A Monster Captured

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The Mountain Democrat
Placerville, Cal.
Saturday, Oct. 4th, 1873
A Monster Captured – The Tulare Times of September 27th, says:
The “wild man,” of which so many accounts have been published, has at last been captured, as Mr. Charles Converse informs us. It turns out to be a species of nondescript very like a bear, although it entirely lacks arms or forelegs, and it walks upright like a man. Mr. Converse thinks it is a deformed bear. Messrs. Shaft (or Staffe) and Johnson, who captured him, will be in town today. They propose to sell their “catch” to Woodward (?), and will telegraph to that gentleman in regard to the nature they have secured. They had to shoot and wound him before catching him. Mr. Converse came down from the mountain on horseback and passed the captors of the “What is It” on the way down with a team. When they arrive we shall be able to learn the full particulars in regard to this new wonder of the Sierras.

See article:
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana Wednesday August 27, 1873
The Wild Man Seen Again
Tulare (Cal) Times August 3.