The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17
Coxev ARMY Of One.


| IIARRODSBURG. KY. May lo;EoV 81
| in Washington county, near tne nm ar
| Mercer, reigns a being, whetne,t, IA FOR
beast mystifes all the neignDo.,na' missed
months the housewives nav from
! their chickens eggs milk meae n,d
meat houses and half grown pigs and
young lambs At first al err , 70 ,', "a
schemes TO catch the guilty e en1s Srere
| OF no avail, White cap lHI 800
organized. and several suspSI'e'
Ah6ut ten days ngo Jack Asfe 100
| what he saw emerging ron hIs HpI."5
house. and as the story so. "a snarod
| the children and women were scared
nnarlv ont of their wits. The male por-
lion Of the neighborhccd, however, would
nut no cre1ence In the story Dut on
The ouiet all set watch FOR the strange
being and Wednesday OF last week
Josenh Ewalt arose one morning before
dav and went 10 the spring house.
hundred yards distant from his dwelling.
His wife and ncsrly grown son becoming
alarmed at his continued absence, went
jn search OF him. and found him at the
door OF the spring house in a faint. They
restored him TO consciousness, ana ne
told them he had seen Jack Ages man
beast end that he ran ou' or 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, and the only article
OF clothing he wore was n piece OF sheep
skin over the lower portion or his Douy,
reaching nearly TO his knees. He SAID
a light came from his eyes and mouth
similar TO fire.
When IT became noised around that
Ewalt had seen Agees an-beast, sober
headed men began to think and set
plan to catch the monster. be II what
II may In the neighborhood near the
mouth Of Deep Creek is n cave or con-
siderable proportions. and the natural
conclusion Of nearly all was that there
would be the place 10 md their game
In the mean time they as a neighborhood
were TO keep watch for tfeir man beast
and early Sunday morning Eph Boston
and his sons. Tom and James. saw the
object Of their watch walking IN nan
gallOp, half run for their barn. Notwlth-
standing the men were armed, they were
badly frightened. and after they saw
the object enter the barn all three were
afraid to enter TO try and capture tiie
terrible looking creature. They Kept ma,
and were not seen by the monster stand
ing in a half-erect position nearly SIX
feet and a half. His feet were IKE thOse
of a bear or brute with long claws. ms
hands also were like those of feline
more than a human. The men had only
10 wait a few minutes. In fact, before
they could come TO some action or get
over their fright the creature came out
Of the barn in the same half-run-Salt
and made for the creek. by this time
the men started in safe pursuit Tom
boston foolishly shot az il. and the crea-
ture half turned and glanced az 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 hair
mile OF so. they vowing he ran s"ifter
than a horse. Just as they got 10 the
TOP of Hill about 800 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. &c, scattered around
the entrance They returned and report
ed what they had seen. and Tuesday they,
with a half dozen other men, went TO
the cave and made a partial survey,
proceeding I'm several hundred yards.
They saw fresh indications Of habitation
by bones. feathers pieces OF cali ana
sheepskin being rtrewn around. Inc
passage grew smaller and dwindled. ana
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 ever heard greeted them. They
were good, stout men, but they cowed
before that YELL and beat a hasty re-
treat to the main passage OF the cavern,
but after consultation they agreed II
would not do 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 resembled an
Indian war club.
Another party will make a survey Of
the cave In an effort 10 capture the
monster. In the mean time women and
children are staying indoors in that
neighborhoOd. The men built great
heap Of brush and wood, and tried to
smoke him out, but could not.--Courier
Journal.