The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-17
DpI, NAKED, STARVING.
-. srers 10 POUND ON THE DEACl
HxAR SMITH COVE.
- navs He subafsted On the Ret
- nessiss 0f = sheep anA sssh
xewessbI4s and Fruit ~ He CoslA
rsek II In His Wsnderings.

~an. unksmpt. forlorn. idsotfc. half
-ss~a and half starved, was picked ap
e..rr.aav by Deputy Sheriffs Lane and
1900 on the beach, near the point he
49, the lighthouse and Smith cove. and
8 ~ lodged In the county JAIL He gives
- nazpe a. Ole Stein.
~ capture was not an accident, but
p. rasu,t Of three days careful and sys-
sss.sffc search Last week the sherin's Of
~ feceived letter from Capt Robinson.
7 s..s.sr a. the Sand Point lighthouse. and
ssssser from II. @, Ross. assistant At the
,s.sstouse. each stating that a man half
.sssd and apparently wild had been seen
~snAerfna In an alnsless way along the
s.eSA acd In the woods. These letters
--Ayred rurzors tia: had already cireu-
s.seA Freely In Ballard, and Snerin Meyer
1~ss1eA that, no matter vino or what the
1870 appari,ion might be. there must
- 'reme foundation for all the talk Ac-
zss,sinrfy. he detailed Deputies Lane and
gtuspf to make search.
f.Ariae from the reports that the man
- s. In sore need of food, the officials
$50 With them generous lunch. and this
1920 10 Be the bait with which the cap
sure az the wild man was finally accopa-
siiahed, He did not wisn to be approached.
- Il first made on an IL ne would nee
~ to the solitude In which he had fos
zzs.ene ccntrived 10 isolate himself. though
eIthin hailing distance OF nearly 1860
1espae- - u,n.or e..u.
-. m Wit, him a. the point while the
ssde 80 cut they found sorry specimen
J y hrunanlty. whose wan. haH-clad figure
"a wsld. rayenous face appealed strongly
- 4h1fr syH pashy. The sum total OF the
~xr,s clothing was tafsered rain coat
s eafr az oyeraiIs and the remains OF what
~ t.en an undershirt. They found that
{. IA beer subsist!ng for days On what
go food he could pick up. regardless OF
- ruailty or condition. Part Of his diet.
IN fnstauce. had been pieces of the carcass
q dead sheep, the rotting fragments OF
~hieh were full of squirming maggofs. he
"a tuo carrots in his possession, and ne
sneeted that he had had some apples, but
ny were all gone
Wheu the officers had finally induced the
..sn - take the food they had brought,
m had taken him into custody. they were
81 much wiser than before as TO who ne
ras - Why he was there. lie gave his
nana q Ole Stein, but beyond this ne
"a Mttle TO say. He would AcQulesce In
sIsnost any statement made to him. but
wK1n question was asked him he would
4nswer With m unintelligible grunt. Tbs
1879 took him to the county jail and
mere he vas supplied with decent clothes.
When seen Monday and again yesterday
Il the 1ail Stein. as he calls himself. was
considerably brighter. II came from La
croeoe. Wis.," he said, In q distointed way
IN answer to the reporters questions. Il
lived thsre nine or ten years. used to
cnt wood there, not IN town, but out In
the woods No: have no wife nor chill
dren. but have . father and mother iv-
IN: 10 La Crosse. ] was in 81. Paul for
few days. Their ] came on out West.
working may way on a freight train.
came Itraizht through to Washington
without stopping stopped over the
other side Of the hill" When questioned.
he said he meant the other side OF the
mountains. II was at Sand river. What
td I do: ! shoveie. Yes: worked on
the railroad. Yes: on the Great Northern.
THIS was two years ago. No: couldn't
make Z living. Came across the mount
aims. walking on the railroad track. Came
10 Ballard. Couldn't get work there. No.
I wouldn't tell people was in want. Pre-
ferred 10 20 away by myself. Yes: would
Ike to 70 back to Ia Crosse. / think I
cou.3 get work there"
Stein Il Of medium height. apparently IS
70 y years Of age. He has shocky brown
hair and scane. scraggly sandy beard
While talking he will not look his auditor
IL the eye, but glances up furtivsly now
snd then. His reasoning powers are evil
dsntly much Impaired Whether this Ia
his natural state. or whether II has been
brought about by his own habits. long Sc
clusinn and wandering without food or
shelter, each one who talks with MIN must
Judge for himself.