Show JUGE FREAK FISH P UP A FIGHT new hew jersey fisherman lands land queer specimen five feet long after hard fight TWO ROWS OF TEETH the monster monitor that Is a cross cro between alligator and llie jersey isey devil will be sent to smithsonian institution to be identified philadelphia attacked by a mysterious creature variously described as a monstrous amphibious animal and a furious freak fish daniel miller a abd shad fisherman was rescued from harm harj by companion his harry taylor in tho the delaware river ilver off gloucester N J vor for five minutes after the creature had bad been hauled cinto into their boat it gave battle until miller became exhausted 11 hausted austed he be fought the attacks with his blots taylor who was wag operating tho the boat was afraid to leave hla his position while the battle waged tor for tear fear the boat would capsize miller who to Is one of the oldest fishermen in gloucester accompanied by taylor set act out with nets for shad early this rooming morning shortly before noon when they were preparing to return home with their supply of fish they pulled in the net As they brought it to the surface the weight became noticeably hes heavy vy there was vas a constant jerking at the ropes at last they were unable to pull the net any higher and lashed it to the side of the boata when miller opened the net the creature sprang from the water at him the force sent miller sprawling into tho middle of the boat the creature which had bad two rows of long teeth snapped at hirn him viciously when the fishermen finally landed their catch on land hundreds of persons flocked to see the creature it was taken to Bl millers illers boathouse fishermen who have seen open and caught many kinds of fish shook their heads the creature sprang from the water when asked what they thought the thing was the creature measures 5 feet 4 inches from the head to the end of the tall the tall alone measured measure ii I 1 feet the head resembles the head of a large snapper mid and to Is not unlike that tha t df an alligator it has twenty teeth some som short and ragged while those in the front are shaped like a dogs long and pointed on its broad egray back are scales from one to two inches in length which overlap one another the creature has bas four feet like those of an alligator liga tar when standing it would bo be about a foot fool from the ground tho the tall shaped like a huge cone resembles the tall of an alligator A number of the oldest fishermen believed at first that the creature was a lizard more than two centuries old while others decla declared that the abe thing answers to the description of the jersey a devil which several years ago gave the entire eastern states a fright tho the thing will be kept by mr miller at his hia bath house and placed on exhibition for a few days in the meantime the sc lentine authorities at washington have been asked to examine no the creature and pass judgment as to what it may be |