NEWS: Bullitt County's Wild Man, 1891

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Louisville Commercial Tuesday Dec.1,1891

                    BULLITT'S WILD MAN
He Ventures Out Again and Frightens a Woman

Shepherdsville, Ky., Nov.30.- Today while Mrs. James Mahoney was in the woods belonging to 
George Simmons, gathering nuts, she was startled by the appearance of a strange-looking man 
who came toward her, brandishing a stick and uttering piercing yells. She ran to Mr. 
Simmons' residence, some distance off, and reached the house in a fainting condition. When
informed what the trouble was, Mr. Simmons and two of his hands started in pursuit of the 
man, and chased him to the cedar glades, where he escaped them by hiding in some of the 
numerous caves abounding in that vicinity.
  This is no doubt the wild man who has been seen several times in this neighborhood, and 
who makes his headquarters in the old house known as the "haunted brick."  Several efforts 
have been made to capture this wild speciman of the genus homo, but so far they have been 
unsuccessful. 
    Dec. 1,1891