The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
BOTTOMS SEA SERPENT.
The Captain Thinks That the Old
He Is Caught at Last.
.us, About s3 Feet Long-A Head
Like = Horse and Eyes
Like saucers.

aosts and pasidles long distances in a
-, st1it. with the American flag
80 from the toe OF his boot. SAYS
- : going 70 establish a monster
- ,s.se museum in New York City,
sarastain aIl the wonders Of the deep.
-. ,.Iked with San reporter the
"a, dav on hoard the steamship
-. a the North German Lloyd
Ia -hieh had brought with her the
.shs. .,s f.srsaar. sea seals consigned 10
r ss,,ssn They were in the care OF
~, ~ Herman kesson, whom Mr..
'.ar says he sent TO Germany e.
Io5sdIIi 10 capture them. They are 90
.-s;osd 10 harness, and tkeis Mr..
u..,cn; will dress up in his rubber
lIo,se~ and Jump into the water and
=. then pull him along at ? 40 gait.
An The time the captain had been
s.srIagtug his animals he seemed to
- Iahoring- under some great mental
train He had something to tell and
S;dn't xant 10 tell H. At last he took
~ reuorter TO a part Of the saloon
.bere nobody could hear him except
,be steward, who IL very discreet
Gentleman, and made clean breast
Eli He began by taking package
from, his inside waisteoat pocket He
nndid II ard took from il letter. For
a mouent even then he ifesItated. He
Snmbied the letter for a long quarter
~ aminute. Then he burst OUT
We've caught the sea-ssrpent
Look al Il 1.-THE letter. and then tell
me il am wrong.
WONDERS on THE DRIP.
And vet again before ie gave up the
letter he paused. It was to explain
that he was backed TN his museum en-
terurise biz a wealthy New Yorker.
"Tbe sea Is q neglected study" he
said. There are things In IL that no
man has ever yet set eyes on. Our
museum 4 30 have these things, and
have them alive, too, most of
them. We have sent ships all
over the world 10 get rare treasures for
The Young and old OF this country TO
see and TO study. We are going to
educate the people on the mysteries of
the deep. We sent q ship TO Port
Royal. Jamaica. 10 catch the famous
shark Port Royal Prince. which has
eaten enough men % man Great
Briiain's largest war-ship. This shark
i 90 or 60 feet long, forget which.
and the English sailors say that 1t Is
pensioned by the British government.
when the British ships sail 10 Jamaica
the sailors are not allowed to go
ashore The shore is always lined
with dusky maidens splashing in the
water The sailors sometimes would
Jump overheard to go 20 the shore but
no sailor ever got there. Port Royal
Prince, the man-eater, would seize and
deyour him before be could reach shall
low water, and the waves would be
turned TO crimson; but read the letter
and you will know all "
''Dear Captain, the letter began, 81
have captured something wonderful.
don't want to tell you what il is, for
know that when the people hear Of
II they will say that ! am crazy. But
I'll tell you about it, We we're sailing
along on the 10th the letter was writ
ten in0ctober when we sighted school
OF porpoises. We trained our dyna-
mite gun TO shoot one, when sud
denly the porpoises disappeared, A
moment afterward a hideoss
head appeared above the
water and came toward us A long
body followed. The thing was swim
ming with an up-and-down motion.
We we're thunder-struck, but we got
the gun ready and fired a bomb at it.
II struck lust below the head and the
monster dashed the water furiously.
We manned a boat and succeeded in
harpooning him, after long struggle,
and then We took him aboard. !
don't want to say that the monster Is
a sea-serpent, but in all my experience
have never seen anything to equal 1t.
BIC AND Ugly.
"It measures 6S feet : inches in
length. and is about foot In diameter.
Its head is something like n horse.
The back OF il iscoyered with shell-like
Jumps. IL has two rows OF sharp
panted teeth. lis back is all covered
with shell.like barnaeles and its tail
goes out 10 a point Its stomach i
spotted dirty white and mouSe-celored.
ii has two tlippers, one on each side OF
is body, Just below its head.
From each shell-kke lump on its
head there Is sticker like those on
catfish, only about ten times as large
and like needle points sticking out.
These in the water while the thing was
fighting were like steel prongs, but
after il was dead they wiited What
the thing was | will LET the scientists
OF America tell IL is wonderfully
strange, that Is all. | have been at
work on the body since we captured
Il, and with our new fluid think il is
safely preserved. all but the eyes,
which I am afraid | cannot save as
well as should like. ! viii have it
ready 10 ship by a week. and when
yon see il you can name it Yourself.
The letter concluded with some
comments ON the action OF the new
gun Now, said the captain when
the reporter had finished reading,
what is IL What do You think OF
IL Isn't IL the famous sea serpent
that has terrorized the world aud
always escaped captures Have we
got him have had,that letter in my
pocket for mere than three weeks. ]
have not dared to show IL TO any one.
knew how the people would scoif. !
would rather not have anything said
about Il now until the monster ar
riyes have now been expecting the
schooner with IL on board for week.
lam looking for il every day. | don I
want 10 say that il is the serpent, but
! shall let the scientists OF America eN-
anime il and give their unbiased opin--
lon | don't want 20 see il at all said
the captain. "uutil they are through