Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1916 — LIGHTED MATCHES ON FEET [ARTICLE]

LIGHTED MATCHES ON FEET

Wild Man of Northwest Has Horny Calluses on His Pedal Extremities. Hiawatha, Kan. —Because he allowed young men to come to his dugout and gamble, Guy Williams, the wild man of northwest Kansas, has been placed in the Brown county almshouse. Williams is sixty-four years old and for the past six years has been living in a hole dug out of the side of a hill along Roys creek, about ten miles northeast of town. He went almost without clothes and Beldom wore shoes, even in the coldest weather. His feet had become so calloused that it was a common sight to see Him scratch matches on the soles of his bare feet. He had refused all offers of help and insisted on living a solitary life in the hole which he had dug for himself.