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Show Snata Creates Panic. A Bix-foot snake, full of fight, defied a squad of reserves for moro than an hour recently. Tho policemen were armed with revolvers, ropes nnd sticks. Persons scattered in every di-ectlon di-ectlon when tho snnko wriggled down l.Ho sidewalk. A man who wa3 hurrying hurry-ing to catch a car near stopped on tho reptllo. He gavo a cry of fright when ho saw tho Bnnko almost under his feet. Ho darted In another direction direc-tion nnd lost his car. A rapid transit company cmployoe called up Sergeant Morrison of the reserves and Informed In-formed him In excited accents that a make had taken possession of a section sec-tion of Market street. A squad of reserves re-serves wero dispatched to tho scene, but tho snake moved about In such a vicious manner that nono of tho policemen po-licemen risked gotng very near the reptile. Then a young man camo along and captured tho snake. It had lust escaped from an animal store. Philadelphia North American. |