The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-13
SHARK
 KILLS TWO, MAINS
 ONE IN NEW JERSEY

New York, July 13-A nine-foot shark swan about two miles up Mat awan creek, New Jersey, yesteroay afternoon, dragged a 12-year-old noy to death under the water, tore the flesh so viciously from the thigh bone of another swimmer that the man died later and ripped off the calf or the leg of a second boy. Another youngster, thought to have gone m bathing in the creek yesterday after noon, had not returned to his home late last night.
 The sea monster seized the naked body of Lester Stillwe1l, 12, and dragged him out of sight beneath the water. Lester's brother gave an alarm when the young swimmer screams were smothered in the creek. While Stanley Fisher, "A. husky merchant, was in the water with other men looking for the lads body the shark reappeared in the midst or the searchers and bit the flesh from Fishers right thigh. The big bone was barred from hip to knee. The merchant died -atl 7:30 o'clock last night in the Monmouth Memorial hospital. Long Branch. Stillwell'ss body has not been found, but since his blood stained the water the gen. eral impression is that he was devour- cd by the shark.
 About 20 minutes after Fisher was bitten, Joseph Ralph Dunn, a -10- year-old bather, was pulled literally from the savage flsh's mouth by com panions on a river about a quarter of a. mile below the spot where the esother tragedy occurred. The calf of his left leg was bitten cleanly out.
 'I felt my leg going down the sharks throat" Joseph declared as he lay in St. Peters hospital, New Brunswick. q. believe it would have swallowed me-
 The boy lives in New York city, but refused to give his address, because he did not want his mother to know of the accident. The physicians say he will recover if blood poisoning can be obviated. His leg may be saved.
 The. two places at which the shark made it's attacks are about sixteen miles from the open ocean. Matawan Creek flows into Rar1tan Bay at Key port, N. J.
 II, brother and Albert O'Hara, was swim ming when, the shark made its ap- pearance at Closes dock. The big fish struck O'Hara with its tail hurl- ing him about eight feet into the air. Then it made for Stillwell. Joseph Fisher, on the pier, turned at the sound and saw a fin cutting through the water toward the lad Still inc Io ter was snatched under the water and was not seen again.
 But Fisher saw great crimson stain gush to the surface and float up the creek with the tide.
 This was at 2:30 D. m. Workmen rushing to the bank from a nearby factory began search for the miss- ing boys remains Nets were stretch ed, and hardy swimmers entered the water. One of the huskiest of these was 300-pound Stanley Fisher, a mer- chant of ,Matawan. More than one hundred persons watched his efforts and those of the other searchers.
 Crowd Sees Attack on Fisher.
 At 3 p. m. the shark either returned to the scene or again took up his quest for new living food.
 Stanley Fisher was treading water. The crowd heard him scream. Neither fish nor fin was seen, but, when the swimmer 1unged toward the shore and grasped at the bank he left red wake. Something large and. alive un- der waters bumped against the legs of Arthur Smith, standing in shallow water, and knocked him down. Fish CT, while dying said, he felt Stillwelrs nd ho pd yxyif h ic arms under the water.
 It was about twenty minutes later that ten-year-old Joseph Dunn strip ped off his clothes and dived into the creek a quarter of a mile below the place where Fisher and Stillwell had been seized by the shark. His com panions, including his brother, Mi- chael, sixteen, and Jerry Hourihan, eighteen, were undressing on string piece.
 Hardly had the youngsters body cut the water before he began scream ing that something had hold of him. Michael, Jerry and the other boys reached down from the string pieces and caught Joseph's arms. They tugged until they pulled him almost out of the water. When his legs came above the surface sharks head came with them, The shark S teeth were sunk in the left leg. The boys companions wrenched his leg out of the sharks mouth and dragged him to safety. The entire calf of the left leg was bitten out. The boy was rushed to the New Brunswick hos pital Physicians there hoped to avert blood poisoning.
 Shark Sighted, Warning Jeered.
 Every one who saw the man-eater was positive it was shark. It first was seen as it swan past the mouth of the creek. beneath a bridge on