The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-01
TWO HEADS.
REMARKABLE EAGLE CAUGHT
SUNDAY EVENING.
1t Is said 70 he the Only One Of Its
Kind in the World.

Wichita win be famous throughout the
Masonic world within forty-eight hours.
Already the metropolitan papers are cali
ing for a fm description Of the two
headed eagle caught by DR.. J. W. shultz
and Thomas shaw four and one-half
miles north and three miles west of the
Cudahy packing house Sunday morning
Although badly wounded on one wing.
the bird is suu alive and viii continue
to live. with good care; and this it viii
have. for il VIII be shipped this after
noon to the Smithsonian institute, or
rather to the National museum connected
with it. Professor a. 2. Rnl, first as
sistant custodian of the Smithsonian in
stit1te. when informed by wire Of the
capture. alive. of such q bird yesterday.
was in great elee. for It IS said to be the
only genuine two-headed eagle ever cap
tured. at least within the past 1000 years
The Bible in a few places. contains in
distinct reference to- two-headed bird
supposed TO have been an eagle. and It is
in these references that the emblem Of
Scottish Rite Masonry has its origin.
DR.. SHUTS and Thomas Shaw were not
expecting a catch Of this kind when they
went out Sunday afternoon. On the con-
. trary, they were out on an extraordinary
fishing trip. During that big rain two
weeks ago Ben Fisher. who bought a farm
between the two rivers, was digging
cyclone cave. II was dug TO a depth Of
four feet and the rain filed it with wa
ter. Two DAYS afterwards he noticed
that it was fun Of eels from seven to
fourteen inches long. and he was bewil-
dered st the circumstance. not knowing
whore they came from. He came to town
and told Thomas Shaw about the mat
ter. both Of them being boys together
back east. AIR. Shaw laughed himself al
most sick at what he considered his old
friends pipe wream. Fisher got mad and
left him Mr. Shaw was jokingly telling
Col Hutchinson about the matter, and
was surprised TO find that gentleman
take the matter seriously. Col. Hutchin-
son is by all odds the best read man in
this section of the country. and he knew
that Fishers story was no pipe dream.
He knew that certain water animals.
when the water recedes from them. shriv-
q up. bat do not die until they TO all APP
pearances. become particles/of the earth.
They become dormant until they get wa
ter again. when they develope from a
mere speck Of earth into their former size.
The colonel gave it as his opinion that
the eels developed in Fishers cyclone
cave had laid dormant for probably 5o,
zoo years Just then DR.. Shuts who for
merly was state hsh commissioner. and
mau Wen read in such matters. came up
and hearing the story. agreed with Col
Hutchinson. The three gentlemen then
and there agreed to go 70 Fishers Sun
day evening and make experiments with
the earth around the cyclone cave. but
Col. Tutchnson's horse was sick and he
could not go. DR. Shuts and Thomas
Shaw did go and taking tub full Of
water put some OF the earth into It and
saw the development or i've nice eels.
which attained their fun size IN less than
three hours 1t was while they were
making these experiments that they saw
the eagle and took shot al e. They
Thought K was q large hawk ar first but
when they ssw II was an eagle. probably
female When they found It had two
beads their joy knew 10 bounds The
reht head IS q little smaller than the
left one and one OF It's eyes Is gone;
otherwise it IS perfect i'm every respect
III IS now kept In a sewing machine crate
and eats fearful lot Of scrap meat It
wIl he sent out this afternoon by the
Wells-Fa go express at 2:55.
DR. Shuts and AIr Sh aw brought two
sacks of dirt in with them from Fishers
and ri O'Clock this morning. in the hack
room Of 0Ir. shaws music store they
VIII devGope some GELS Tor the benefit
of State Fish Conan ssioner George WI
ley. who came I'm from Meade last night
TO watch the operation and make re-
port on the matter 70 Governor Stanley.
Il VIII be very interestins matter and.
while the store IS not large enough 10
accommodate great many people. the
exhibition VIII be public For some rea-
son The cells VIII rot develop in hydran1
water and two barrels or oistern water
have been procured Tor the experiments