Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-12

strong wa~. We decided then that "A
shark had got him, but We did not cease
patrolling the shore up and down the bar
al intervals, day after day, looking Tor
some sign of poor Mcdonald.
ION the tenth day Mckinley and lett
camp together aud walked north. further
than We had ever gone before. Ten mile,
from camp We caught sight in the distance
OF a tangle Of gli,tcnlng sticks IN the edge
Of the wash. The sticks were what was
left 1T McDunald-hi~ bones from the
waist down. picked clean Of flesh. down to
the feet. crushed and mangled by great
teeth. The shoes were still on the feet.
The flesh had been eaten Ia the shoe tops
no further. Inside the shoe, the feet
We're intact.
I'VE gathered up the sri>ly relies, piled
them out eff reach of the tide and marked
the spot. Then We trudgcd back to camp.
a. ] remember. II was not a talkatiye re-
turn.
That same afternoon. half a mile south
of camp-that -. IN the opposite dlrec-
tlon-we came upon McDonald'S shirt,
laccruted IN the sharks teeth. From the
tears and Sits in the shirt We concluded
that the man-eater must have grabbed the
swimmer IN the abdomen. and, with one clip
Of his Jaws. shearcd him III halves. From
our finding of the legs ten miles north.
when the only current was straight in
shore. We deduced that a school of sharks.
ta--.lI- ms. ...- ,.t-t I.y.. Ill -
running fight over that half 81 the body.
carrying II ont 10 sea and up the coast.
The upper half We never found. 50 We think
the big fellow who got him may have de
voured 1t. 4 few days later. going back
t. bury the bones We had found up the
coast. wc discovered McDonald'~ trousers
or the rags of them. near the same place.
We buried the bones. marked the grave.
and took the trousers back To camp.
"Scarching the dead mans grip. We
found letters ID him from hi brother.
Frank Mcdonald. written from three diff
ferent places. | had known Frank for
fourteen wears. and | Immediately wrote
triplicatr letters notifying him ot Johns
death. addressing one to each 81 the three
places. These | mailed later al Point I~a-
bel.
ION April p We had our second ex-
pcricncc with sharks. We had landed the
first day III 4 short distance south Ut the
wreck. The wreck j. entirely submerged
and when We landed first we missed It.
knowing only it, approximate location.
and AZ knew only ~ approximate location.
On the BIRD W prepared y" move the barge
up to the wreck. While getting ready |
stuck a splinter in my foot. making II bleed
prufu-cly. wadcd ashore with the foot
bleeding and took out the splinter. Ten
minutes after tins We were polling the
barge along shore towards the wreck. One
man. an Indian sailor. was IN the water.
denly Leo Bennett. \ Greek sailor. scream
"a. Jumping toward the Indian ~ seized
him by the wrist. icrked ~avagcly. and the
Indian. with q twist of his legs. tumbled
iuhn.rl An instant later \ shark struck
the hur.r ~ hedge hammer blow with hi~
head
.FpIiuv,- ,ti We pooled the harrr up
to tho "r.l .ifi'uui - much ~ q han
r'u tI'.r We prepared thing-
INV that WV. N tvr them. went IVY
board Tie. ~aui1 ,--a. which had been
riding to anchor. .rt "' team. and made
for Point Isabel. Wiih i,. ot the crew
landed there. The other ,uu, VEN" iug tu
Galveston tn bring back y heavier h"ii
and \ steel shark cage. The shark rt-.
l. simply a heavy steel ucitng with WHICH
To surround the wreck aud within Winch
the diver can work icarlr>-ly.
n a. not wonder that there was % lat
~ left IT Mcdonald. \ shark has seven
rows of teeth. and he can evcrla~tlnely