Evening star., 1900-08-18
FOUND IN A SHARK.
GrewsOme Discovery of a Missing
Man by a South Sea Islander.
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Grewsome Discovery of a Missing
Man by a South Sea Islander.
From the Hawaiian Star.
Part Of the remains of human being
were found this morning in the stomach
Of a huge shark which was caught at mid
night by South Sea Islander. John Poai,
who was fishing the mouth of the
channel. There were the hip bones. right
thigh and right foot, the latter in a good
state of preservation. The hip and thigh
bones had flesh on them at all. The
police were notified of the ghastly dis
covery early this morning, and Capt. Park
visited the scene and left an officer in
charge. Later High Sheriff Brown went to
where the opened body of the sea monster
was lying. on the shore at Kakaako, and
had the human remains brought to the city.
where Mrs. Uhlbrecht, whose husband was
drowned last Sunday, YVES given II oppor-
tunty to identify them. 1t was at once sur
missed that the remains those of the
unfortunate young man
The fisherman was preparing the shark
for the market when he made his grew
some discovery. He cut eff the tail and
cut the fish in half. Then he found the
bones and yelled to companions. There is
quite colony of South Sea Island fisher
men at Kakaako. and soon John sur
rounded by an excited crowd of them. He
laid the bones and foot aside. and the po-
lice were sent for. The foot is remarkably
preserved There are a few scratches upon
It, but the flesh and skin are all there. In
view of the bare condition of the other
bones. this is something of a puzzle to all
who have seen the remains.
Careful search was made for some shredS
Of clothing, but none were found. The con-
dition of the remains indicates that the
shark must have had several companions
when 1t secured its meal. The only theory
| to account for the separation of the pieces
is that several of the monsters attacked the
body at once and fought over it, tearing 1t
limb from limb. The shark is large enough
to have eaten a man whole. Its length is
| about fourteen feet Its mouth measures
| over foot and half from end to end. and
| rows Of sharp teeth show how fearful was
It's rasp- 1t had a great square head, shaped
| like that Of catfish. and in the lower jaw
! Johns large hook had caught with grip
| that not even the giants struggles could
| loosen.
| The South Sea Islander who hooked the
shark goes by the name of John. He start
| ed out early last night for nights fishing.
| and at half-past IL one of his lines was
seized by a huge shark. The latter weighs
| about 500 pounds. and it started away with
| John and his lines. boat and all, If 1t
were whale towing a lifeboat John had
| plenty Of line. however, and he comes of
| race that knows no fear of any sort of fish.
He prepared for a long battle. The shark
| swan furiously about in the depths. taking
| the little boat now one way and now
| other while John played with 1t, knowing
| that once hooked the great fish would fight
| for freedom until it became exhausted. For
an hour the fish had its own way. Then It's
| strength began to give out and Johns turn
| came. AS the monster grew weaker he
| drew 1t in closer. and after a fight of an
| hour and half he landed it ashore at Ka-
kaako. near the old rifle range. John was
| delighted with his catch, which he thought
would net good sum Of money, little
| dreaming of the discovery that was to be
made in the morning Instead of being sold
| for food. the shark lies on the rocks and
l Of out
| ting 1t up was Interrupted by the grewsome
discovery he made. The big fish is only an
| object of horror to the natives and South
| Sea Islanders now.
| The foot positively identified at the
police station by Mrs. Uhlbrecht as that of
her husband. She called at the station at
| about IL o'clock and asked to be allowed to
see the remains. Friends tried to dissuade
| her from going to look at them, as it was
| easy to identify the foot by her description
of an fngrowing toe nail. but she desired to
make sure for herself. On looking at the
| foot she stated that it was in fact one Of
| the feet OF Emil Uhlbrecht.
| The absence of any shoe led many people
to doubt that 1t was one of Uhlbrecht's feet
as the latter had shoes on when he was
drowned The fact that no shoe was on
when the foot was found this morning Is
taken as proof that the body had been in
the water for some time before the sharks
got at It, In many cases OF drowning the
clothes. shoes and all come off in the water
and this is probably what happened in the
| case OF lHlDTeCnt. lnlS theory QlSpOSeS OF
! the Idea that the young man was attacked
by sharks before he met death in the water
| They evidently came upon his body some
time after life was extinct The condition
of the foot also bears out this supposition
| as 1t had evidently not been very long in
| the sharks body.
The shark caught this morning is about
the record size for these waters. There
| have bean catches of sharks fifteen feet
long and a little over. but they are rare.
The monster which attacked Uhlbrecht's
hf,1v Jo nrIt fSeI, IL L.,
called, not one Of the kind specially known
| as man-eaterS.
When news OF the discovery at Kakaako
was circulated about town there was a
rush of sghtseers to the scene where the
shark lay. Among them We're many cam
eras. The remains were very quickly re-
moved, that most of the people saw
only the mutilated body of the shark.
| Capt. Parker caught sight of some more
Of the floating stomach in the water
where the fisherman had thrown it. and
he had 1t brought ashore for examination,
but nothing was found in it.
Natives from the water front focked to
the scene of the tragic discovery in large
numbers. and fish stories were the order of
| the day. Every native fisherman has had
lots of experience with sharks. which are
| abundant all round the islands. Large ones.
| however, seldom caught near in
shore was the one caught this morning.
| The natives of old days used to have a
| treaty with the king of sharks, by the
terms of which certain parts of the sea
+ were to be free from warfare between the
| sharks and the fishermen. From Pearl
Harbor to Waikiki was the neutral terri
| tory Between those two limits 1t was
agreed that the natives should catch no
| sharks. and in exchange for this immunity
the sharks. by their monarch agreed never
to molest the native fishermen and bathers
within the same limit A huge rock which
| rises out of the water at Pearl Harbor Is
| the witness of the king who made the
treaty, under which the natives for years
| felt safe from the monsters of the deep.
Emil Uhlbrecht was drowned last Sunday
morning off Makapuu Point where he was
hunting for shells with two companion
He ventured too far out on the rocks and q
breaker carried him away. Other waves
carried him farther and farther from his
| companions till they saw him sink.
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