The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-01

a Wild Thing Loose In Delaware County
and soaring the Natives.


NEWBrRG, ". y, July 3.-All Mar
garctvile, a town near here, ana IL;
/ cnyirons. are In "A state of excitement over
the appearance OF a fcrociOus, apc-liks
being. which dcvours horses, sheep and
cattle and splits their bones to get at the
/ marrow The monster had hand-to-
hand fight with William Cook Monday
and threw his opponent twenty feet and
nearly killed him.
The monster is the most energetic sum
mer. man, II he Is a man, that has ever
visited these parts.
Peter Thomas. who Is neither weak
willod nor a dOubter. was driving team
I OF horses along lonely road near Mar
garetville last Friday night when he
says q horrible monster hoped out IRON
! the underbrush along the road, and STOOD
/ In the middle OF the thOrOughiare, bran
dishing a pair Of long ana hairy arms
I and uttering a raucous. inartculaie cry
MIR. Thomas is truthful man, as every
one who knows him is willing 10 Nouch.
lie says that he rolled against the dash-
board Of his wagon, almost pefiheu
with fear.
The creature lcaped high in the air.
and with loud cries landed on IN. ground
within a foot or two of the wagon. 1t
seized the nigh horse. and with a facility
which hetokcned long practice, broke the
animals neck. and then divested IL OF us
harness The monster then tore the
harness from the stu quiyering form
of the horse, and bore OF the carcass
TO the woods. The other horse broke
into run. and all steaming, and with
its body fecked with foam, tore into the
village.
Mr. Thomas. pale as a ghost. chung
fecby 10 the dashboard, and with eyes
almost popping from their sockets, looked
behind him at the stretch OF dusty roads.
He was taken 10 a house OF public enter
tainment, where under the stimulus OF
restoratives he was able 10 tell his story.
lie could give no adequate description or
the monster, but said that IL seemed to
be taller than man, and had slneWy
arms covered with hair. The creature,
he said. too. was ''wild-eyed,' but ne
could not describe the face. beyond say
ing that il was deyilish In its express
sion.
Men are scarce at Margarotville. II is
4 little village, much lrequenicd as a
summer resort. However, bands or
youths in duck trousers and blue coats
Joined the farmers 20 hun, the creature
TO It's lair. Several young women, in
clined 20 De nippant. said the monster,
II a man. would be I'm great demand II
invited 70 the next hop. Mr.. Thomas,
VINO never solu, Il uountf i'b tii' "'"'N47
ing party.
Tho camp Of the creature was dis
covered on Saturday afternoon about
two miles from Margaretv!lle. IL was
i'm a clearing in the woods. In the cen-
tire of the space there were the shoulder
ing emDers Of biz fire. Around II
were the half-gnawed bones Of sheep and
cattle. and part Of the remains OF Mr..
Thomas unfortunate horse. No trace or
the monster could be found i'm the vicini-
IN. The farmers were horror-stricken.
one of them said that never in his forty
years. as man and boy, had ne seen
anything so "weird-like' before
John Cook. farme-. was member or
the hunting party. He returned alone
Monday evening. He claims TO have
seen and attacked the mysterious stran-
ger but says that bullets appeared 10
have no effect on IL. Cook got IN close
quarters with the creature finally, and
was thrown twenty feet by II. Cook
describes the wild man" as being about
seven feet tall. entirely nude, covered
with black hair. with long beard, and
with teeth which project from his mouth
like fangs Some OF the natives are
debating the question whether they
would have right 10 shoot the Wild
man. and are afraid they would be
indicted FOR murder If they did 50.