The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-05
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MAN LOOKS Wild;
.L|vESIN RE:|N'-COOP.
He Is Found on All Fours and
Growing Like a
III Dog.
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RAGS; HAIR LONG
Parents Of Victim of Strange
Malady Cannot Induce Him to
Give Up Squalid Abode.
WEARS RAGS; HAIR LONG

westneld. N. j.. Juno Ain tum-.
biedown hencoop at the rear of tho
home Of w. e Mcdonald. a harness
maker, OF eli Elmer Street. the local
health authorities found a wtld-iook-
ing young man.. Glad principally In
rags sewed together in such. way
hc could not use his nrms. They say
he WAS oarks ana gf0wnfb he
ments. face and hands OF the man. ana
SO matted was his hair that the inyes-
tlgstors found diihculty IN recognizing ns
old. son of the owner of the miserable
abode In which he lived, apparently
despite the wishes Of his parents. i
father was In the habit OF taking tho
young man into the house late at
nights.
living In the squalid shanty behind his
parents home and how he reached tho
condition In which no appeared to tho
al though both the police and DR.. J. b.
health. have Interested themselves In
the a So far phyasi1n5
nation OF the young man, he Is SUI.
fcring from strange inalady that
leads him to behave In many ways
y; The EIDE elder Moponald could not bs
found, either In his home or in his place
OF business, in Broad Street. Elizabeth
when questioned She characterized
what she called the interference Of
the authorities as unwarranted. and
were "nobody's business She did moi
offer any explanation as TO the mulady
from which Roy Mcdonald liz suffering
SON r nGHer VIA give my soGssn, to my
aid remarked when she was informed
Or. Harrison intends to have the young
steps can be taken. III he were pu,
IN, such place he surely would oo
killed or knocked about brutally by
Neighbors said they frequently heard
doslike cries coming from the shanty
These cries were described as bowling
sharp barks or gutteral growls, com
thought tho McDonalds were keeping
an an unusually fierce and possibly rabid
them It seems, asked the harness
maker whether II were not dangerous
TO keep such creature in a stru2-
t tsre as ramshnckle as the shanty in
they said. were curt and unsatisfao-
tory.
For month the noises from the hon
house wore on the. nerves OF residents
OF the vicinity. Horatio Wragg who
lives in tho house adjoining that of
Mcdonald, looked into the Mcdonald
,'S'So'p > tSbeiuhy anu WnfI
nc saw caused him TO run to the Office
Gl Dr.. Harrison. ssso incredible did
Wragg's story aocm to the doctor that
al Arst no hesitated TO believe IL To-
day, however, he and several other
town oificiale called at the Elmer Street
house and examined tho youth in the
hcncoop
They found the tumblcdown atruc.
ture strengthened with bars across its
windows and door Inside. resting on
all fours against n broken rocking
chair. they said. was Roy Mcdonald
His hair, dishevcled and matted. hung
TO his shoulders. Afterward they
learned 1t had not been cut for year
His eyes were bioodshot and on his
lips was n slight froth
The elder Mcdonald is said TO hayo
told DR.. Harrlson he could not prevent
his son remaining in the hencoop.
Every night. howeyer the father In
house. Ho eats food ravenously.
snntching It up with his hands. and
drinks water out OF bowl
DR.. Harrison said he VIII take steps
to have the youth adjudged insane and
committed to an institution in the be-
ginning of the week