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Show WILLARD FEARS STRAHGEVIS1T0R The farmers of Wlllard are evidently evi-dently partaking of tho same cup of excitement as was offered the residents resi-dents of Ogden's foot hill districts a week ago, whn an Insane Italian, named Matlco Velano, attracted considerable con-siderable attention from the police as well as the cliff dwellers of th? east bench by Invading pantries In quest of food. A rancher from Wlllard stated yesterday yes-terday that a wild-appearing individual individ-ual had wandered into his yard a few nights ago and in some unknown toni gue made it known that he was famishing. Food was given the stranger strang-er and be proceeded to cat It with the voraciousness of a starved animal. ani-mal. Bread seemed to be his specialty spe-cialty and he would evidently have consumed any quantity of that staple article had it been furnished him. Tbe man seemed to be In great fear of someone whom he described In Italian words and gestures, and alter begging for another piece of bread, hastily took his departure. Hl clothing cloth-ing consisted of overalls, coat, shirt and "sawed-off" rubber boots and his apparel showed the effect of flro, the garments bolDg burned In many places. I This description tallies with the man who led Jailor Anderson a strenuous stren-uous chase from "crag to crag" in the vicinity of Malan Heights and was afterword captured at the Horn ranch. He was confined at the county coun-ty jail for a week and tho Insanity l.oard examined him as to his mental i condition. The Italian interpreters ?ould learn but little from him and after investigating his Identity as far as possible, the board refused to send him to the state Institution. As he was considered harmless, the sheriff had no other recourse than to liberate him and ho wu allowed to go several Jcaays ago. I it Is evident that the man, if the jsame as the former prisoner, is affected af-fected by the altitude of this section, but there is no special reason for be- Jlievlng him to be harmful In any way. Ho has evidently walked most of the distance from New York, where be K'ent the first four years of his residence resi-dence In America, and while at the county jail he stated that he was bound for California. Not having absorbed ab-sorbed the ideas and resourcefulness of the great American hobo, he has apparently proceeded on his way toward to-ward the coast, walking as is his wont, and gathering his sustonance as best he csn. |