The Lawton Constitution thus relates the prize fish story of the season:

    “John Town jumped on a huge cat fish in Cache creek two miles north of this city at 7’clock this morning and rode the fish out unto dry land. He saw the fish in shallow water between two deep holes. He leaped for the fish caught it by the gills and for a few minutes there was a lively tussle. The fish threw him off once but he was quick to grab his mount and was soon again upon the big fellow’s back. Town effected the capture of the fish with his hands without the aid of any fishing tackle. It weighed fifty lbs. measure five feet one inch in length and the mouth was eight inches broad. The fish's head weighed eleven and a half pounds.”

From— The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]), 02 Aug. 1907. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.