Coalville Times | 1906-11-23 | Page 5 | Snaked Filled the Office

SNAKES FILLED THE OFFICE. Fifty Serpents Escape from Espress Dox at Hartford, Conn William II Doulliig, of Itockwoll. manager of the local olllio of the Ad lima Kxpieea coinpsin baa had a lit tin wllh burglars bill Ida worst expo rlenie came leeeutly, say the Hartford I Conn I eiuresM)udeiit of the New York Hi raid After hu had opened the ollico hi moved a orate and beheld III tho corner a huge rat llesnake ready tn spring Ikiwllng lumped luck, hut only tu land In. tinse priulmliy tu a bunch of ser pints In tho opposite corner Then he saw tho n-ptlles crawling every where, over iMixes and bundle, and (ino waa entwined aiouud a leg of hi desk lie I'sllod assistance from Ibe i-iu-et, and the leptlles were driven Into barrels and bags Klnally the arrival of a Iravelliig -bowman explained tin prtw-ncu of ihe snakes The lix ot 60 snakes bnd been consigned to the ahowiuau Inr oxhlblllon at the Itockvlllo fair i nrdboanl atound Ihe box having In un softened by loin tho captives had made their way through There weie several deadly poison suekea In tliu Int.