The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-05-22
A WILD MAN CAPTURED IN
TEXAS.
Revives Story That Once Created
Great Excitement in OcaIa.


| Great Excitement in OcaIa.
A late a'sociat' preas Telegram from
San Antonio, Texas, rays that Thomas
| Anhberry,a a farmer, after long chase
captured a wild man on SAlalad creek
The man is described "a presenting a
horrible appearance. His face was GOV.
cred with shaggy black beard foot in
length, while his hair hung down his
back in disorder His toe and finger
mails were three inches long.
This reyives a story of the discovery
and final capture Of wild nan that
created very great excitement in Ocala
about eighteen years ago.
The BANNER at the time, April %
| 1873, thus reported the startling ooeur-
renee:
Just as We arc going to press a most
startling rumor reaches us of the dis.
covery Of wild man in Scott's cave,
| about two miles from this place. The
| facts, as we are able to gather them
from the numerous and startling reports
flying about the town, are these: While
an exploring expedition, composed OF
Captain A. q. Grant, President of the
| European international Colonization
| Society Mr.. George Burnside, reporter
of the Jacksonville Union," and DIR.
ZeButt, of this place, were admiring the
romantic appearance of this remarka bic
natural curiosity and speculating as to
its origin, they were suddenly startled
by the terrific gatherings and wild
gesticulations of something what is now
supposed to be q wild man. The
sprang suddenly from the mouth of the
cavern and rushed up an adjoining hill,
uttering a peculiar noise-something
like the sound of a human being in dis
tress-and, springing into the dense
| woods, was lost to sight. The party OF
gentlemen, after recovering from their
astonishment, gave hot pursuit after the
retreatiug figure. The race was excit-
| ing. The "Union reporter, as was be-
| fitting the representative of q rapid
newspaper, distanced his comrandes in
the chase, and would have eventually
succeeded in capturing this wild man
Of the woods" had not the latter by a
quick flank movement retreated to his
| stronghold in the cave. Upon ap-
| preaching the entrance to the cavern
/ bitC DutGhCtO WIZ out ~ ASCtl W IHu LIG
pursued resting himself indiferentlv
upon crooked stick-which, during
| the entire chase, he had uever relin.
quished. Standing at a safe distance
| the party cazed with mute astonishment
at the wonderful being-;f being it can
be called. Describing him as he ap-
| peared to an eye witness-who has Just
returned from the scene Of action, hot
with spurring, fiery red with haste and
| covered with glory and pers spiration-i;
seemed, he said, to possess the figure oi
man of gigantic proportions, ranging
apparently from five to seven feet in
| height, and covered with long, whitish
hair of bristle stiffness, and 50 singular
withal as to still leave the party in
donbt as TO whether ii be man, beast OF
demon.
Two Of the party stationed themselves
| at the entrance of the cave to watch the
movements of its mysterious occupant
| and. il possible, 10 prevent his escaping
| while the third fastened to town tc
| spread the wonderful tidipgs and tC
| procure assistance in its capture. The
town is in wild excitement, and white
We are writing largo party Of citizens
| is being rsanizad-armed with ropes
clubs, sticks aud ether weapons neces
sary 10 effect thc What Is It's " cap
ture, which we trust will be speedy.
In our next issue we shall give our
readers a more complete narrative o.
this wonderful adventure if any new
developments are made, assuring them
in the meantime, that what we have
already related has been told 10 us by
reliable eyewitness.
| Darnum has been teiegraphed for.