Show 1 clicked choked by a black snake richmond Kich mond sal state clr karl kramer Kra roer who ii is now at work frescoing the interior of mr joseph bryane bryans residence aftergut after getting through with his daye days work went to the brook a short distance below mordecait Morde caie pond to fish while stan standing on the bank he be noticed a dyon large larg e black ek snake coiled up on a 1 1 e kramer struck at tho the kiak snake w willi i tj hie pole to frighten fri gliton it off but the anake nako move ho ile then threw throw a rock at it tho the snake sprang at him and fastened its fangi in ilia his trousers sir kramer seized the snake just bolow below its bead head and jerked it upwards instantly the denako coiled its body around Kr krameric amerIn neck and began tightening its folds until mr kramer wae wag nearly suffocated lie ile endeavored to break the hold but failed seeing that unless lie was released from the deader embrace he would be be killed sir kramer alio was growing weak from tho the struggle staggered up to a large rock 4 inch was a short distance off olland and beat leat the licad head of tile snake against t it until it was killed the snake measured eight feet long and six iz inches around the body |