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F. J. SOWLE HAS FIGHT 'WITH LARGE TURTLE.ANGOLA. ftiiL, June !L—F. J. Sowle, of this city, who is* cum ping at Lake James, had an exciting fight.wilii a Jorge snapping turtle at the lake today. x\ccordlr.g to his story, he was out iu his bout this morning, when he saw the turtle in about two and a half feet of water. He reached down end grabbed the tunic by the tall and threw him into the bone, and then the fun commenced. The turtle seemed to be determined to get.uu his leet, and in this war kept Sowles jumping ftoui one cml ol the beat to the other. By ' Jumping From one seat to. another, over the turtle all the white,; Sowlcs i roughL the turtle with an oar and j finally pinned him under the rear j seat of the boat and kept him there until he got the assistance or : another fisherman to help him tie the j fish« by Use bill. The turtle was j ttlmut three feet from the tip of lila i Li 11 to the top of his head when ho ! was stretched out, and weighed about • forty or fifty pounds.
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Jun 10, 1906
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
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