A WILD WOMAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3187, 26 November 1892, Page 5 (Supplement)

A WILD WOMAN.

The Horticultural Times publishes the following remarkable story :—" A yoang far ner named Martin, living near Georgetown, Texas, recently had an exciting encounter with a mysterious wild woman, who had been terrorising the people in the vicinity of Georgetown for some time past. Martin lives in the San Gabriel River bottoms, and, after a day's labour in hia cotton field, started homeward. Hβ was oroseing a stretch of dense woodland, near the river, when he euddenly came upon the strange creature which had stirred up this commuLity. The woman was entirely devoid of clothing, nnd was down on all fours greedily devouring- the tender grass and cactus buds. Martin watched her from behind a clump of bushes for a few minutes, and finally decided to attempt her capture. He had a Ftont twine string in liis pocket, with which he expected to bind her hands securely. Raving lnid his plans, he crept stealthily up behind the woman. He made a spring , for her and grabbed her bf the foot. The wild creature, upon beiug takeu by surprise, went into a terrible rage, and fought like a demon According to Martin's story, the battle was a terrible one whilo it lasted. He bears deep wounds on his face and arms, which he cliiimi were caused by the woman's teeth and finger-nails. Slie made no outcry during the encounter, and after freeing herself she diu-ted. into the underbush. Martin's description of the strange woman tallies with that given by the various reliable citizens of the place who jaw her in the same neighbourhood pieviously. Sho is of splendid form, about nineteen years of age, and has long raven-black hair, which is badly matted and tangled, giving ner a weird appearance. There arc a number of spacious caverns along the Sau Gabri-1 River, and it is believed that the woman makes her home in one of these caves. When seen by William Sellers and another boy she was in the woods feeding on grass."