AN UNPARALLELED CASE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1636, 15 August 1887, Page 3

AN UNPARALLELED CASE.

Ohio, May 5. — A remarkable trial cloEod hero to-diy m the coovio'lon of Charles K. Games. a bliod man, fcr nmidor m the Becond degree, probably tha only case of the kind on record. Charles X Ga'nes was born m Sycamore, Wyandotte coanty, fifty years ago. At the age of four years he oca day wandered from the do r r to the barn, where his attention was attracted by a Utter of plge. Theso struck his fancy, and he at once appropriated ono, and this so enraged the sow that she juahed at him and managled him terribly, his eyes being destroyed. The child was rescued and recovered, thongh h!s eyeballs were entirely gone. la a few years he had developed a remarkable sensitiveness of touch, smell and hearing. He had a strong tendency to p-ecooionaness, at?d before he bad grow a up he became the terror of the neighborhood, He would wander about, nlihl and d*y, without a guide, and was never known to gat lost. He know where every melon patch was, where tho best applet, peaches, and plums grew, and whore the best berrlea ripened, and was never backward about helping h'mself to those or other delicacies. While yet a boy he was presented with a pair of game chickens by an old minister named Spofiord, who resided at Sycamore. The bliod b< y touk great Interest m these chickens and raised them. It was not lung until he had B9veral game cocks trained for fighting, and would take them about the ooun'l7 to pit against otbera. He would bet on hid favorite, and nobody could fool him about the result. Standing among the crowd he always knew whether his chiokens were getting the worst or the best of the fight. As he grew up to manhood he learned to drink whisky, and became ugly and quarrelsome, la 187 L he married Medora Sprague, a graduate of the Tiffia High School. For a time ho was sobor and industrious. Proabyterlans got hold of him. He joined the church and made temperance speeches, greatly moving his audiences. Many are the strange thlnge he has done. He has been seen on a Bteep roof nailing on shingles and working as well and as fast as the next man. He could Gne his way with oaso anywhore ; could recognise an acquaintance at Boms distance before ho spoke, rode r cklesely, and played the violin finely. Hia circer as a temperance advocate w is short, for he Boon went back to drinking and abusing his wife and chi'dren. Tho climax was reached last Aognst, when he went on a protracted spree and his wife ordered the saloon-keeper not to sell him any whtaky. The next day (Angaat ID) Games and his nephew. Nathan Echelbery, got drunk on hard elder, and then went to the raloon and demanded whisky. Falling to get it, they loft and tried to borrow a revolver, but oould not gßt one. They next returned to the saloon, each wlh a large stone, and a;jain being refused whisky, they killed the saloon keeper with the stones. The police arrested Gainea m the canefield, and he was brought m hatlesa, coatless, shoeless, and eyeleßs. With long hair hanging over his shoulders, and six feet tall, he looked like a wild man. For eight months he has sat m goal, amusing himself with his violin. Hlb nephew and accomplice was sent to the penitentiary for life, and his own conviotlon now follows.