The San Francisco call., 1897-10-05
A Fight With
A MAN EATER
Capture Of an Enormous
Shark in the Bay
Yesterday.
One of the Fishermen Seriously
Injured While Securing
the Monster.
An Opposition Steamer Is to Go on
the Route Between Here
and. Suisun.

excitement among the Italian fishermen
early yesterday morning. 1t got tangled
| up IN one OF the nets, and it was cnly
after struggle that lasted nearly two
| hours that the monster was captured
While the struggle was going on one of
the fishermen was severely injured and
had TO be taken home when the boat
reached Fishermen's whare.
Early Monday morning F. Maggie and
G. B. Matola started out in the fishing
| smack Stella. off Goat Island they set
| their nets and then allowed the boat to
drift out with the tide. All went well un-
til the boat was off Lime Point The men
were half asleep. and before anything
could be done the boat was nearly cap.
sized. Maggie at once saw that a big fish
was entanged in the net. They gradually
hauled in the slack and then discovered
| that their capture was large man eating
shark. Every attempt to get it in 20 the
boat proved failure, and other boats had
10 be sum moned.
During the struggle which followed
Maggie had his right thumb broken, ana
the fish hit him so hard in the stomach
with its tail that all the fight was knock ed
out of him. Finally the shark was beaten
into insensibilitv with a club and it vas
AHalIy got lnIO tue DOat- Inc net was
ruined, and Maggie and MaIoa decide /
they had had All the fishing they wanted
for one day, SO the Stella was headed for
the wharf The shark was hoisied into the
tshermen's shed and hid from view. 1t
measured feet Ii inches and had three
! rows OF teeth. 1t VIII be placed on exhibi-
tion to-day.
This makes the fourth man-eater that
Maggie has captured since he has been
fishing on this coast, but it is the first he
has caught in the waters OF the bay. The
otherN were caught off the coast and
measured from Is TO % feet. The one
caught yesterday could easily have bitten
a man in two, and leg or an arm would
| have been small mouthfuk
"Gabe" Cohen, who was known as "the
! oung Napoleon of the water 'front.'" has
reached Dawson City. He left here on the
| Excelsior, but upon reaching ST. Michael
| he found that another river steamer was
leaving before the Alaska Commercial
| Com pany's boat, but all the passages had
been taken. The steamer was snort of
| CABIN boys, however, and nothing
daunted "Gabe" took the Job. For the
| first two or three nights he had 10 make
his bed in a coil of rome, but after that
| things moved along all right. On arriving
| at Dawson he saw that there was nothing
| 10 be done In the shape OF prospecting un-
| III next spring and also that provisions
were going TO be very scarce. Young
| Napoleon" considered the situation in all
| its bearings and finally decided that work
he must have. Just before the mail left
| he succeeded In getting a position in one
Of the Alaska Commercial Company's
| stores at $50 month and found. So now
| through The winter Mr.. Cohen will have
comfortable quarters, plenty to eat and a
monthly salary. He says tnat unless the
unexpected happens. and plenty Of pro-
visions get in, there will be much suffer-
| ing in Dawson this winter.
The passengers who came from ST.
! Michael on the steamer North Fork have
presented very handsome testimonialras
| &c the efficiency and courtesy of the can
tain and his officers to the managing
| owner
The Piper, Alden, Goodall Company is
/ 10 aod another route to its system. The
| steamer Sunol, which was sunk IN a COL
| ision with the four masted barkentine
! olympic has been raised and rebuilt and
will 60 into commission this month
| Captain Nicholas and the crew of the
Grace Barton will take her over and she
| Will go on the Vallejo route. The Grace
| Barton will be taken by Captain Richard
son and will be placed on the run between
San Francisco. Benicia and Suisun. The
| advent of the new line will mean a great
boon to the people OF Suisun City and the
| vicinity.
Richard Perry, an old and very sick
| man, was brought down from Vallejo o n
the steamer Monticello yesterday. His
travelling companion, on the arrival of
the steamer here, brought him shore and
sat him Gown in the lee of woodpiie.
Two hours later he was found there and
DR.. Deas, in the Receiving H ospital, was
notified. He took charge of the ola man
and sent him to the City and County
Hospital.
TIE steam schooner Reliance was
placed on the Merchants drydock TO have
new false keel put on yesterday. Com
ine out of Coos Bay on her last trip she
struck heavily on the bar and was nearly
wracked