New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-22

Tie sea serpent is Of perennial interest in bis oc-
casOnal appearances on the Atlantic Coast but has
rarely degned TO advertise watering places Of the
Pacific, but he has at last come and seen and been
seen. ] met recently MIR. John VI. Bailhaehc, who
has Just returned from extended cruise in the
schooner Emma along the coast of Lower California.
Mr.. Bailhsehe is a business man who has been
accused Of possessing any Imagination. and whose
word has been questioned the banks being
equally ready to take his verbal promise pay
his note Captain Crosse. The skipper of the Emma
ID Straightforward Nantucket mariner who chimes
III on MI Bahaehe's wonderful story. ] heard that
the Iater gentleman had strange sight on his
voyage and when he arrived here ! hunted him up
40 not IKE 10 get mixed up in such a story, for
nobody VIII believe it, he said, but am willing to
tell you the details the matter has already been
nosed about by my friends II is true all that shall
tell you; but DO not blame any one for refusing TO
credit II; never would have believed such a thing
existed If had not seen it myself
We had been out from Santo Domingo for a week
and were about twenty miles northeast of Cedros
Island, when early morning we saw a corrotion
in the sea about one mile away. II was = Quiet
morning and we crept up quite close We saw q
strange sight. a whale about thirty feet long had
oeen found or killed by a monster that was feeding
upon IT, AT intervals this creature would rear ~,
out Of the sea 50 that had view Of nearly bis
entire form. His body round and snaky and
SDV" 'hfee times as long the whale
or about 100 feet. The head was as near
Ike turtles as anything could be. with the mouth set
well BACK under the Jaw. We could not distinguish
the eyes On each side Of the body were five or six
legs. l could not count them accurately as they
We're constantly IN rapid MOTION each ending in a
MeDDel ana horned LOOT. While il was feeding on the
whale IL made peculiarly horrible wheeling OF.
Missing s"unu Dul a. soon IL saw our schooner II
stopped ana uicN Slowly away. turning its head and
looking back occasionally II circlrd arav tor ,,I,t
half a mile, meanwhile made Aft DnssiiIe haste Ia
get away, for IL could almost have bren The F,rmo
N TWO. AS We fetreated II came forward and again
began its meal and before long The breeze broiett
that horrible wheeling sound again 10 our ears That
Is all there is 10 it,
The capture OF sylvester Morales Yesterday brings
70 close the career OF the last typjcaI CaIfnrnIf
bandit and desperate. 4 rather Lictur,snue char
scter lie is 100. lie is not thirty years al ACE nj
average stature, with the physique OF an athlete A
taDt VI Indian blood is revealed by cold CLINT I'm
MS black eve and the texture OF his hair lie is a
handsome young fellow OF undoubted courage and
no morality whatever. He boy one of the
most adrOt hOrsetheves county where that SORT
az larceny Is reduced 10 an exact science. lie has
e oeSth OF -FOUR men 10 answer for, besides lesser
times without number. About four weeks ago 4.
ssirsnt was issued for his arrest a charge OF
~ Ine ittie Mexican settlement known us San Die
sutto he heard that the officers were after him
a uiaoe Preparations 10 avoid them lie OF
Sss Iiant disposition, however. and a fair face and
o,ie osos were always as fascinating 10 him 10
otnef mon He rode down San DleQ1iito canon the
nsnt OF August 90. As ne passed bv the house OF
he remembered that there lived a remark
80 Rroty nall breed girl OF eighteen named Nym
nnia Brown. He halted at the door walked In and
h nis revolver a. the Girl, who was awakened