The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-03
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TO THE PUBLIC

TO THE PUBLIC.
deem it my duty to gtate the facts in my ca sc
for the benefit Of sufferers / had been unable
to determine the cause Of my i'll health until re-
Gently l discovered that I suffered from the
presence OF tape worm. Putting myself under
the treatment OF -Drs. Burner & Langworthy.
they removed the monster, head and all, in ak
hours and ten minutes. Words faif to express
my gratitude to these gentlemen for their success
in my case. etc. etc. "
Mr.. Kelly was astonished. He says
he never made, wrote, nor ordered to
be published any such statement. This
was adding insult to injury. He de-
termined to gain possession of the
"captured monster" and also to take
the doctors to task. So he went to
their rooms, and telling them he wished
the worm to show to some friends, OBJ
tanned it and took it to his room de-
termined to keep it. After q few days
the doctors sent for it. He would not
give up the 6,180-jointed monster.
Finally DR.. Burner went to see Mr..
Kelly about the matter, but with no
success. The disciple of Hippocrates
became angry. He threatened arrest
and dire punishment.
Yesterday the Doctor applied to JUS
tice Woodin for q search-warrant, rep
resenting that one John Kelly had in
his possession tapeworm preserved in
q bottle of alcohol valued at 800 or
more, which said Kelly refused to give
up. Armed with this formidable legal
instrument, two executioners of the law
went to look for that which was worth
800 or more. They first went to Mr..
Kelly's home in Gates, and searched
from garnet to cellar, but no worm was
forthcoming. They went then to Mr..
McClosky's liquor store on West Main
Street, where Mr.. Kelly was staying.
Mr.. Kelly says they first took little to
refresh the inner man, then q bird 's-eye
view of the establishment, after which
they began their search. They investi-
gated every box, corner, and t-hole,
but in vain. 1t may be mentioned, how
ever, that Mr.. Kelly was looking, at his
late tormentor when the constables
came in and just had time to put the
object of medical triumph in q basket
under the bar when the search began.
They went even SO far as to pick up the
basket and look at it, but discovering
nothing replaced They departed for
Mr., Kelly 8 room, Il Adams Street, and
went through things generally; but with
the same want of success. They came
back and confessed that although medi-
cine had succeeded in bringing forth a
tape-worm 257a feet long, search
warrant had proved Intellectual as a
means of finding it. In the meantime
Mr.. Kelly returned the bottle of alcohol
to the Doctor, saying that he had no use
for them, but as to the worm he con.
Guided to keep it as q souvenir of past
pains and misery.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Kelly took il
into his head to measure the monster.
Laying it on the floor and stretching il
as much as he could without disioinr.
ing it, he found that it measured about
80 feet. On returning the bottle Mr.
Kelly asked the Doctor how he account
ed for the discrepancy between the two
measurements. He received the answer
that the alcohol had had the effect o.
shrinking the worm to- one
eighth Of its original length. Before
this last revelation Mr.. Kelly and MIR
McC losky had taken steps to have sale
monster. stuffad and taken to the Cen
tennial. But finding that, instead o.
being 2575 feet long, Il was only so feet
they gave up the idea, and very wisely
decided not to embark upon such
hazardous enterprise.
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