Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-14
Fear of Sharks
 Shadows Resorts
ONLY THE VENTUREsOME DARE
 ENTER COAST WATERS
MORE MANEATERS SEEN
Matawan Authorities Offer Reward For Every Shark Brought in Dead or Alive-Five-Footer. Caught Near Bridgeport, Second Within Week.

New York. June 13.-Armed shark hunters in motor hGS$s patroued the New York and New Jersey beaches in a concerted effort to exterminate the man-eaters which have moved north from their customary haunts, appar~ ently in large numbers. The village of MataWan, N. J.. offered a reward of $100 for every shark brought in dead O alive.
 The theory that a single shark was responsible for the killing of four swimmers off New Jersey within the past two weeks, two of them yester- day in Matawan Creek, a shallow in let six miles from the open sea. has been dispelled by persons who actual ly have seen half a dozen or more of the monsters.
 Sharks which formerly fed on food thrown overheard from the many steamships which piled before the war began, now have become raven ous is one theory advanced. Even those not ordinarily classed as man. eaters, it is said. probably have been driven by starvation to turk in the warm waters of the Atlantic coast at this season and attack human be- ings.
 Three Sharks Bottled Up.
 Three of the huge fish were seen to- day in MataWau Creek and now are believed to be bottled up there. Nets have been stretched under a bridge about a mile and a half from the mouth of the inlet to prevent egress into Raritan bay. A sl0Op arriving from Bermuda was reported tonight to have brought the heads of several sharks along the way. some of them off the New Jersey coast.
 Terror at Coast Resorts.
 Terror has seized the muItftudes who have bathed at resorts along the New Pork and New Jersey coasts and comparatively few now venture into the water. At Asbury Park and oth- CT resorts nets have been strung around the bathing area.
 Man Eaters Teeth Give Out Poison
 Dr. George T. Reynolds of Natawan. who attended Stanley Fisher. who WIS SC seriously mangled in 9. l-ttIe with 9 shark yesterday that he died a few hours later, performed an autopsy on Fishers body today. He declared he found the flesh torn by the man eat CTS teeth impregnated with a pecu- liar poisonous liquid which seemed 10 have a deadening effect on the nerves and muscles. This probably explained he said, why Fisher apparently had little sensation of pain when the shark took off his leg.
 All Search For Boys Body Fails
 Little hope is entertained for the recovery of the body of twelve year old Lester StiIlweu the other victim of the Matawan Creek tragedy. It is believed that he was devoured by the shark, as persistent dragging of the inlet and dynamiting of the water have failed to bring up the body. Many conflicting reports were re- ceived here during the day from va rious points along the New York and New Jersey coasts regarding the kill ing of sharks, but only one appears to have had any foundation in fact. This was the news brought in by Anthony Lundy, catain of a fishing boat, who said he had Clubbed to death a nine foot shark, weighing 45O pounds while cruising off Elberon. N. J. A fisherman reported tonight that he had tried vainly to kill with an oar a seven foot monster which became entangIed in his nets. He said the shark tried to strike his boat.