St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-20

I where the creature was. He suddenly
Withdrew his hand with cry Of pain
! and the red blood spurted out Of his
hand. He had been bitten.
| "They took one of the sheets from the
! bed and tied it around the arms anC
| legs OF the creature. Then the body was
laid on the bed. 1t was strange sight
/ There could be seen the folds of the
sheet as they were wound around the
body. The twists and turns which had
been given were all there, but they
seemed to surround nothing but air
On the pillow and bed clothing could be
seen the outlines of something which
pressed into them in the form of child,
but no body could be seen. The pant
ing of the captured thing could be
heard, exhausted with its struggle, and
if the hand was placed in the vicinity
Of its mouth the snap of the teeth could
be heard. 1t had lungs, the form or a
human being, and OH touching it the
same sensation as of contact with a
dead person could be felt. 1t made no
sound and did not utter cry during
he entire struggle.
"The remainder of the night was
spent in sitting by the side of the bed
aud watching the movements Of the
wrappings. They could not imagine
what it was or what it could be, as
Allen, the doctor. had never heard of
anything of the kind. When morning
came they wrapped it up in several
blankets and took it to the Office of the
doctor They wondered if it could eat,
or if it desired to eat anything. Food
was offered, but it would not partake of
it. Allen then wired for meas he knew L
was interested in freaks of nature and
all kinds of queer things. started at
once for Bismarck, and arrived as soon
as the train could take me there.
II found everything as had been rep
resented in the short dispatch which |
had received. We examined it from
every standpoint, but L could make
nothing out of it. 1t was decided that
it would be proper for US to preserve it
in the interests of science, but the ques-
ton was how could we do it? Finally
happy idea was hit upon. 1t had form
which. although it could not be seen,
could be felt Why not make a plaster
cast of IT. We decided to do this, but as
we were afraid of killing the creature
by taking cast while it was alive, we
decided to try the effects Of chl0roform
on it.
1--WE succeeded. The chloreform
which we administered put it into
deep sleep. and we took the cast. But
on removing the plaster we found that
it had stopped breathing. We we're UNI
able to resuscitate it in any way, and
after keeping the body for some time it
was buried in the woods i'll carefully
market spot.
II shall present the cast to the Smith
sonian institute after it has been eX-
lmined by my friends in New York.
Quite yarn, isn't it? | suppose peo-
pie will-thinI1 | have been drinking
some of the North Dakota whisky, but
il is true, every word of it.
''The cast? That has been shipped
0y express to New York"
AS the doctor concluded his narration
.wO muscular men, with the air of Off
GERS, stepped up to the doctor, and one
Of them tapped him Oh the shoulder.
better go to bed and get some rest"
ne said, and the doctor quietly went up
stairs accompanied by one of them.
"a good fellow. but -"
He tapped his fOreEe in significant
manner and then followed the doctor
md his companion. They left on the
evening train for New York. The doc
or had escaped three weeks before, and
Vas found in Farg