The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-07
Horrible Death.
London Telegraph, October 81

London Telegraph, October 26.
One of the most intrepid wild beast
tanners in Europe, Karoyle, Magyar, OF
colossal stature and extraordinary physical
strength, has recently fallen victim to
dread contingency OF his perilous PROBES
sion. He was performing before crow
ded audience in Madrid the other day, one
of his most sensational feats. which con-
sisted in allowing huge boa constructor,
over twenty feet 10 length, to enfold his
body in its tremendous coils, when sudden
ly piercing cry escaped him, which was
greeted by TIE public with a round OF
applause under the supposition that its
utterances constituted part OF the per-
Torrance. 1t proved. however, to be the
outcome OF a strong mans death agony.
The gigantic snake had frightened its coils.
and crushed poor Karolye's life out of him
with one terrific squeeze. AS his head
fell back, and his eyes became fixed in
CLASSY stare. the plaudits died away, and
were succeeded by the stiffness OF utter
CONSERVATION, The suake and its lifeless
victim swayed for a second or two OF
inexpressible horror, and then toppled over
on the boards of the stage; but the boa did
not in the least relax his grip upon the
corpse. which remained for more than an
hour imprisoned in its hldeous thralldam,
nobody daring to approach the 1.-THE mon
ster, Of whose power such appalling proof
had been given. At length it occurred to
one of Karolye's attendants to place
bowl of milk 10 a cage within sight of the
mighty serpen., which slowly unwOund
itself from the dead body and glided into
his den, irresistibly tempted thereto by
its favorite dainty, A post mortem exam
nation of the unfortunate athletes
remains discovered no fewer than eighty
seven fractures of his bones, affected by
the construction Of the serpent's coils. Ills
death must have been instantaneous. a5 The
spine was disnrticuatcd in several places.
When the eldest son OF tht Queen Of
EDgland. A bert Edward Prince OF " aies,
aud the Duke of Newcastle visited Amer
lea, they took trip to Colorado over the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy r. r.
Prince Arthur and Prince 3Alfred, each in
bis turn, when on visit to Her Majesty's
colony and to America, took a trip on the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy r. r.,
and hundreds of the lesser lights OF the
| Europern nobility who have paid visit
| to this country, have followed suit. King
| Kaiakaua. king Of the Sandwich Islands,
when In America, took a trip over this
liue. When Andrew johnson was Presi-
dent Of the United States, and took his
celebrated swing around the circle, he 10
cluded trip oyer the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy r. r. When the Grand
Duke Alexis visited America, be took a
trip to California over the Chicago, Bur-
inqton and Quincy r, r, When His
Exce.eacy, Rutherford B, Hayes, Presi-
dent of fhe United States, went to Kansas.
10 October last he went by the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy r. r. When the
Marquis of Lorne, the Governor General
of Canada, and the Princess Louise arrived
in Quebec, the Canadian Government had
in wsiting the famous G B. 4 Q dining
car. Windsor, with which to convey them
to the capital. at Ottawa General Z. s.
Grant, en- route home from his tri? around
the world, will. in few days, pass ever
the Chicago, Burlington aud Quiocy r r.
from Omaha to Chicago. The line may
therefore be truly termed The Royal
Route between the East ana the Vest
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ira nd oil % y