Cryptozoology historian Brian Gaugler writes:

I recently found an old article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives from 1901 that I thought you might find interesting. Assuming that it’s not a newspaper hoax, it discusses the shooting of a living dinosaur in Florida and the work of a secret group of scientists to gather cryptozoological evidence. Brian Gaugler

Check out Brian’s blog, here. Following is part of the article he has reproduced there.