The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-08
SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
A Victim ofthe schiller Disaster Found In
the Clutches of "A sub Marine Monster.

the Clutches of a sub Marine Monster.
A Plymouth England correspondent
writes Mr. Franz Hauser, whose pody
was buried few days ago Mt Penzance,
near Lands End, was n native OF Lux
embourg. His mother and two sisters
were on the Schiller, intending visit
To their old home, while he renamed III
Iowa. Upon the news OF the wreck Oh
the vessel he became so deeply affected
that he fell into raging fever. When
ha became convhlescent he made in
uu,ries whether the bodies of his rela-
tions had been found. lie obtained no
satisfactory information in the States,
and nj last resolved to make personal
effort on the spot. He came across the
ocean, and ut once went 70 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 of training under
the Instructions of the two men he had
EMPLOYED. As soon IA 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 Ms the three
men were silently moving about among
sharp pointed crags and reefs and being
considerable distance away from the
wreck itself, Franz Hauser was startled
by the sight of what appeared as the
head of a 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 III the direc-
ton OF the reef. Nearing tho spot a
pitiful and heartrending scene presented
itself. What was supposed to be fe-
male head wac such in reality, yet little
of the body to which it belonged could
be seen. The corpse was firmly held in
the clutches of gigantic cuttie-fish,
which, with its enormous arms
and extended suckers, chung to 1t and
to the sides of the rock like wild beast
feasting on It's prey. The sight, say the
two surviving divers, was shocking, yet
awe inspiring. They describe the cutie
fish as having circular central body
that could not be less than four feet III
diameter, of IA greenish black hue, with
alternating bright and dark spots and
Il Shiny surface. 1t was rounded like q
dome, and it seemed as though a 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, beng
over twelve feet long, and Judged to be
not less than a foot III 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 IN
elephant, but twice its size.
Such was the view the three divers had
as they approached this reef, and Franz
Hauser made n sudden spring toward 1t,
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 the sigual to the boat
and all three were Immediately hoisted
mp. 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 gratlted, however
he being too nervous and his strength toe
much exhausted, aud it was agreed tC
make an attempt next day or the day
after. But, on the morning, young
Hauser was delirioue, and he fingered
Oh 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 il
is believed that some presentation
has been sent to the British authorities
of the Admiralty for "a complete anC
thorough scientific search of the entire
vicinity OF the Reterrier Lodges toascer
tain whether these tremendous creatures
do feed on human victims of shipwreck