In
this cave, having brush thrown over the
mouth, and II the revenue Ofncer had
found him he had nothing 70 do but drop
back through the small hole back 0f
the room and be- out Of danger. So this
is how the wild man was found, and who
be was.D