The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11
!!ected, shena placed in the cab that
conveyed him to the hospital !; and

5Esf eech, his sctoahyiicsspn OF SPEEDY /
death. When received into The
! ll,,ossPPiittal, he sssappeaFed e. reports
j the, house surgeon .alnos., if3no,
.fquite, unconscious. and nnablesto
lspIpprt Ills head !. Ills face was !liy
4 id ,EaIld his reslsiratiatt very imner,
feet, he moved himself aneaaiIy;
.Ehuitltadsto ahis lliroatsand5 mpanesi.an =;
The utteranee was the tirst1osi, tlicn
THAT Of vision. lastly,atliaf of hesr.
ing The pulse gradual s. sank tile
extrcinites become cold aud torpid,
and lie died without toilyulsionn, 5,
struggle, about Que hour aftetsre.
Eceiving kegsound. The hearts ac.
Etitn was renewed by inecliatical III.
ilation Of the lungs, and artificial
Respiration, which atone time raised
1.-THE ulseto seventSfiye beats in a
inmate, was kept3up, l,alfan hour
af. erstltc natural breathing lad ccas.
cd and wien the. ncrgoula s system vas
dead. Galvaniism was tried Ibut
| el.ad no effect :, s;.s .5sy! IS
I Strange reports of this very plain
occurrence have bcen circulated
through some. cliapnels Of popular
information n p,irse yorof mar
,vels tot!ies Morning Advertiser. as.
snning tlat all the serIents in the
Theological 6 altelis are kept like the
happy ifainily IN Tfafalgar Square,
in e,larse case, describes Curling
as, in!nrflinary course of lis duty,
entering bodily tllercifs, wviitIl a view
of String up sosic birds allicl,sliatl
been placed there forsthe food of the
serleuts, the time having arrived
when some, uf them Lad recovered
tfloin tier torpid state consequent on
a. previous meal: lie cobra il
made, by this intelligent aud accu,
raie4infsrlnant of the public; TO dart
atthe unfortnnate EeeI as liz, Nas
stoePilrgtto pick Nf dhes6oi 8 tile birds.
The screams Of ,theayic.im to tie hszt
ardons duty aattiacted the Instant
attention Of William N Cockeridpc.
another kercr, who2tl 2tlereuron rush.
cd to the serpent case and dfesc las
companion ont"
The ridiculous report has found
its way @uucon,ra'licled, into other
Iarers, including ar,sIcc,aLlc med
ical Journal. a
Now, as regards the mode adop-
ted tee for preserving the live ereltilcs.
Tie Inquest jury proceeded to the
Z"oloeical Gardens toinsrcet tic ar.
rang gelnents. They foun,l the poison
ons scrEen,s kel.t,in small ca ges, or
compartments, double wired, and
Fitted up in such a manner as, with
the most Ordinary precautions, to
insure Perfect safety from casualties
Of the kiud, by means Of .aniron
rod, hooked Mt the end, and inserted
through the small aperture at the
t"piof each compartment, the rep.
tiles are easily removed into the
compartment next to their own, and
u.adc secure there willie the kcerers
place food in aml clean out tho emp
ty one, Visitors asc enabled to. see,
the serpents III perfect security
through the ,lick glass fronts Of the,
cages. So says tho Times report
OF the Inquest, and any one knows
the reptile house knows perfectly
we'll that these cages are. in appear
ance, like cases i'll Nlicli stuffed
birds are kert-or. like tie larger
sort of glass cases at any great jew
cller's establishment.
The Secretary Of the Geological
Society deposed, on oath. that 'a.thc
keepers III charge Of the snakes we're
instructed Oil no account, at any
time, to do anything to the different
cages when the snakes we're in them
and that on one occasion he had Sc.
yercly rcbuked Curling '.fur lifting
the glass and putting in food for the
snake insi,le, without remoyingit."
The report aforesaid states ''The
reptile had immediately a!terits bite
relnguishcd its hold, bnt the eff ct
vas such, that i instantly swehed
up the face of the poor fellow Gar
lln.'' Tic house surgeon at the III.
quest states that "the right eye
lid was swollen. but the left not at
all, ,'san,l the jury on inspecting the
body found that it "plesentca no ve-
iry unusual appearance, hot being
swollen or otherwise dis6gnred."'
to the same prepostcrons
account, Curling, "'.was fortunately
unmarried" His widow gives 5egi.
dence before the Coroner. And,
true to his hypothesis Of the accident,
the reporter expresses his conyictiof,
That "thc ainryA viii order ltlieimnie.
diate destruction uf 4.he svenoinous
reptile" Their verdict was t(of
eenrscY to2ttlc effect eNhas'tkE de.