Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — Caught by a Turtle. [ARTICLE]

Caught by a Turtle.

John Wilkinson and James Holmes, aged 9 and 12, were bathing in Lygart’s creek, Kentucky, last week, when Wilkinson, wading among the water lilies which grew in shallow water, stepped upon a large turtle, which at once seized his toe in its mouth. Young Wilkinson yelled with fright and made for the bank, dragging the turtle after him, and his companion came to his assistance and tried to force the reptile to let go by beating it on the back with a stone. The reptile, however, held on until it was beaten into a jelly, anil then the boys cut off its head and pried open its jaws with a pocketknife.