Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-10

Ger Species fhn. ys Feared gn t;4e So1,th--h EaSSfcr:aeEs Monster =g'-4 ,t 3Hhabifs n Aichiss.ss. Lake.
 =, #af as ;e'a7 14i.=ssag from the game k concerned, fresh water fishing has ..hfa4g=beca .sa.:e upon as about as safe as aay an5rs te .4n world, aid tie fre.,} Watei Iseili has gone oa record as harmless and a9nresist#nt Iut there are N1sfanccS DOW ard then Wi!ea the tisE turns the tables. Ihc inhabitants ot 3Sccola county, M5cit.. W,Io live in fhe neighborhood 6f Iake=t;eorse, an in1and water aboGt three miles long sl2e almost silpersti4:eusiY afrati ot I eefa3in fish that iuiIahits that iaise Ne 0Ge knows what sort of fish jt is. and fainjon locally i.s divided as to Hsaethes z9@ia :1gianl m'!SisetfuttEa= a=stJs- seoD.
 speaemg parties =li..4i H5W aad theIz reported seeing 0 NerE iagSe fish with CHI being able to SIJ..la f, 5Ut 10 oiIe saNe efedeaee 10 ttfe tlIa3 EH3H one night several 8e9rs ::,5, when Il l.4Ity of SporSmen from Gdi"ago went oA th@ l1k,' sHeali@s i!i e,...3t=se at a@ o!G tesi= dent named attnstF Ftnz;.
 Armstrong Has ti4e only ouc tt.at Ia- fmped to tell tAe Stery. H. said tlle party was spearin% ia shallow water when they SaW an e9ormouS fish that rescnbled an eYer&roWn picipiel Two of 1he= Chicago men were St&Hdin1 in thn bow, ;.l.d at ti!at supposed the fish l,;,, .tll -n and struck W,h 3ii lis might. Yhe fish gaer J dart Chat trade the boat jump is though a steam engine were pulling if If the man had let 90 of the spear, all would have been well, but he hung OH. and the Gsli gave q mighty flop to right angles with the boat. The man still held to tae spear. with the result that {hs boat capSzed, and the men fonnd themselves standing in mud and WAter t!p to their waists.
 The light went out when the boat up- set. and, the night being dark and eEoudv. not one of the party had any idea of the direction to be pursued i'll reaching shore. 'Fhc shallow water oc- cupieS d large part of the lake, and they could wander in any direction without being able to tell whether or not 1hev were nearing shore. Arm strong said afterward that nothing ..nulf equal the awfulness of the eNpe- Ylrrcr= lhat followed They made their WAY in one direction after another and wandered round and round, going half WAY "a their knees ill mud it every step.
 70 make matters worse cold, sieadY. drzzling cain began to fall. Tlssy were soon numb to the marrow. Thcn one of the sportsmen dropped without a word, and no one went to his brlp. Little by little the three that re maincd were separated. Armstrong saws he himself became unconscious after a time aud remembers noth- inw that happened until he was reused hy feeling solid ground beneath his ferf and finding that the water was more shallow than it had been. lie kept on and fell upon the shore. Then o9 bands and knees he craWled tC camp and gave the alarm. Search was at 0l.s.A made for his companions, ano fbpir bodies were recovered. Since that time the big fish with scar on his back has twice or thrice been seen b! spcaring parties, but they have passed il by
 There is one species of fish in tht south that is feared only little les. than it's salt water contemporary th'