Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-17

The huge shark which recently bit a
man in New York harbor and terrorized
the bathers ut neighboring resorts is dead.
He was killed by Miss Marguerite Jarvis
at the bottom of the sea. Miss Jarvis made
up n hunting party composed of herself,
Captain Z. J. Larkin and a diver named
Barney. They went out in "a tug with
meat bait to attract the monster and, dress
cd in diving suits. went TO the bottom of
the ocean mt n point off Princes light
''Thcrc was not rock or hole Of any
kind in sight, said Miss Jarvis in de
scribing the adventure to World report
err, and if we had been able to choose the
ground according TO our own wishes we
could not have been better satisfied The
fact that the bottom consisted of a hard
yellow sand made walking an easy matter
and gave us treble the light we would
have had ordinarily.
We spread ont in the form of a triangle
about ten feet distant from each other
MIR Larkin had tied piece of rope from
my left arm II his left arm, and similar
piece of rope stretched between Larkin
and Barney. The moment a shark hove
in sight of one Of the trio that person was
20 give the string four vigorous pulls to
attract tie attention of the others. They
were then TO lend a hand in dispatching
the shark If he proved troublesome.
Each one Of The party was provided
with the carcass of dog tied with "a rope
to the end Of n long hook This carcass
was to attract to our immediate neighbor
hood any shark that might have been
drawn hither by the pieces of meat that
Mr.. Larkin had previously thrown over
board We knew that the moment the
shark detected the smell of the dog he
would swim up for a meal
.Thoughtlcssly / let go the hook to
Il
ing buoyant. it shot upward like fish
This turned out TO be a fortunate accident
for us, for as the dog reached the surface
i dimly saw a long form, which / knew
must be the shark, rush through the water
and swallow the dog without even taking
the trouble 10 tear it to pieces. The crea-
ture had probably been lurking near the
surface, attracted by the stale meat Lar.
kin had thrown overheard when we first
saw him and after disposing of that was
waiting for more.
There was nothing any OF Us could do
which would make the shark sink within
reach, for we knew very well that the least
movement on our part would brighten the
monster away We simply had to stand
still and trust that the odor of one of the
other dogs would reach him and that he
would sink 20 the bottom 10 find his prey
sure enough, before many moments
we saw the shark lower himself to the bot
tom He was of the variety called the
ground shark and must have been ~
feet long. As he came down with his gilt
tering white belly foremost 1 saw hanging
from his jaws the hook with the long
wooden handle to which had tied the dog
- As the shark reached the bottom held
my breath tnvoluntarily for fear should
brighten him away by even breathing, but
the big fellow was no more frightened
than was, although his surprise was so
great that he remained perfectly still for
two or three minutes, while he eyed the
trio with n curious. sullsn stare He had
evidently eelibeTated upon what to do, for
he broke the Stiffness ty sudden beating
of the water = i'm his large tail without
advancing OF retreating. Bis object, ]