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. . . . « eo. om ! W. Stanley Fisher Loses its use in Trying to Recover| Body of Lester Stilwell. Joseph Dunz, » Brooklyn Boy, Also Attacked and Escapes| With Mangled Leg and Foot Made By Shark As He Evidently Was Making His Escape from the Creek— Dynamite and Other Means Used Ineffectually to Find Body of Stilwell Bay. No time in recent years had there been so much continued excitement in Matawan as on Wednesday, when no, maneating shark came up Matawan Creek as far as the old Propeller Wyckoff dock and attacked one of a party of boys in bathing there, resulting in the disappearance of the boy and the in ability to get any clue of his bolly since. The boy was Lester Stilwell, son of William Stilwell of Church Street, who le employed in Anderson’s Saw Mit! Following his disappearance Stanley Tisher lost his lfe in acatching for him and the third person to be attacked was Joseph. DunniE Brooklyn, aged M4 years, who had the flesh on his right leg below the knee cut into strips as well to hin foot mangled while in bathing in front of the New Jeravyy Company's plant. About 2 o'clock the Stilwell hoy, who was 12 years old, accompanied by John Curran, Frank Clowes, Albert Ottnon and Charken Von Yrant, went in wwhmmilng in front of Flecher's bag factory along the cresk. Sy ate soying themselves by repeated diving the hoya would view Lathe dovk and as shin was being done fay Winiat the Capus and Gurtan ead Clywab wert ahead of Stilwell, when the former suddenly exclaimed Oh, Leater's gare.” Hin vornradus turned toward the creek and they duvlare they waw the fing or 6G of the slark, and gigts out walting Bydraen: if gay up town devlartt “A criied of mien, baya, woman and girls woon congregated and a affortat that was made in a boat to aid the shareeater and after an hour's effort got producing any result. Stanley Mahe er, Arthur Sins and George Burlew removed their clothing and in bathing trunk a dove overboard, ‘They were cattioned against thin gotrup, but por ched and they went about thy edges of the creek, and Stanley repeatedly dovn to the botrou in the hope of rid ing the body. It was while he wats | ‘thie engaged that hy war attacked by, the shark, who drew blue wutder the water tice with a grip on the right leg: between the knee and hip. As he came up the last time he called out: “Help me,” and Arthur S. Van Ltaket and WL Bryne, Jry who were the fetor boat pear by wert Ws iy assstance, Branley In the neantine awitaming with his free leg toward the edged. As he netted them the shirk crunched his teeth together and stripped the fewd to the bone and disappeared. Mr. Bisher was helped in the heat and with no piece of rope no tourniquet was made which stopped the flow of blood to bunny calcile .A hurried seqreh for a physician wee made, but they were all out of Lows and about a half hour later Dr. Reynolds came to the dock and gave the inferred young man such attention as wits peed ble and he was carried on an improvised stretcher to the Matawan station and plated aboard the 6:00 train dur the hospital at Long Branch accompanied by William 2. Shepherd, Mr. Maler was voracious all the dime and declared more than gave tht he had had old of the boy in the spot where he was last seen, and that the whack hited her go of the boy and attacked him. Te was after 7 o'clock when Mr. Fisher was placed on the operating tile and he died at Tootclock before any operation had been performed. He wel come tota Gil the tine up to withhy five minted of his death. Before Mr. Finer wan attacked by the shark Aru Butheard he felt him brual by Idin and Instead of hiy following the furater he involved In nothin direction and an instant Inter Binley gave the plain, t here was crawl of 800.07 BOO people poder the Hate and Chedght of Aly. Uber hading brought ashore wis adekentinls to wlan At snilily. A half tour dater Joseph Dain of MUU RID Wrist Gabbe by the An Wee Awinirmding off the plant of a Mew Jer ary Company, Capt. Monma ¥, Col ores of Keyport and Lawyer Jacobo R. fodterin of Matawan were passage vna ont and they rewvtted the Daou bay. Dr. Cootey of Keyport (heed apethe leg ant had him taken to a St Peters’ Y Hospital, New Brunswick, where at 4 o'clock this afternoon those in charge said he was getting along nicely and would recover unless blood poisoning set ins for several hours last night unsucs ceased efforts were made to recover the body of young Stilwell and capture the shark by exploding dynamite in the creek. A wire netting weighted on the end and fishing nets were also scrotched froroms the creek to catch the dirk, but these proved fruitless. «erly thin afternoon the shark was declared to have been wean where the float attack was made and another large crowd cons Brogated and more dynamite was ex ploded, but with no better succes than before. One of the New York morning papers bid a motor boat golag up and down the creek this afternoon with grappling trom, dat ay we goa to prea, the body haa not been found. A targa shark hook was also baited with fresh Cah and aunts at the anet wheres dt da thought the shark waa tytiyg, beat it) wat left undisturbed. AO bis crowd watched the procevciga a qaod part of to afternoon, and only a fay comitin at thin weitiog, Srey ahige wip tha nuit of Capt. and Mirae Wataon 2 Tiber. To wad born Apell 14, 2802, and lived mont of hia Hfo ay Mates. Ta wae a plandid type of young mantoud id had a hoat, of intende In, March 2 af G., has u nntrled abut, Mia, Archint Nichols, who Mooant Minneapolis, ane Cant. and Mia Jahor ard en route home from a vialt there, ‘They are expected to reich Matawan to murrow sibrity ind twill, indeed be, a anil Jambo. dng for them. No funeral urean genenta have bawn nade, but tie services wil probably be held to-morrow afternoon. Both Capt. and Mrs. Vbdieg and Mr. and Mrs. Stivell have the agma tathy of the community dn thd me fortune hat hee enti o them an the crcumatances wader which their re apactive none met their deaths are very dlatroualige
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Matawan Journal
Matawan, New Jersey, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1916
Page 9
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Luke B.
