The evening world., 1894-06-07
.ThE"TERROR" CAUGHT
Tremont's Wild Man Easily
Bagged by the Police.
Among His "Weapo,s" We're a
Scythe ard a Pipe.
He Was Sent to the insanity Experts
at Bellevue.

Thomas Coreo, the so-calied wild man
OF Claremont Park. was arrested in the
park at A. NJ. to-day by Roundsman
John w. Smith and Policeman Kennedy,
of the fremont mounted police.
Later he was arraigned in Morrisa MIA
Police Court and was committed to
Bellevue Hospital so that the insanity
experts might determine his mental con-
dition.
Coreo had anything out the>appearance
OF q half-starved maniac, as described,
He Is fat and apparently we'll fed. He
was. however. poorly dressed and had
not been shaved for two weeks.
He answered Justice Burke's questions
intelligently. He said he was a laborer,
and being out Of work and having
no home. he slept In the cave. He said
he never. Intentionally, tried to harm
any one. but admitted having quar-
relied with some Of his own countrymen
who had annoyed him.
The policeman saw Coreo cross a field
and go into a vacant house used by
Charles Jones for storage. The man
submitted to arrest without resistance.
He asked to be allowed to get a few
articles from his sleeping place. which
Is an old excavation with a large rock
projecting at the top. forming a sort of
roof. Two small trees stand on the edge
Of the excavation.
From the furthermost corner Of the
artificial cave Coreo drew his alleged
weapons of war. They were a clay pipe.
jacknife. bits OF paper, a straw hat
and rusty, broken scythe.
Core0's queer antics have caused terror
tN, st,,.N 80 el.@ -.
several days. Though II was said ne was
armed like a bandit of his native Italy,
and presented an unusually ferocious
appearance, the strange Individual had
done no harm, as far as was known. be-
yond giving the people scare
1t was reported to the police Tuesday
that savage maniac. bewhiskered and
unkempt. and carrying a shotgun, a re:
yolver and dirk, was living In an old
hut In the park. and II was feared he
would commit murder or other deed OF
Two policemen at once began search
for the terror" They caught sight OF
him once. when. they say. he fiourished
nr retSyer tSs ana bapPartsny INT Intended Ey
near enough to get an effective shot al
him. however. the Withholding being ran
like deer into the bushes. The search
was continued, but the pursued was Sc
curely hidden.
Instructions were given to send the
police reserves out yesterday to make Il
borhood. The rain interfered with this
| programme. but two bedraggled police.
men wandered sorrowfully about the
park all day looking for the alleged
demon.
Just at p. NJ. they say, they were
rewarded and also startled by seeing the
man. gun In hand and his other imple-
ments OF warfare in plain sight stand
ing on top of the hill at the Mount Eden
stock farm, near which Is the hove
where he was thought to be making his
home
The policemen then began some of the
men. Getting, out their revolvers they
crept through the dripping beeches
! towards where the queer parsonage
stood. intending to surprise him, and
man was on his guard however. ant
detecting the SLY bluecoats, he ran fol
! the woods.
They gave chase. but the man entered
a swamp, and there was nothing to dc
but await his reappearance,
| The disgusted demon hunters retraced
their steps, and sought shelter from the
rain under a big tree. whence they kcp
Two hours later the watchers cauch,
aight OF Corco, ani hoi chase OF half d
mile followed. but they were again baf-
The hunt was given up at p. NJ
When Roundsman Smith heard the
story of the day, ne swore by all his
bright buttons that he would captur,
Coreo to-day. or know the reason why.
wamdcrer created an especial friGh
among women and children. They hay,
Kept rc'trtously Jar away from tn,
regions known % We frrlurrtel ny IT.,
STRANGER, and as for going out at nigh
unprotectei, that was not 20 be though
or, The fact OF the capture was earl,
circulated, and many great sighs Of relle
went up in fremont Mt the news.