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WILD MAN ONBULL’S HORNS.Charleston, a C. February 19.— ; Attacked by furious bulls, a wild negro mao. naked and Ho wing hair j was driven early this morning into one ol the phosphate mining camps near here. Although gored hr the animals and suffering otherwise, the negro lougkt with the might of a panther.Hundreds of phosphate workers were aroused from their sleep by the screams and howls of the uegro and the snorting of the bulla. The animals soon desisted, but the wild mao gnashed his teeth and waved his arms as though frantic.Oue ol the onlookers lassoed the man. Others rushed up, and nltci a short coollict the negro was overpowered.He was Isaac Glover who manv months ago went raving mad and took to the woods. Since that time he has been the terror of the mining camps.After his disappearance he was seen no more foi two or three months when, one afternoon, a gang of workmen was attracted by hideous lu»w!« from a nearby swamp. Some ol the workmen went into the woods to get a glimpse of the wild man. and narrowly escaped with their lives.(•lover is the moic (longerons on account of having blue gains, which, according to superstitious negroes, are poisonous.There are several gashes on hia back made by the horns ol the bulls and numerous superficial cuts and bruises, it is supposed that he attempted to attack the animals as they were grazing.After the negroes bad captured the crazy man police assistance was summoned and the negro brought to the city. His demoniacal howls, which scum never to cease, forced the police to use stringent method* to (piiet him, and cbloro-loriu was administered,
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Wilmington Daily Republican
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Wed, Feb 20, 1901
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