Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1895 — Famous Hermit Found Dead. [ARTICLE]

Famous Hermit Found Dead.

"Newark, —()., Dec. 3. —Walter McCreary, a hermit, known as “Old Walt," was found dead in bed Monday morning in his little home, three miles southwest of Granville. Irfthe 40’s McCreary was prominent in democratic politics, but for 40 years has been a recluse. Disappointment' in love caused his retireinent from the world, and he never married, lie was 85 years old.