Harding, a Cattleman, Insane from the Horrors of a Terrible Experience.
    Englewood, Kas., Dec. 6.- [Special.]-News comes of the rescue from an old disused well in No man’s Land of a cattleman named Harding by the driver of the stagecoach which every ten days runs from Englewood to Beaver City, No Man’s Land, and back. Harding had a fearful experience and is insane from the effects of it. While out rounding up stock he was lost to his companions. This was ten days ago, and he must therefore have spent nine days in the well. How he got there is unknown, but probably the sudden stopping of his horse threw him down the hole, which is nearly forty feet deep. Beside him was found the half devoured carcass of a wolf with a bullet through his head, showing that Harding must have shot him. Occasionally Harding has gleans of intelligence, and from what can be gathered it seems he was five or six days without food. Wolves probably discovered his presence there and the one on which he lived most likely was crowded over the edge of the well by the rest of the pack. The rescuer was attracted to the spot by the wild howlings of the insane man.
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