A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=54825 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: December 19 1909 Article Description: Gumboro Hermit's Body found Picked by Buzzards. Article Text: Selbyville, Del., Dec. 18, 1909: Known as the "Gumboto Hermit" for many years, a person of mystery and seclusion, Arnold Hudson, died a horriable death sometime last week, his body being found yesterday by a party of hunters, torn and mutilated in a terrible manner by buzzards. Gumboro folklore has it that years ago Hudson, who was a hustling young businessman, was disappointed in a love affair, and leaving his business and friends, disappeared. Long afterwards, he was found in the depths of the Cyprus Swamp, one of the most tangled and desolate places on the Peninsula, where he had built himself a rude cabin. As long as many people of town can remember he has been living there, never mingling with outsiders except when he brought huckleberries to town or to buy the few provisions that he needed. In his old cabin, with no window panes and with open doors, he lived his miserable existence, dirty and forlorn and having nothing whatever to do with any one. The fact that Hudson had not been seen for several we! eks aroused no wonder amoung the towns people and it was not know that anything had happened to him until ysterday, when a band of gunners were attracted by a flock of buzzards in a thicket. Going to the brambles they found a horrible sight. Picked and torn by the ravenous birds, the remains of Hudsonlay there. There was no sign of foul play and it is believed he met death by freezing. His body was easily identified by the clothing he wore, although his eyes and face had been badly pecked. Kind citizens will give the body a burial. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com