The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-07-25
BABY'S DANGER
Inspires a Mother With Des-
perate Courage.
The Child EMBODIED in the Coils OF
a Blacksnake.
She Chokes the Reptile and Frees
the Baby From Its Embrace.
THE SNAKE WAS SUCKING MILK
FROM THE INFANTS LIPS.
And Men, Who Could Not Save the Baby.
Kill the Snake, While the
Mother Paints.

A mother, with the courage born OF
desperation. rescues her babe from
the coils of huge blacksnake.
She seizes the reptile by the throat
and drags her child from the deadly
folds which were crushing the life
from its tiny body.
This was the frightful experience
of Mrs. Jacob Conroth, farmers
wife, who lives with her husband and
young family ten miles north of Law
renceburg, Ind. Her encounter with
the repulsive reptile occurred last
Tuesday. 1t affected her mind and
nervous system so greatly that she
has since been Frustrated, and it is
feared that she may never recover
completely.
On Monday afternoon, when her
husband and several neighbors who
were assisting him had gone to the
harvest field, Mrs. Conroth went into
the orchard near the house to pick
berries. She laid her four month old
baby in the carriage near the berry
patch, and left her daughter, a little
girl 6 years old, to watch over tn G
infant. The child sat close to the
baby's side for some little time, but
as her mother disappeared among
the berry bushes the child relaxed
her vigilance and finally wandered
out of sight of the baby's carriage.
The baby lay kicking and cooling be-
meath the shade of clump of bush
cs, sucking at a rubber tipped nurs-
ing bottle Suddenly Mrs. Conroth
heard a frightened wall from the in
FAINT, which was followed a moment
later by Mortified scream from the
little girl.
Whats the matter with the ba-
by?" screamed the frightened moth
er as she made her way with all speed
through the entanging briers of the
berry bushes, "a snake! a snakew
came the reply. ITS biting her."
With scratched face and hands
and torn garments Mrs. Conroth
emerged from the bushes to see some.
thing which froze her blood with
horror Her baby was buried in the
hideous folds of a huge snake. and
the reptiles horrid jaws we're press
ed against the baby's lips to catch
the milk which triekled from the
mouth of the gorgcd and choking in
FAINT. The shock was so terrible that
the mother fell screaming, half-faint-
ing TO the ground Her cries reach
ed the ears of her husband, and fol-
lowed by the harvest hands, he came
running to where his wife lay. He
saw her apparently dying, and mott
cling nothing else picked her up and
started to carry her to the house
She barely managed to make him
understand that she was not in dan
ger herself
"The baby. the babyw she said.
Save the babyr'
By this time the little girl had
called the harvest hands to where
the snake was slowly choking the
baby to death in its coils. No one
knew how to save the helpless infant.
To strike the snake would be equally
dangerous to the child, and not a
man among them could bring him
self to touch the reptile. They call
ed Conroth and he carried the half
fainting woman toward the baby's
buggy. She saw her child still I'M
released from the reptiles horrible
embrace. With scream like that
of an animal in agony the hysterical
woman rushed forward and seized
the snake by the neck. close to the
head. With all her strength she
choked the reptile, aad its folds about
the baby relaxed. Through its whole
length it squirmcd and struggled in
an effort To throw it's folds about the
woman. With Il scream OF rcpulsion
and horror she threw the horrible
oHtuS lfom ncr, ana, SelZlng her Da-
by To her breast, ran toward the
house. The snake was quickly dis
patched by the men, and was found
to be nearly ten feet in length
When Mrs. Conroth reached the
house she tainted completely away.
And after revving was violently hys-
terical, and the baby's face was blue
from suffocation, and the marks where
the pressure of the snakes coils had
been exerted could plainly be seen.
A physician was hurriedly summon
ed and both patients were made as
comfortable as possible. The baby
soon was better, but Mrs. Conroth
is still completely unnerved, and
visitors cannot be permitted to see
her. Serious mental arrangement is