02 January 2008

Old Men on the Mountain

Sourland Mountain Hermit Dies

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

SOMERVILLE, N.J., Jan. 1. - Louis Casaccia, 72 years old, who for the last twenty-five years has been living the life of a hermit in a small shack on Sourland Mountain, about six miles from the Lindbergh estate, was found dead from exposure today. William Ely, 71, his only known acquaintance, found Casaccia after having missed seeing him for several weeks. [The New York Times, 2 January 1934]

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