The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
HOW CAME 1T THERE?
ACuster Turtle FFem Salt Wa
ter Captured IN Lake
Michigan.

Chicago Nov 30-After 4 struggle
lasting two and 4 half hours three lake
fishermen succeeded yesterday morning
IN dIspatehiag and towing 10 shore 4
uGsrsr sea turtle which Rad become
euCaEEIsd In their nets. When finally
landed the turtle was found 10 weigh
nearly 5aG pounds Old sailors who
viewed the dead cheIontan said that It
vas certainly Z turtle Ct the ocean The
possible solution of the creature pres
ence in such foreign waters was borne
our upOu It's body. Each dipper-f0r.
unlike the fresh water turtle it had 10
claws and l7gS-=1O7Va1 plainly q hole
Ci1zC had been made through scale and
flesh Ehe commercial turtle when
shipped alive generally has rs ElpperS
pierced I'D allow them To be bound to-
gechsr- Escaping somewhere along the
ErsaE lakes. the arU0rzt1 reptile Jour
1eTzf1 at last 60 IT'S DOOM II the waters
Ct the basin GE Randolph street be-
tween TIE breakVacer ard the sea van
Frank and John Martin fishermen
whose bC1se50aC IL anchored at tina
feet OF the Randolph street viaa11Iet-
We're the two who made the discovery
o1 the colossal captive oE 1h= nets
Rearing It's head OUT Of Li1e wafer. the
turtle C1-as1s=d the net EurlGlElsIT from
SIDE To side when they first arreEI1 pied
% raise the net The waves nearly Ov-
zrCurned the boat The Martins reach
I'd for -he oars and pulled away from
the perll1us SPOT Wlrl All rapI1lCY- They
lad 10 intention of giving I'D the fight.
aUr they perceived that their boat vas
too light % risk a close encounter They
sought out only ore 0C1ar nan Charles
CTragzr- and the three took z large lie
boat n 1aL an hour from rh= first
szIrruis1 the coat was above the net
and everything was in readiness for 4
finish fight Frank Martin was the
general
GraspIuE q beat hook h leaned over
the side - the boat and fixed II IN the
--e=1=s Of TIE Ret LEeu he placed 2
Ratchet near and gave co us assistants
the signal I'd begin la1IIlE Al Cppo-
site tug told Ct SrI1 i1Cr- counter effort
ut Ehe other eEd of the net but under
EEa force Of the combined human NUS
ole the weight rose steadily until the
EsaG was 0-Ge mere Above water TIE
BODY rCl owed Go Cl-z surface and Tor the
first time the U=E knew what what
reptile they were cGC-ila. tiEez The EEnE
however. was far from ended
The turtle E1aG1=ued now by the
freLrCE of the net and by the rain Of
the bCathooz which Frank Martin had
oV TITS time fastened UEltzr ere Of IT'S
6zuUers- Eou1lIerzd about ard tried TO
throw rs cJ1El7 ersoE1s body toward the
beat Instead q pulling It's head back
70 safety II extended II far out Of ITS
shell. showed rows Of s4UIIIEa teeth aul
snapped with EEEEefI-I viEur. For EaIf
an hour il resisted the enlzaa.vor of rE1e
U1au 10 draw II close 20 TIE boat and
twice it nearly broke away Other boat
Rec Ks were however. fastened 10 it and
finally the EaE e ore OF the hooks vas
1aDbed deeply ITO the head partially
stunning IT, Before it could recover
from tine blow II was pulled close along
side Frank Martin seized the hatcI1et
and buried the sharp blade to the han
ole III the tzU6zr part OF the neck close
resulted Instantly and TIE body hOaled
On the water