Kentucky 1883 - Wild Man Captured, to be Sold to PT Barnum

[Trogluddite]

Front page news from The Merrill Star-Advocate, in Merrill, Wisconsin, on April 4, 1883.  To close to April 1st for my liking!  Sorry for the size disparity, but in Newspapers.com if you clip a big article, it gets shrunk down; if you clip a small section, the result is huge.  I'll be mindful of that in future posts. 

 

 

 

                                                         

 

 

                                                  

 

 

 

 

Edited September 8 by Trogluddite
To improve layout and to merge with a duplicate post.

[Trogluddite]

This "wild man" was captured in 1883, not 1893.  The story was published in the The Merrill (WI) Star-Advocate on Apr 4, 1883.  

 

                                                     

Edited August 31 by Trogluddite
To correct date and provide publication information.