The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-25
A CoxEY ARnY OF ONE.
A Horrible Creature Who Lives in a
=. Gave and Doesn't Want Work.
From the Courier Journal.

From the Courier Journal
Harrodsburg, KY, May 1O.-Over in
Washington county, near the line of Mer
Ger, reigns being, whether man or beast
mysdfes all the neighborhood For
months the housewives have missed their
chickens, eggs, milk, meat from meat
houses, and half-grown pigs and young
lambs At first all efforts and schemes
to catch the guilty one proved of no avail
Wh1tecap bands are organized, and sew
eral suspected negroes whipped or shot.
About ten days ago Jack Agee told
what he saw emerging from his spring
house, and as the story got circulated the
children and women were scared nearly
out of their wits. The male portion of
the neigh oorboOd, however, would put no
credence in the story, but on the quiet all
set watch for the strange being, and
Wednesday of last week Joseph Ewalt
arose one morning before day aud went to
the spring house, a hundred yards distant
from his dwelling His wife and nearly
grown son, becoming alarmed at his con-
tinued absence, went in search of him,
and found him at the door OF the spring
house in faint. They restored him to
consciousness. and he told them he had
seen Jack Agees man-beast, and that he
ran out of the spring house as he opened
| the door; that he had great, long white
hair hanging down from his head and
face that was as coarse as a horses name.
His legs were covered with hair, AMI the
only article of clothing he wore was
piece of sheepskin over the lower portion
Of his body, reaching nearly to his knees.
! He said light came from his eyes and
mouth similar to fire.
When it bscame nOised around that
Ewaft had seen Ages man-beast sober
headed men began to think and set plan
to catch the monster, be it what il may.
In the neighborhOod near the mouth of
| Deep creek is cave of considerable pro
portions, ana the natural conclusion of
nearly all was that there would be the
| place to ind their game In the mean
time they as neigh borhood were to keep
watch for sights OF their man beast, and
early Sunday morning Eph Boston and
his sons, Tom and James, saw the object
Of their watch walking in half galiop,
| half run Tor their barn. Notwithstand-
| ing the men Were armed, they were badly
| frightened, and after they saw the object
enter the barn ali three were afraid to
/ enter 10 try and capture the terrible look
/ ing creature. They kept hid and were not
/ seen by the monster, standing
/ in haif-erect position nearly
six feet and half. His feet
| were like those of a bear or brute, with
! JULY EldNS. his uduU5 dtSO were ike
/ those Of feline more than q human. The
men had only to wait a few minutes In
! fact, before they could come to some
| action or get over their fright the crea-
! ture came out of the barn In the same
/ half gallop-run gait and made for the creek
! BY this time the men started in safe pur-
| suit. Tom Boston foolishly shot at it.,
and the creature half turned and glanced
/ at them, increasing his gait but never
/ dropping the three large chickens he held
| in his claws. The Bostons managed to
! keep in sight Of the creature for only a
| half mile or so, they vowing he ran
/ swifter than horse. Just as they got to
/ the top ola hill about 500 yards of they
! were rewarded by seeing the brute-man
! turn with a wild, scared look, glance
around, and enter the cave.
The men went TO the mouth of the cave,
but would not enter. They saw feathers,
/ bones, etc, scattered around the entrance.
/ They returned home, reported what they
had seen, and Tuesday they, with half a
dozen other men, went to the cave and
made a partial survey, proceeding in
several hundred yards. They saw fresh
indications of habtation by bones, fea-
theirs, pieces of calf and sheepsl1in being
| strewn around Tho passage grew
smaller and dwindled, and no one of the
! party would enter alone, though one Joe
Smith went in thirty or forty feet, when
the most unearthly yell the men had ever
heard greeted them They were good
stout men, but they cowed before
thai yell, and beat hasty retreat to the
main passage of the cavern, but after
consultation they agreed it would not dc
to kill or be killed, and they gave up their
search for another time. The men brought
two bludgeOns from the cave with them
that showed considerable handling, and
resemb led an Indian war club
Another party will make a survey oil
the cave IN an effort to capture the mon,
ster. In the meantime women and chill
dren are-staYing indoors in that neigh Dor
hood. The men built a great heap OF
brush and wood, and tried to smoke him
out, but could not.