Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-16 | Page 4 | Snakes Left Dead Body

snakes left dead body phineas smith dropped dead at the v orld s fair grounds st louts and his body was taken to the morgue the next night two snakes were seen to crawl out between the partially open ed lips as the corpse lay on the slab they were captured and found to be each six inches long the snakes were put in a jar containing alcohol physicians at the dispensary say that the snakes were probably taken into the man s stomach a year ago while they very small and as he as drinking from some stagnant pond they are of the water species and were quite active when they worked their way up the dead mans throat and out his mouth starvation doubtless drove them to asarch tor new quarters the recumbent position of the corpse making this an easy mat ter