The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-01
CAST UP BY THE SEA.
A WILDLY Island Monster,
Seventy-five Feet Long.
GREAT MIDNIGHT EXCITEMENT.
usd Lssry's Dock Been Properly re-
paired the Monster Would Have
Been C~ptursa.

rig Story seems Eksly TO prove one Of
ne greatest sensations that Seattle has
had since the IRE There Is also mys-
terry attached TO 81 that IL calculated to
keep scientific and other minds baily oc-
cupisd for sorne time.
The reporter found abou, twenty or tbir-
~ n1an on the shore end Of Isary's dock.
gazing AZ a large mass at the other end OF
the structure that seemed OF prospfsor-
sacent bluenesn. Evl6en;Iy something
t0azed up by the ssa- Tts weight had sunk
nearly one-haR the dock under water. and
splintered plznks were sticking up In all
directions.
Other men came running up. and there
was a great cry for lanterns and a run
Ming here and there for them. They Eere
not OF rnuch us-. the few Of them, for the
night was dark and M one had the tsmsr-
siy 90 attempt 20 walk down the sloping
dock William NeMurray. who lives In
dock VIM. McMurray. who lives In one OF
the shantias under the cliff. bethought
him that he had lot OF tar rope. This he
fetched over flis shoulder and Immediately
every jackknife in the party was nervous
Is saving of piece without waiting for
leave. Soon there were n dozen flaming
torches, and hy their Hight II was seen that
The something had the shape of a huge
reptile. sea serpent, sea serpent ev-
erybody screamed, and nearly everybody
seemed wild with excitement. A ciatter-
ing OF feet down the stairs from pike
street gave notice Of another crowd that
had somehow heard that something ufl-
usual had happened Among these were
several weIi-arezsed men, who pushed
their way TO the front with an air Of au-
thorisy. Let's get boat" said one OF
their number q short man with a rudy
face and red mustache. His companion.
a taller and thinner man. with a longer
and Fetsdsr mustache, said. Certainly:
but wheroT'
This way. Sor; 7 got boat" shouted
Steve cOrrlgan, thinking TO earn few
bits by the Job.
Then other men rushed away into the
darkness after boats leaving the torch
bearers gazing IN open-mouthed awe AZ
the thing whose weight was breaking
away the dock.
Prof Hin, who has charge OF the bioiog-
teal section OF the university followed the
two first men who asked for boat. and
the reporter followed him. All four were
soon In a boat. with Steve pulling down
toward Lsary's broken dock. As they
drew near to 10 other boats. some with
torches were putting out
Steve lost his nerve when the boat was
near enough TO make out the outlines of
the monster. SO did the rest OF the party.
Prof Ilnl said. Go on. 40 on Don't You
Sc the animals mouth Il wide open7 II
must be dead. The position shows that"
Some moments were lost Ia vague specu-
lation. 60 on. go on" exeitedly said The
little man. Wen pay you well.'
AN " my boats iost?' piped Steve
Wen pay for the boat. Go ahead
AN who the divli 'ui pay for me, I'm
vuniherin'7" mumbIed the Irishman. be-
ginning TO pun slowly. however.
~ twenty feet away the boat stopped.
and the three or four other boats timidiy
fl,1 stsrfl sar5z Of
The enormous monster could be plainly
senn They we're SO far beyond that OF any
living animal that had ever been heard Of
that even tho excited scientists, for so
they aftcrward proved TO be. were dumb
A boat came up NJ great speed with four
iusty fellows pulling. They We're evidently
university students. and they addressed
the sandy -nustached man Familiarity as
professor They started firing questions
that were like mortar bombs, from the
size Of the words used.
In a few minutes these young fellows had
rnwed close In and alongside The thing. and.
getting directly IN front of the wide-opencd
Jaws. had couraEeously jahbed II with an
ear, There was no movement The thing
was dead The professors came up and ex
ci,eiiy held rost-mortcm.
The thing was even to them beyond de-
scfiptinn What they said Of Il came In
spasmotr gasps, all Of them talking to-
Eethrr. The one with the longest ngstache
~ length took out n notebook. First as 70
tho lruEth -"fifty feet" ''1se feet. 4" all sorts
OF calculations. u was put down later at
reventy-three feet This gives an i;ea Of
10 cnormity- But 90 describe its appear
anco Is nightmare 90 q task. In fact.
~ seemed literally 4 horrible nightmare.
And then the stencil rgh'
II was rinkish "a color and studded with
huge spikes that darkcaea AZ the points \
tfra 49,. Ff-.s a. h. ,.
a scals about the slEe ~ a boiler plate. II
seemed 60 have four legs. but the little pro-
fessor who seemed 20 knox All about It said
n had nA hind legs. Further investigation
may prove this hypothesis TO be Incorrect.
Ono OF It's huge fFout gippcrs was thrown
across tho dock II was thicker than an
elephants ieg. ana had fringe u spikes
on the under slaa. It's claws We're bowed
Ike those ~ a bear. ana their length was
hufr'ciiy rut doWa AZ eleven inches It's
head measured aCrnas the forehead from
tho points ~ the isw n ;cot ~ inches. and
~ was tho mast vtiiainoHS head and mouth
ever seen The mouth " fs white IN tire in
slde aua pink around the cfees cr lrs Its
eyes wcrr a @ort az uUr1le as well as could
~ distinguished. ani ere - the professors
sai g has always been hind TIE eyes
were IA t'g as hasehslis. buf seemed small
e. such "a creature It's rna.fh was pfo.-
re-i oNcn hv enc Of the pisuks that had
probably ftlcn IA when Tire monster tried
- raise himself az the dock n VAS after
ward discovered that Pile hal entered the
animals Site ci1ss o. the right niuper. and
IN ihis way ITS death had been brought
shout
The vertebrate saik"s rIr clear down the
forehead ana in addition the th ~ was armed
With tNo huge horns that srrarg frAsn -ea
forehead AMI curved forwa ara TIE ewes
Ncr" sei upward. and thc n0s'riis oron.l