The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-07
SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
A victim of the Schiller Disaster Found in
the Clutches of SUBMARINE Monster.

80 e,,utcbes of a Su Marine Monster.
Plymouth (England) correspondent
,v,i+es Mr.. Franz Hauser, whose body
yas hurled a few days ago at Penzance,
near lands End, was native OF Lux
an,houro His mother and two sisters
,vere on the Schiller intending visit
to their old home, while he renamed III
Iowa. Upon the news OF the wreck OF
the vessel he became SO deeply affected
that he fell into raging fever. When
he became convalescens he made IN
auiyies whether the bodies of his rela-
tions had been found. He obtained no
satisfactory information In the States,
and at lass re solved to make personal
effort on the spot. He came across the
ocean. and at once went to Penzance,
where at last he gained the certainty
that neither of the three cOrpses
had been recovered. Thereupon he
employed two experienced divers, pur-
chased a complete diving armor, and
submitted to a course Oh training under
the instructions of the two men he had
employed. AS soon as able to move
about under the water and accustomed
to the heavy suit he determined to de
scend into the sea where the Schiller had
gone down and search for his mother
and sisters. Several descents were with
out success though the remains OF the
vessel were seen, yet no body could be
observed. But one day as the three
men were silently moving about among
sharp-pointed crags and reefs and being
a considerable distance away from the
wreck itself, Franz Hauser was startled
by the sight of what appeared as the
head of @ female form. 1t seemed to
hang from the top OF reef some ten
feet high. He directed the attention OF
the others by pointing toward It, Slowly
the three stepped forward in the direc-
ton of the reef. Nearing the spot
pitiful and heartrending scene presented
Itself. What was supposed to be fe-
male head waG such III reality, yet little
of the body to which it belonged could
be seen. The corpse was firmly held III
the clutches of a gigantic cuttle-fish,
which, with its enormous arms
and extended suckers, chung to it and
to the sides of the rock like wild beast
feasting on its prey. The sight, say the
two surviving divers, was shocking, yet
awe inspiring They describe the cutie
fish as having a circular central body
that could not be less than four feet in
diameter, of a greenish black hue, with
alternating bright and dark spots and
a Shiny surface. 1t was rounded ike
dome, and 1t seemed as though portion
of the human body had been absorbed
into it by the tremendous power OF sue
ton this monster is believed to possess.
It's arms-the divers counted eight-were
apparently of immense strength, being
over twelve feet long, and Judged to be
not less than o foot in diameter where
they Joined the body. Some of these
arms chung to the unfortunate victim,
others held fast to the protuberances OF
the rock, and several were swinging
through the water like the trunk OF an
elephant. but twice its size.
Such was the view the three divers had
as they approached this reef, and Franz
Hauser made a sudden spring toward it,
but he was held back. His associates !
knew that by going any nearer they !
would expose themselves to attack from
the monster, for which they were unpre- |
pared. They gave thesignal to the boat |
and all three were Immediately hOisted
up. Having the covering removed from
his head, Franz Hauser declared that he
had recognized in the female face one OF
his sisters, and he was determined to de-
scend again to rescue her body from be-
ing devoured by the submarine monster.
His wish was not gratified, however, |
he being too nervous and his strength too
much exhausted, and it was agreed to /
make an attempt next day or the day
after. But, on the morning, young
Hauser was delirious, and he fingered
on in a paroxysmal condition for some
days, till death closed his eyes. The two
survivors of this expedition under the
sea have made sworn statements of the
truth of these facts, and it
is believed that some presentation
has been sent to the British authorities
of the Admiralty for a complete and
thorough scientific search of the entire
vicinity of the Reterrier Lodges to asoer-
tain whether these tremendous creatures
do feed on human victims of shipwreck. !