The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-20
BITTEN BY A BIG RATHER.
WRESTLER RING SUCKS THE POISON
FROM Dor SOSWELL's CHEEK.

WREsTLEH RING SUCKS THE POISON
FROM DOT soNWELL's CHEEK.
They Gave Her Eots or whisky sss sent
Her TO n Hospital and she win Get Well
--She's n Pretty YOUNG Snake Charsser.
sndOncs Before Feit the serpenrs FsnGs.
Pretty Dot Sonwcll. tho snake charmer. was
bitten In the cheek by n rattlcsnakc while sho
was performing in Hubor's museum last
night. Hers was tho last OF tho acts In tho
curio hall Just he foro the o'clock stage per-
fornance in tho other room.
When tho Imperial Japs had finished their
wonderful balancing acts on the swaying BAN.
boo poles on tho main stage. Little Dot came
forward and mounted her own stage. called
the Den oflsnt,lcsnakes on the right side tho
hall. The den is a platform about feet by 4.
raised 81; feet from the floor and surrounded
by brass railing. Outsde Toe railing Is n
wire netting. Within stands n big wooden
chest that would hold n til ousand snakes. What
II held when Dot began hor performance was
ton black rnttlers OF the Pennsylvania breed
and n stout club. The snakes were a mixed
lot ranging from - to 4 feet long. Some
belonged to Dot and como to the museum.
Those belonging to the museum Ind not been
handled recently. nor had their poison been
drawn. They were the larger OF the lot. and
Vicious. and it was tho biggest one which bit
Dot.
Tho crowd that filed tho hill saw n rosy
checked girl OF ~ in n short skiricd costume
Of red and blue. with II mHss OF fluffy hair
above hcr smiling fnce and bare nrms and
neck. The slow music began. and sho opened
the big chest. With deft move she caught u
rattler and swung him in tho air. Holding
him just back OF tho head In ono hand. sh0
drew him through tho other hand as sho
would trcss Of her long hair. and then. pass
H. f.n No. ala 4, .,.
first about ono OF her bare arms and thcn
about tho other. and finally about her
neck. Uncoiling him again. she held him
with both hands close to her cheek and breast
a. 4 she we're cuddltng one OF her own pretty
ana The
4 One after another OF, the snakes was fondlei
his PAGES he was hung on tho brass railing
tho snakes from the rail-. Ave in each
SU% % s sa sna hs sg s G sS @nny
ThSey' writhsd and twisted. each With i've Or
S nay Il beio i5oe w SSSs put
them back in their chest one caught in her
In pulling him loose Dot may have given tho
big back RATHER an extra sGueeze and hurt
cs he any sSy ne sstsS,d his
teeth in her losh, His fangs made two tiny
holes lnst in front Of her ear; and the teeth IN
saw for pa S"sS to Break the 5sttsrs SSla
snakes to tho ioor and fell among them In q
faint. The first person to reach her was 7. J;
PROT i. 6. Johnson. another. en- ployee. chr.
rlcd her to the dressing room while Huber sent
Dots cheek was already swelling Ring put
his lips over the wound and sucked vigorously.
while johnson got some whlskey. They gave
s or swny asns hs
g HuS YarE asa f"G "Gd
thor 81 made light Of her danger. although. be;
tween the effects OF tho swelling and
5 hayr shs n SH" sad tGS, h to
time Huber had sent to 20B! Third avenue.
whore her babies are. to see that they Should
Perhaps # Dots husband had been working
the snakes in a snier condition. It is not pos.
sibe to take out their fangs. snake handlers
without knG the snakss but their
poisonous for several days; Ono, way Of
strike into a niece Of meat. Indians used this
method to yet the poison for arrow tips.
Hs. "sys ss
! for DIR; G; y Aliens experiments, Dr. Allen
| the snakes strike into tho muslin.
| Their fanEs would penetrate tho cloth and
son bags and sauirted in clenr streams into
full from half dozen rattlesnakcs
Dot was born somewhere in Harlem. and
| fate made for her OF family to be born into.
poyn b saf Sna Dr.
yeaIs old and The other tl"sense
began last April. She had learned to
handle snakes after her, marriage. and
| A moccasn bit her on the arm there and she
was laid up for a month. In the latter part of
reptiles that DR.. Allen Of u East Twenty
eighth street was experimenting with. was
bitten by a ella monster. IIo left town last
Saturday for Waterbury. Conn. where he Is
performing this week. He had had no engage
ment for two weeks.
curiosity in the snake charmer's rooms ut
30B9 Third avenue. are the two fnngs which
the moccrasin lmbcdded in hor arms. They
are small and white. and show up plninly
against piece OF black cloth. which. together
with a number OF newspaper clippings. hangs