Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-18
INSANE MAN CAPTURED.
He Was in a Weakened Condition and
Reduced in Flesh.

A party of Wausau people went
over to the town of Hull Wednesday
| afternd ION and succeeded in capturing
| HERNIA h Schneider, who had beer
roaming g the woods since June 26
People living out in that territory
had beer trying to effect his capture
for some time. They got occasiona
glimpses of him, but that was all
Most of the time he hid in The woods
coming out to the edge of forests al
times in search of berries, or to milk
COWS in pastures. When he saw a
person he woulG run to cover and
hide, passing through the woods and
over windfalls with the agility of a
wild animal. Shortly after leaving
home he lost his hat, and during all
this hot weather he had been roam
ing around bareheaded, and how he
escaped sunstrOke cannot be under
stood.
Securing the Geo. Cook automobile
at Unity and the assistance of Alfred
Cook, the Wausau party started out
in quest of Schneider. While the
balance of the party were rounding
up some COWS that had broken out OF
field, l.. II. Cook went into a berry
patch, and had not travelled far before
he caught sight of the young man.
Schneider was eating berries and
scanning the country about him.
Mr.. Cook noiselessly got up to within
a few rods of Schneider, when he
came to the conclusion that he could
not capture the fellow single handed,
and >retreated. Summoning the bal
ance OF the party, Schneider was sur
rounded, two of the party working up
cautiously until within a few rods of
him, when they rushed him. He
sprang like a deer, and ran to a
wire fence, passing through the
strands and into field, where he was
pursued. On account of his weak
ened condition he could no longer
elude his puTsuers, and was run down,
but not until he had given the party
a merry chase.
What few clothes he had on were
tattered, and he had lost considerable
in flesh. The first thing he asked for
was his hat and a chew of tobacco.
He was given change of clothing
and then brought TO Wausau, where
he was examined and committed to
the state asylum at Winnebago.
When leaving home June 26, he
took with him two guns, some cloth
ing and loaf of bread. On account
of having the guns, people in that
section were afraid of him, although
he was never seen carrying any of
them after that date. He claims that
he hid them in Dill creek. He was
perfectly harmless at all times. When
leaving home he said he was going
into the woods to cure himself, he
having been sufferer from catarrh
and other troubles for some time.
Taking a calendar in his home, he
placed pencil mark on the date of
July 25, saying he would return cured
On that day. When captured he said
that he was feeling a great deal bet
Jer than when he first went into the
woods. During the sixteen days that
ne spent in the forests he made a
wonderful discovery-one which will
'eyOlutionize agriculture. He found
| method of raising and maturing
in twelve hours after the
seed is SoWn.
Judging from his appearance when
;aught, it was plainly apparent that
le could not have held out much
onger, and death from starvation
md exposure would ultimately have
been the result.
A great burden has been lifted off
he shoulders of his relatives, who
we're distracted over his predicament.