The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
A REAL FISH STORY
Big Sturgeon Is Caught at
Maryland Point,
ATTACKED BY MANY SHARKS
Caught in the shallow Water the
Fish Gould Not Escape, So "a COL
Ored BOY Cut It's Head or and
They Pulled Him Ashore with "A
Tenn ana Cartcd linn Away.

All due respect TO the shining lights
about the country who recently came
forth with stories telling Of how timber
wolf had killed "a caribou and of how "A
snake had swallowed a full grown pig, for
they succeeded in agitaung the whole
country TO such an extent that for time
a domestic revolution seemed evident and
even the wielder of the big stick was
drawn into the fight
a story Of how a number OF sharks
had driven an enormous sturgeon high
and dry upon the shore Of the Lower Po-
tomac was told by one Aunt Rose
Washington. "a colored woman Of the old
school while az the HUbor police station
yesterday, however, which IS every bit as
miraculous. if not more so. The best part
of the whole thing is that Aunt Rose
is no 'nature-faker" and on the ooP-
trary declared that she never heard Of
such class OF individuals. Although
her story is a fish story, 1t is. neverthe-
less, alleged 10 be true
The aged woman was called upon sew
cral times yesterday by the men OF the
Harbor precinct TO relate the story Of the
old sport engaged in by the sharks who
around ia the river near her home al
Maryland Point. about sixty miles from
tvs city. and in every instance the facts
were always exactly the same. establish
ing. without the least doubt. that the ma
Jure taker" had not been at work In that
locality.
Biggest Sturgeon Ever.
Yes, sub said Aunt Rose. In telling
the tale for the fourth time 10 Sergt.
Dean az tle Harbor station. "that sho
was the biggest stuggm ever seen and
them sharks aid naturally make him
move. It's been about two weeks ago
now on a Saturday af'nOOu when ] was
gettin' my dinner dishes washed up and
chanced 70 look out an seen them sharks
a-slashug back ,au' forth IN the water
jus SO. continued the old woman. as She
waved her hand up and down to make
her meaning palmer.
Them sharks got around that st1ggm
and jus drove him clear up iu.0 th.
shaIler water near the shore till he jus
couldn't go no farther and lay there in
tie mud. 7 seed the black thing a-layiug
there Iu the sUu and thought it was "a
dead man them creatures was trying 10
get 10. but my Cal Lizzie ain't no more
than seen the thing than she saws TO me
Ma, that's q stusElu. and gifts I'm "a row
boat 20 go after him
Honest % goodness that certainly was
big fish" continued Aunt Rose. .-an
he igs lay there .n the sha'}er water and
couldn't do nJ,Hiug. He couldn't swim
an them pe-ky sharks jus kept 0n slash
ing an him Wild their axes TIL though.
they'd shore aHt him 90 pieces Ny
daughter Amt wore'u gotten uear 60 the
stggguu than them sharks begin 90 kick
up the awfu.est fuss I ever seen. They
jus CirCled arouE and arouu' a-tryiug 90
ger at him. but the water was so shaIle-
that they stuck il the mud
THE stugEu Dee jus laid there and
did u0th'u. Lawd, the thing couldn't dl
UOtniu cause h. want MORN half covered
On the water. 1Jy girl and boy got hold
of rope and fixed il 10 his giIls an tried
. 20 pull linn on shore. but no sooner he
got 10 where the water more'u up q,
your ankles, be jas logged in the mud
ana we could not bulge him.
Il called my boy Harry 90 get the oxeus