Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-21 | Page 3 | Snapping Turtle Snaps on, Though Head is Severed

Snapping Turtle Snaps On Though Head Is Severed HOSKINS Neb July 21 UP William WilHam Brucke farmer living near here has a turtle story that puts all fish stories in the shade Brucke has a flock lock of ot prize chickens and two hound dogs Snapping turtles turtle from a nearby creek have been raiding his chicken chick chIck- en yard and dragging of off the chickens so the dogs were taught to guard the pens The oldest dog waylaid a snapping snap snap- ping turtle There was a fierce tight light Brucke came upon the scene just lust in time tune to save the dogs dog's life liec The turtle had clamped onto the hounds hound's nose The farmer cut cutoff cutoff of off the turtles turtle's head Brucke started to the field again only to be stopped by a renewed howling of one of his hounds He found the head of the slain turtle had clamped the ear of at his his' second hound Again h he sided with his dog and started for tor the field A chickens chicken's squawk brought him back to the scene A curious hen had ventured too close to the head of or the snapping turtle and the sane same turtle head had caught the chicken at the throat