Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-17
SPEEChLESs MAN.
The Man, Apparently m Italian, is
 Called "The Unknown"

Called "The Unknown"
 There is at present, at the retreat of the insane in Hartford, q young man who has involved the town of East Windsor ill some nlce legal questions, who has frightened the residents oI the outIying ulstIicts oI that town, but Whose iuenlIty is a my Stery and who has hot spoken word since the au tAoIllIes nrst became aware Ot nls eX.atence. Ii man should go to the retreat to-day and ask for The Un- known the ASu ..ers will, Ii he nas the proper creuentials, conduct hi4D through ward after ward until he Is drought lace to tace with smoot. shas en nan, apparently about tWeh ty-tive years oi age, anu Ii indications do not lie, of Italian birth.
 The man is quiet and well behave and there Is no sign of insanity abou' him except that he will not talk, and for the five weeks that he has been il the institution, he has not uttered | word except when he has apparent answered yes or no to question, There are about the institution one Or more Italians who have tried in vain to get the man to talk. He has fine face, high forehead, bright black eyes and looks to be man of intelligence and far removed from the ordinary Italian laborer Tn height he is about five feet seven or eight inches, weighs about 16 pounds. The story connected with the man as learned from First Selectman H. W. Talcott of Broad Brook, East Windsor, is mat he was first seen in the town about October 1, and in that part known aS Scantic. He was seen about the scat tered farms in that section of the town on October and was noticed by several of the farmers. Where he slept that night or the nights before is not known, but it is suspected that he slept in hay stacks, and on the day in question he went to the home ot ,Luman Crane, a farmer in Scantic, and, by the use of signs, made him understand that he wanted to sleep in the barn. The farmer was afraid Of him and sent word to First Selectman Talcott. who took Constable Juckett with him, and they found the man ly. ing out in the woods. Dressed in old overalls and jumper, both ragged and torn, and with a growth of beard several days old on his face, he was an object that might well have caused the farmers of that section to be afraid of him.
 He was taken to the lookup in Ware house Point and kept for three days. when the selectmen and Dr Porter, who had examined him, took him to Hartford to the retreat where he has been since While he was in Ware house Point and since that time he has not spoken a word except as noted above and his identity is a mystery When he was taken to Hartford the selectmen provided him with clean clothes and the old ones were de- stroyed, but there was not scrap of paper in them to give clue to his Identity. His appearance at that time was such as to make those who saw him believe that he was laborer.
 There was no sign of wound on the head to indicate that blow had caused him to lose his identity and the authorities then and now are pug zled to. know who he is or what to do with him.
 <. A reporter for the Courant went with Selectman Talcott to the retreat recently, accompanied by photogra- pher, who secured two pictures of the man. He was taken out into the yard to be photographed. The keeper who took him out had to use a moderate amount of force to push him along and as he viewed the camera, it appeared as if he had never seen one before and that he was afraid of 1t, but there was no attempt on his part to hide his face. or to distort his features. It is the opinion of some that the man, realiz- ing that he had found safe and com fortable quarters for a cold winter was satisfied, and that he has suffi- scient intelligence to know that his best card was to answer no questions IE What to do with the man opens ur some nice legal questions. He wa, found in East Windsor, and for the present at least is being cared for al the expense of that town. AS nothing more is known in regard to the mal, he cannot be put off on some other town and the question of his being a state pauper is one that will be inves tigated, and he probably will be sen' to Middletown as state charge While the man has improved in ap- pearance and strength while in the re. treat it is the opinion of those ill large of the institution that he ough' not to be turned loose on the world as he apparently is not capable of tax.
 ng care of himself.
 If he is shamming he is doing it
 yell. if he is insane his insanity has
 aken curious turn. As one of the
 ttendants put it the only signs of ill
 sanity about the man are his ability
 2 hold his tongue and mind his owh h71cipnSs .Es tss g5@ g3'. +ssts