Show WITH AN OCTOPUS BOTI boys kill a monster Moc ster with seven foot tentacles seattle press three young men met aged about 18 Y years bad an exciting encounter r wit with an octopus or devil hah fish under the old wb wharf 1 l rf belonging to the I 1 myers canning company at west seattle about throe three yesterday afternoon it resulted in in the frightfully fright full creature being killed after a fearful struggle it was necessary to sever completely every one of the horrible creatures tentacles from its body beare it gave up the struggle the fight was witnessed by quite a number of spectators the boys were fishing for tomcod from the front of the wharf when they noticed a considerable comil commotion lotion in the water under the wharf one of them dick smith took a long pole and find climbed under dertke the wharf to find sible the cause of the disturbance he ile had not gone far when ia in the semi gloom he lie discovered a strange shape and saw a pair of small eyes glaring at him in his fright he be poked at the animal with the pole but tobis to his borrow and amazement it etwas was wrenched from b bis is bandits hand a easily ag as though it had been a straw young stith smith gave ave a frightened yell and clia climbed to the top of the wharf to give the alarm several boy boy arming themselves with poles an and opa spades d es climbed down under the wharf to investigate this marine monster mo uster and if possible pose sible cap lure ture it after the eyes of the boys had become accustomed to the gloom they beheld to their wonder and surprise that the creature with which they had bad to deal was a huge devil fish lashing the water into foam roam with its merciless arms which were spread out for a distance of seven feet 1 act in every direction the boys attacked the creature with poles and spades one bo boy Y made a strike at the animal cutting it slightly with a the infuriated creature seized the spade in its grasp and threw it far out among the piles the fight continued for some time the animal seizing everything that was thrust at him several times one odthe of the boys narrowly mij muted being be in caught and find drawn beneath 2 the surface by tha monster of the deep at length by a united pull at several poles which the octopus had seized in his blind rage he was drawn from the water but even then he be kept up the fight right with unabated fu fury ry striking viciously at everything within reach one ono after another the tentacles were severed from the frightfully misshapen boda even alter after the last arm had been severed the animal did not give up the light however and when anyone approached pro ached it glared at them and caused its body to quiver I 1 v er in a manlier that induced a au thrill h r ill of fear to run over the beholder even with a knowledge that it was harmless harmles 3 the devil fh fish was finally des ched with a spade the arms were carried away by the several boys who had severed them as trophies of the fight but the body remained on the ground and was viewed by many people during luring the remainder of the afternoon |