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Show PRAYERSDiD Religious Fanaticism Fails to Cure Bite of a Snake Chicago. June 14. Death, caused by a rattlesnake bite, last night, ended 1 nearly a week of torture endured, I throuah religious fanaticism by Cllvef Pugh, sixty years old, of Zion City. ', Pugh was bitten by the snake last Wednesday, but, true to the teachings of his creed, refused to take antidotes anti-dotes for the poison or medicine of any kind, relying on the prayers of hlB fellow religionists to cure blm. Pugh was bitten on the little finger while picking strawberries. He w.n a former alderman of Ion City, going ; to Zlon In the. days of John Alexnndt-r i Dowle. Pugh Is the most prominent ZIonit to die in torture without medical attendance at-tendance since Howie's daughter succumbed suc-cumbed some years ago to burns sho sustained when an alcohol lamp used to heat a curling iron exploded. i |