New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

CAPTURING a PYTHON IN CITY HALL PARK.
POLICEMEN VINO THOUGHT THE sEA-sERPENr HAD
BEEN POUND.

POLICEMEN VINO THOUGHT THE sgA-sERPENr HAD
BEEN FOUND.
"Great heavens! sergeant, the sea-serpent
has got away and IL laying outside 10 the square,"
shouted gray-hesded Ocsr Patrick Lynch, Of the CITY
Hall Squad. no rushed into tho station yesterday
morning. his helmet lifted two clear inches from his
head and the service stripes his sleeve sharing his
excitement
Sergeant Stewart looked mp at the sxctai
officer and thought seriously OF having him
sent to Bellevue or the Tombs to DO examined
a. to his sanity Soon heard shouts Of delight
from the bootblacks and newsboys who congrezats
around the park and rapidly collecting crowd dark.
ened windows OF the station The sergeant from
behind desk and out OF the station. When
pushed his through the crowd he In the centre
OF thirty foot ring Of people sight which IL selsom
permitted police sergeant to sec in the neighborhood Of
the City Hall
big foot African python lay comfortably
cured up In the middle OF the side walk sleeping peace
fully though he had just eaten black baby In bis
native Nubian wds. broken box and an overturned
hand cart stood close by and two stawart sun-burnt
looked hopeessy first at the snake and then
at the cart crowd OF several hundred people form
ing circle thirty feet In diameter completed
the picture Sergeant Stewart at once called ous
his and placed them tho inside or the Circle
The police had trouble IN keeping the crowd back
After short nap the snake swoke. stretched his head
several tho air, glanced around at the crowd.
causing the circle widen at least 6ve feet At ast his
gaze seemed settle big policeman who he evident
ly thought would make nice meal for serpent OF his
szs and he crawl with great agility toward the
officers The crowd In that direction melted away and
the circle was broken The end OF blue coat-ta and
ushtsok disappeared the station DOORS
which closed with . bang.
A ruddy-faced young man, accompanied by halfs
dozen big Germans pushed through the crowd and went
boldly up the snake. cloth was thrown over HIS
head and was quickly thrown of, snakes head about
the size OF suvans hand won't three feet In tho air.
long forked tongue darted and there was sound
as of escaping steam. A bigger cloth was thrown
over tho head and the steam was smut on a.
tho strong the ruddyaced young man closed on
the snakes neck. Another man caught the snako oy
the tail, his companions strung themselves along hs
body and he carried their shoulders III triumph
10 the store OF Charles Reiche Brother, tho animal
I'm portera, Of No. v3 Park Row. where he was soon
safely slowed away In another box.
Hermann Reiche was the young man who caught the
snake He said that worth 5000 an h''' had
from Bremen on Tuesday As had had nothing to cas-
for q month it WAS decided to send 1t to the Hoboken
place to be washed and fed dozen rabbits IL was
boxed up securely and Edward Thiee. an experienced
man. loaded it hand cart aud started for Hoboken
In running off the curb in City Hall Park tho cart upse
the broken and the snake crawed out and At
forded the City Hall loungers a free show