THE WOLF-CHILD.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1927, Page 4

THE WOLF-CHILD.

AI.UAiLUSAD, April 1-1. The so-called wolf-child, who was found some days ago in a cave netir Allahabad, since his detention under medical supervision .shows signs at uudei standing and repeatedly mutters “Itoti” (Hindustani for “bread”), hut through offered comforts he does not avail himself of them and lives in a manner lowest than the lowest animals. His appetite is insatiable and if he is not given a continuous supply of food he devours with apparent relish mud from the floor of his cell. He was first sent to the infirmary at Allahabad, but here, -when he became enraged, he hit children, tore up the floor, and attempted to pall down the w and he was removed to the Kura, an prison. There he tore his bedding to ribbons. The first night he became enraged, foamed at the mouth, Hit his own arm, and attacked a burly pofieeman. The superintendent pinioned the child, and. finding his temperature to he 10-ideg. sent for medical advice. The fit. was of short duration and the following aiorning the temperature was normal. EATJXCI AIL'D.

The child spends the day in a sitiTng position, playing with bis fingers, pickin'.!. boles in the earthen floor, eating mud and refuse and paying no attention to the warders or other persons. While always hungry lio has little thirst, this being nrohab'v accounted for by the scarcity cl' water in. the jungle during the .summer. The medical authorities have 11 d. certified the child as insane: hence bis detention here. The fact that lie has pronounced one word proves «hat the child was not nutured by wolves but probably strayed into the jungle at tlie age of four or live. His diet is of meat, vegetables and bread which be tears to bits like a wild animal. His tooth are in a poor state, worn probably liy eating roots and gnawing bones. Doctors are reluctant io give an opinion ns to the possibility of the youth regaining bis reason, though the majority are of the opinion flint lie is permanently insane.

A A HARDER. A DAY. NEW YORK, April 2. Chicago, now in tbe throes of a turbulent mnyorality election ii which armoured ears are figuring e safest means of transportation to the polls, is deeply chagrined at its reputation as the greatest crime centre of the world. Its normal citizens, who feel that it is as'safe a place to live in as any other metropolis, are reported to be tired of answering the gibes of visitors asking them if they keep machine guns in their houses. According with the co-operation of the Illinois Alanufaeturers’ Association they are joining in a movement to co-ordinate the efforts of numerous private and semi-private institutions in assisting the authorities to control crime.

They are encouraged in their efforts by the results of a crime survey made by Judge Andrew A. Bruce, professor of law at North-western University.' who declares that Kansas City and St Louis both exceed the reeord of Chicago in tbe number of their murders and homicides. Statistical details of crime in those cities are not at present available, but to beat Chicago they must show an average of more than one murder a day and thefts of motor-cars valued lit £1.800,000. Of tbe stolen motor-cars in Chicago it is howerevor pointed that last yeac they were recovered from the thieves machines valued at £1.200.000