The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-13
A DISCOVERY!

Seated with my family and a neigh
Dor on the porch, chatting pleasantly
on the future prospects of the country
we we're startled by the hallowlng OF
some person across the valley, probably
two miles away. All nature seemed
wrapped in sleep; not stir in the air
The moon was just touching the oppo-
site mountain, with a toning of silver.
All ears were strained to catch repeti-
ton of the voice from across the river.
"Hol hillowl hi! no came again. and
as plain as if the individual were but
ten rods away. 1t was repeated several
times, growing more appealing and
plaintive, and dyingaway as to be scarce
ly audible; then the shouts would be
repeated in tull, strong tones.
Some one must have fallen into the
river, and is calling for help" sug
gested the lady OF the house.
"It dosen't sound exactly like per-
son in that condition, either, remarked
another.
1T must be some of the sheep boys
come down to water put in third
Just at that instant a slight move in
the air brought the following more dis
tinct and more plaintive than ever, and
half mile farther down the
river.
81 knew it was some person that had
fallen into the river. Listen he has
been washed down ever so far. on he
will be drowned. You can get down
there. Go at once, hurry!" urged the
good lady, as all were on foot about to
start to the rescue.
Then up sprang the angry howl of
pack OF wolves, seemingly in the direc-
ton in which the voice was last heard.
The howls were renewed with greater
anger, and mingled with the voice of the
drowning man.
'Oh! for heavens sake, goi The
wolves have just found him and are
Just tearing him limb from limb. OH
listen! go, go!" repeated the good
woman. Joined in by chorus of chill
dren; 1.-The wolves are just eating him
up; hear themI'
BY this time half dozen men and
boys were stalking over the plain at
rate, armed with pitch
fork, hoe. rake, stakes and other mis-
siles. The howls continued without the
human voice.
Jumping over a pasture fence, we
came suddenly on to the pack of prairie
wolves, or coyotes, fighting and tearing
away at something black on the
ground. 81 hope it isn't person."
spoke one. 1T can't be; it's too big"
suggested another. The cayotes dis
covering US, scattered in all directions,
snarling and swapping at each other.
We found they had been feeding on a
dead colt-not human being. But the
voice was heard up the river and not
down as before. We hurried on TO the
river to the point from which the voice
proceeded, in the same appealing tones,
and as If some one was beating him. In
q few minutes we were opposite ranch
house. We yelled over 10 some one we
heard talking on the other side. What
in the world is the matter with that
man, over there?"
sob, nothing. only this crazy fellow !;
we've been trying to make him dry up,
but he won't" was the returned from a
boy about fifteen years of age.
"Oh, that's Sanderson's crazy boy"
said one of the boys of our party.
We returned somewhat disappointed,
agreeably, probably, to most of us. The
young man went on reiterating the cir
eumstances Of the c crazy SSf boy. EhSU9 m .t he
crazy boy. when he was baby, his
parents were tossing him up to the cell
ing and he slipped through their hands
and, injured his brain, SO that he is
crazy and his folks keep him shut up in
q pen, away from the house, so they
won't hear him yelling. He has nothing
but pile of straw and few old dirty
quilts sleep in. The place is too dirty
to keep pig in. You should see it."
Don't they let him come into the
house?" inquired.
"No. He don't seem to have any use
of the lower part of his body. He can
hardly stand up. They feed him in a
little trough, and they don't let him
have any fire in the winter, for fear he'll
burn himself or the place he is in, said
the young man.
"0h! amt that brutal" said my
neighbor. THAT beats my time, / de-
clare"
"How large person is her"
"Well, if he stood straight up, he
would be about as tall as am-about
feet 10; and he has fine round, red
face, as if he was in perfect health; and
stout build. If he wasn't crazy and
stood upright, he would be fine looking
man." was the answer.
"Well, that is too bad. Have they
not done anything to get him better p
said my neighbor.
"Well, they are rather poorly off, and
are not able to send him to the asylum.
They think it would be of no use any
how. He would never get any better, u
replied the young man, somewhat apollo
getically.
At this point, we arrived home and
the hundred questions put us stopped
the narrative, which questions were
answered in according with facts given
before.
This is one of the unfortunate human
creatures that are withheld from the
asylum, out of the many found scatter
ed throughout the Territory. Poor
creatures that ought to draw sympathy
from cannibal. 1t appears the trouble
with the above described person. was in
the spine, or small of the back" He
was at one time able to do some labor
but has grown worse and worse in hi:
lower limbs.
1t is hoped, if the county in which he
lives has done nothing for this unfor
tunate already, it should not be neg
i,ofad apv lop0ar hacauSe "he wONldu'i