Ohio 1886 - Wild Man Attacks Pheasant Hunters

[Trogluddite]

Unfortunately, I had three posts concerning this single case.  While I can't identify the paper in which this specific article was published, the first articles I can find were published in Ohio papers, such as The Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, on September 20, 1886.  Apart from minor formatting changes, they appear identical.  

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Trogluddite
To consolidate three posts on the same incident.

[Trogluddite]

I know I posted this one in the Sightings - Midwest forum, but topics in other forums tend to get buried with time.  This story was published in the Keystone Gazette, Waynesboro (PA), on January 12, 1887.  Because of the publication date, I though it was a separate incident.  The third post, which merely duplicated this story, has been deleted. 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Trogluddite

[Trogluddite]

One more story about this which I just found.  Local papers, which I believe were generally partisan at the time, were quick to spin the story to their political advantage, disparaging the Holmes County wild man as a disaffected  politician from Wayne County, Ohio.