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Nearly Choked By A Boa

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
June
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Detroit, Mich., June 8.- In the sidehow of the Forepaugh circus, which exhibited here Thursday, is a snake charnier, and the principal pet is a boa constrictor eighteen feet long, called Oíd Nick, on account of his wicked disposition. When he side-show was over Thursday night 3arry Prince, who has charge of the snakes, was left to replace them iu their cage in the menagerie tent. In the Coils of "Old Nick." A little later a teailister heard a groan n the tent and found Prince black in the ace and nearly strangled with five coils of 'Old Nick" around him. Cowboys were ummoned froni the big tent, who lasisoed he boa. They released Prince after slashng the snake several times and the "charnier" was restored to consciousness.