The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-25
A SUBMARINE MONSTER.
a Victim OF the Schiller Disaster
Found I'm the Clutches of Cutie


y. Y. Star.
The story is u brief one. Mr.. Franz
Hauser, whose body was buried at Fen
zance, near Lands End, was a native OF
Luxembourg. His mother and two SIS
tiers were on the Schiller, intending to
visit their old home, while he remained
IN Iowa. Upon the news OF the wreck
of the vessel he became so deeply affected
that he feel INTO raging fever. When
he became convalescent he made inquiries
whether the bodies of his relatives had
been found He obtained no satisfactory
inform alton in the States, and at last 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. There
upon he employed two experienced d.
vers, purchased complete diving armor'
and submitted TO course OF training un-
der the instructions of the two men he
had employed. As soon as he was able
to move about under the water and ac-
customed to the heavy suit, he
DETERMINED TO DESCEND INTO THE SEA
where the Schiller had gone down and
search tor his mother and sisters. Sever
nj desceuts were without success though
the remains of the vessel were seen, yet
nc body could be observed. But one day
as the three men were silently moving
about among some sharp. pointed crags
and reefs, and being considerable dis
lance away from the wreck itself, Franz
IIauser was startled by the sight OF what
appeared us the head of Il female form.
1t seemed to hang from u reef some ten
feet high. lie directed the attention OF
the others by pointing towards 1t. Slow
~ the three stepped forward in the dIrec-
ton of the reef Nearing the spot, u pit
iul and heart-rending scene presented
itself. What was supposed to be female
head was in really, yet little Of the body
to which it belonged could be seen. The
corpse was firmly held IN the clutches Of
A GIGANTIC CUTTLE-FIsH,
which, with lis enormous arms and ex-
tended suckers, chung to 1t and to the
sides of the rock like wild beast teastng
Oh its prey. The sight, say the two sur
yiving divers, WAS shocking, yet awe IN
spring. They describe the cutie. fish as
having II circular central body that counts
not less than four feet in diameter. OF u
grcrmsh black hue with alternating
bright and dark spots and shiny sur
face. 1t was rounded like a dome, and
ii seemed rs if II portion of the human
body had been absorbed into it by the
tremendous power OF suction this mon
ster is believed to possess. Its arms-the
divers counted eight-were apparently OF
immense strength, being over twelvcieet
long, and Judging not to be less than Il
foot in diameter where they joined the
body. Some OF these arms
CLUNG TO THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIM,
Others held fast to the protuberance Of
the rocks, and several We're swinging
through the water like the trunk Of nm
elephant, but twice its size.
Such was the view the three divers had
as they approached this ree', and Franz
Hauscr made sudden spring forward
towards 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
unprgparcd. They gave the signal to the
boat, and all three were immediately
hoi,trd up. Having the covering remoy-
ed from his head, Franz Ilauscr declared
that he had recognized in the female face
one of his sisters and he was determined
to descend again to rescue her body from
being
DEYoURED BY THE 81 BMARlNE MONSTER
His wish was not gratiticd however, he
being too nervous and his strength too
much exhausted, and it WAS agreed to
make AN attempt the next day or the day
after. But, in the morning, young llaur
er was delirious and he fingered on in II
paroxysmal condition for some days, TIL
dcsth closed his eyes. The two survivors
Of his expedition under the sea have made
sworn statements of the truth of these
facts, and it Is believed that some presen-
tation has been sent to the British author
titles OF the admiralty for II complete and
thorough scientific search of the entire
vicinity of the Beterrier Lodges to asccr-
tain whether these tremendous creatures
do feed on human victims of shipwreck.