Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1914 — GIANT SWORDFISH CAUGHT. [ARTICLE]

GIANT SWORDFISH CAUGHT.

Dressed 550 Pounds and Brought Record Price of $126.50. Boston. — A swordfish weighing 550 pounds when dressed was brought into T Wharf by Captain Emanuel Sears, of the fishing schooner Olivia Sears. The fish was Bold for $126.50, the highest price ever paid for a fish of this description. The sword cut from the fish weighed twenty-five pounds. The fish was harpooned by Seaman Perry from tbe schooner’s pulpit, and three dories, manned by nine men, went after him. It carried the 300 feet of line and the half-keg buoy half a mile from the schooner and more than two hours’ time was consumed to get him. Captain Sears said the fish put up a game fight for his liberty, but that the odds were againßt him.