The Portland daily press., 1895-11-23
A WILD MAN
Captured at Scarboro by Constable
Moulton Yesterday.

He Had Cats Skinned and Dressed for
Cooking-Nearly Set the Barn of Georg
Knight Afire.
Coal Kiln Corner had wild man in its
vicinity the past week and yesterday he
was captured, wherein this case is
different from that of the ordinary wild
| man who is reported from time to time
as lurking in the woods near some peace
full hamlet. During the last few days
the man has been seen by a number of
people who have had occasion to pass over
| the roads near Coal Kiln Corner. Much
of this region is heavily wooded and it
has been in these woods that the man has
apparently spent his time, probably seek
ing the shelter of barns during the
night.
Yesterday forenoon smoke was seen
issuing from barn owned by Lewis
Knights and the people who hasteneG to
put out the fire were greeted by strange
sight when they entered the building.
They found there man, eviSently a
foreigner, with pale face framed by
long black hair, which fell over his
shoulders. From beneath the black lceks
darted above his forehead, he looked at
them with questioning eyes. They are
brown eyes and very handsome ones, such
eyes as are often found among southern
peoples. The man had not intend I'd to
set the barn ON fire, but had started a
blaze on the floor evidently with the in
TENT On of cooking. The fire, however,
had spread to the hay. 1t was speedily
put out and then the man was brought
to this city by Constable Moulton, and
left here for safe keeping until this morn
ing, when he will be taken before a trial
Justice, probably on charge of vagrancy.
The man had little in the way of
baggage He was stability. but not
thinly clad. and besides the clothes he
wore his other effects were jammed into
jute bag such as is used for holding
potatoes. 1t was a queer collection of
articles in that bag. There was about
half bushel OF potatoes and the carcasses
of several small animals. These animals
has been skinned and the oarcasses pre-
pared for cooking Several members of
the police force looked at them, but
whether they were the meat of cats (poIe
or domestic) coons or wood chucks. no one
was prepared to say. In the bag were
also an old tin pail and a small tin basin.
both blackened with smoke where they
had been used in cooking. There was
also an old felt hat with red sock tied
around it, and a heavy brown vest, The
whole was jumbled up together in the
bag-potatoes, meat, cooking utensils,
and apparel. In one of the pockets of the
vest, was the skin of a young woodchuck,
which had been removed in one piece and
robbed up in such a way that it took
Deputy Sterling some time to unwind it.
and find out just what it was.
The man could not talk English and
in reply to that familiar question Parlez-
vous Francais?, made a statement ap-
parently to the effect that he compre-
hended only Italian. He had papers
showing that his name is Cairo Beggio
and that he has served in the Italian
navy. He also had passport from
Hamburg to New York.
Mr.. Roberto talked with Beggio in
Italian, and succeeded in learning that
the waif is an Armenian, although much
of his life has been spent in Italy. He
would not talk much but told Mr..
Roberto that he was here looking for
work and that he regarded this as a
pretty poor country, where man was
locked up because he was poor He
seemed anxious to know what was to be
done with him andIwas told heIwas.locked
up pending the acquisition of knowledge
about him.
The man was seen in Portland about
week ago.