Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-17 | Page 2 | $10,000 Whale Causes Fight

WHALE YHALE I CAUSES FIGHT u V S Marshal Ordered To T Bring 75 Ton 75 Ton Animal I Into Court I I BILOXI Miss April As 17 17 AS n a result of a squabble over th the I I ownership of a defunct whale found s several days ago ot olt the Ule coat Coast br I 1 the federal court for tor 11 district of Mississippi 1 Monday Issued a n writ of ot sequestration I I tion directing the United States State I I I marshal to seize seIze and bring Into I court the whale weighing mo I than 75 tons and measuring more than 65 feet teet and it st 10 1000 COO Rojello Lopez captain of or th the fish fishing Ing boat San Francisco and h crew cre found the dead whal float float- floatIng floatIng Ing a few rew mile of oft the tho 1 ner hero here last Meek aeck eek and according to Captain Lope towed towel It to the tue north end of ot Deer Island after oCter attaching a n placard bearing his name and that of ot his boat as s means I a II I means of ot showing that the hal hale to them they anchored It and proceeded to New Orleans to t tell of ot their find Upon their ro- ro return return turn the they found another party tot ls of the a bale hale claiming Its it 01 ownership I- I Legal eal proceedings in- in were Instituted by LOPLZ and his crew to regain its possession posses posses- possession sion alon A suit In the tho n mo of Lo- Lo Lopez Lopea pea pez ct d al ai against T J 3 Desport and the Desport company ot of 1 was Instituted and a IL writ rit 01 or of replevin Issued enjoining the corn com company corn pany from disposing of ot the tho whale whal pending the coul COUI t s a ruling In the meantime a II Bilo l con con- concern concern con cern corn offered 10 OO for the what