The evening times., 1895-11-05

From the time was first sighted to the
time il disappeared in the distance the head
was not once Withdrawn beneath the sur
lace of the wa ter.
Evidently the serpent had some defiuite
objective point in view" said Mr.. Shaw
10 describing IT. for it never paused or
turned from its course, but kept pointing
south, skirting the coast at a distance of
hal! nile out A little further in and it
would have struck the nets, and then there
would have been line commotiou. sup
pose. Luckily the creature kept to the
deeper water. 1 think il it had turned to-
ward the shore l should have been in
cljned to collect the family and run for the
woods 1t was in sight for not more than
seven minutes.
When Miss Salter first saw the serpent it
was more than two miles down the shore,
and altogether we must have seen it cover
considerably more than five miles. / should
say that forty miles an hour was a moderate
estimate OF the speed. In describing our
strange visitor gen orally 1 should say
that it looked like an enormous smooth
skinnedserpent with thanalligator-lik head"
After the monster had vanished from
sight, its uplifted head being the last thing
seen the spectators went back to the porch to
talk it over. In comparing observations
they found that all their estimates agreed.
While they were talking, a neighbor who
OWNS a cottage not far from Mr. Shaw's
came up breathless and in great excitement
I've seen the sea serpent" he gasped.
when he reached the porch. Il was walking
along the beach and saw it as plain as see
you now, swimming south faster than any
steamer that ever floated, out beyond the
fish poles. Didn't any of you see it?''
They assured him that they had all seen
it. and asked for his description OF It, which
he gave. IL tailed with theirs exactly. Re-
f..r , IA IT,
Il hope you'll make this thing public. 10
is too wonderful to keep quiet about. IN
20 at any time a nd take oath to what have
seen"
In his excitement. the neighbor went
away without giving Mr.. Shaw his name,
but he can be found easily at any time. The
question of the expediency of making pub
lie their adventure was discussed by the
Shaws. Mr.. Shaw was very doubtful
about what he should do.
"A great many people will think that
you are romancing," said his wife, "and
many others will make fun of you or think
you are trying to make fun of them
Nevertheless as there isn't any reasonable
doubt that it was the sea serpent We saw,
/ think. as matter of scientific interest,
You ought to give out the facts"
Let people guy if they want to," decided
Mr.. Shaw. Il know what I've seen, and
I'm not going to be afraid to tell about it. =
| guess my reputation is strong enough to
carry a sea serpent"
So Mr.. Shaw sent word to the Sun yester-
day, AMI a Sun reporter called on him at
his office At the time one of Mr.. Shaw's
partners was endeavoring to chaff him
about the matter. but he stuck to the facts
and insisted on the reality of the serpent
1T isn't fake or a joke, or anything
but the plain, bare, uuembellished truth"
said he to the reporter. I'm not ma who
has time to make up lies and take trouble
to get them made public, nor do my ideas
of fun lie in that direction. 1t is simply
this that |, plain man of business, with
no hotels to advertise by getting a sea SER
pent to cayort around in front of them.
have seen a creature of which had hith-
erto doubted the existence. I believe that
no man has any right to conceal data on a.
subject so interesting scientifically and
SO little known.
Unfortunately for the sake of abun-
dance of evidence that might have been
adduced." continued Mr.. Shaw, 1.-THE ho-
tells down at Spring Lake are closed and
the place is practically deserted The ex-
cursion season is over, too, and while a
month earlier there might have been a
dozen steamboats, In sight, there wasn't
one anywhere near on Sunday. did make
out sail to the south, however, and am
in hopes that some vessels there may get
In sight of the monster. II it kept on as near
to the coast as 1t was when 1t went out of
range of our vision I should think that 1t
would be seen somewhere from the land
further down. I and my family are Datu-
rally deeply interested III the matter. and
We shall study the papers for some further
news OF the serpent
In conclusion Mr.. Shaw said that he
was willing to make affidavit in support
OF his statements.