Arizona republican., 1896-08-23
One Surely Captured at
 Last.
Boston Proud of the Latest
 Curiosity.
PrinceroWn Enjoys the Distinction of Furnishing gCorroboration of
 One Big Fish Story.

The Boston POSI- says. ms IS a story of sea serpent, but it is not the idle tale of a mariner, for the le- viathan of whom it is told has not vanished in the depths of the sea, nor is he open to the exaggeration that is usual in such cases. Captured and open to the cold eye of undoubted fact, he may be seen by whatever BOstOnian doubts even sea serpent story in The Post
 About week ago great sea dwell CT answering almost the description of this animal was seen and told of by Professor ,Mohr at Swampscott. Pro lessor Mohr and his son were in a small boat when the great animal arose in the water near them and bel lowed like bull. They hastily pulled for shore and the professor drew from memory a picture of the serpent that would cause a nightmare
 Yesterday, off Provincetown, Captain Horton of the fishing schooner Minne- haha caught sight of something large and brown rushing out of thu water about fifty feet from him. Suddenly a great neck shot up into the air and a head on the end of it let out below that shook the air and made the sails | of his craft tremble. But the wish for the glory of the capture of a specimen of species of animal whose existence 1 has been so much doubted, moved the captain to daring, and two seine boat loads of men, armed with strong ropes and nets, were soon on the way to- ward the leviathan.
 1 He was approached to within a doz- en feet and seemed to heed nothing. A great net was gradually dropped into the sea and sunk all around him. Then someone threw something at him and stirring up a sea that came near to capsizing the boats the monster shot ahead The net became entaugled with his fins; he tried to turn and wound himself in the strong meshes. beating the sea to the whitest of foam. Gradually ropes were fastened about him and he was towed slowly toward the schooner, and by the aid of two derricks hoisted on board.
 The Minnehaha's bowsprit was i'm mediately pointed for Boston, and the serpent brought in He lies and will be on exhibition at T wharf.
 A Post reporter saw the monster last evening and found the much talked or sea serpent more of the shape of a turtle than of any other familiar be- ing.
 But captains and seamen state that he differs from all turtles they have ever seen.
 His body is shaped like that of a turtle, but is rather longer in propor- ton to it's width than other turtles.
 He has huge fins that are each three and one-haf feet long and a tail
 that measures a foot behind. His head IS about foot long and the same broad, and his mouth is huge and lined with razor-edged teeth. His eyes are
 large and flashing and surrounded
 with rings, and the great neck. eight inches in diameter, is at least five feet and half long.
 The captain states that when swim ming the animal raises his head ont or the water in an s shape and his back
 ana tail curved, and in sight as they are, give for all the world the. impres-
 sion that it is a serpent-like monster
 that Is seen. The great fbody-three feet across near the shoulders-is hid
 den all but the hard-shelled, ridged | pech. EH E~f>G .lelitlV Ni.. = l. ne
 water raises his head and writhes it
 about like any snake of the jungle. People who know Of turtles say this
 is not turtle, and those who have read Of this great serpent of the sea are disappointed to learn that it could
 not crush the schooner in huge ten
 tacles, as they have been led to believe It could by the magnffied tales of mar iners.