New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-25
Me Ne%S8r
HAD SNAKES IN HIS HOUSE.
SERGEANT CAMPBELL AND HIS WIZ MAJ
A LIVELY TIME. AND USED SOME
BIG WORDS AND POKER


Snakes dustpan and cold booded who l41,'
Murder, These ere the three features OF Tragedy
which disturbed the household OF sergeant Jam"
Canonbeu OF the Police Headquarters le'eS'"P"
Bureau. yesterday. Mr.. Campbell Is SAM in"1
,ical man. and never places himself IN 'o"u'''0"
10 see snakes" In the ordinary accep'd"o" n.,
fern Mrs Campbell has phlorophic mnd. bo'n
cav snakes day-lively. wrtggne SNAKES VII"
,,r1f-os heads much too friendly and anogether IN
welcome I'm domestic life. Jim stepped o"' -, "
bathtub AZ noon yesterday lie teIt sum ,,e
i,,, turning itself around the ankle OF MS rlsh'
leg He looked down and saw that MS ahA'o "','
entwined by a green bracelet wmch i"o''-
Jim" has faced thieves and murderers ana aesPt'-
ate characters Of all kinds I'm his DAY nu' "7
frankly confessed last night that then ne ha'
scare He shook his leg vigorously ana inc p.NVo
LEI dropped of coed into hoop ana inc" "''"P
reared under the bathtub. Jim pincheu h'i'S''i
70 see II he was awake He told Mrs 'ampn'"
about H. and she questioned the servant girls 40
They hadn't seen anything resembling green
boop or bracelet dsporting itself in the bathroom
you've been dreaming. Jim. said MIS- camp
bell
Never was so wide awake IN all or my me
said Jim" "1n swear by tho beard OF the prophet
or the vhiskers OF "Zeidler" that II was snake,
a real 1--we. green backed. white bellied snake
swear IT," $780,.
..TInmphr exclaimed Mrs Campbell Green
hacks. Ell, Honestly now. Jim | know you 40"
drink but tell me. weren't you out WIN ''e oo'
last night. and didn't you take-wel say some
hard cider?"
Not on your life" said Jim" Il tell you that
it was snake a green snake-green back "hNe
belly. II was an ophdian Replica serpent
A w-h-a--t.' exclaimed Mrs. CampoeH ana
the servants.
An ophidan reptile with an elongated body
covered with INTOXICATED scales. no limbs. dilat-
able mouth 49,
ooh .Unor" cried Mrs Campbell.
oh Mr. Campbell exclaimed the servants IN
oren eyed establishment
Hear me-" continued the 'mperturoaole JIM
a duatabe mouth a slender tongue terminating
IN TWO flaments and -
awful gasped Mrs Campbell
"Hcavens,' cried the servants
1.-TWO 1lan1ents' repeated Jim such snakes
in fact. al Of Mrs Snakes family-adVahce ~
drawing together the ribs on alternate siGeS .,re
bodv being mus in alternate bends and the motions
'"snaousw exclaimed Mrs Campbell
B Bo1S s sTlf' JIM ost Of them are non
,-eronols and belong 20 the Colubrida'. 49,,
The what?" exclaimed Mrs 'ampNeu ana ''e
''' T6e 5cqqaride ye2eate sl,n5 l sra''ly
.s,'@Sfffri,i1,? exclaimed the servants who were
saI tome LEI ep US US arm ordered Jim ITO arms
To- rms sz odo| poEer Mrs Campbell shouldered
q broom one OF the servants picked Up a goaI
scuttle. The other embraced an armiu OF H.,D.i.7
dim a. their head He opened the painiooH n"'5
c9rofisv He started back. the servants ~g''d,,,,n
ann Aod downstairs 20 the lower regions MIS-.
Campbell stood her ground. .,l,f,l
n certainly was an unusual sight IN a pea, III
BROOKLYN home Wrigging I'm the bajhroom l,ooI
v,era n dozen green backed. white hell"g SNAKES
They appeared 10 he enjoying themselves immei -e-
H. Jim said that they were PLAYING Tag. NIS
Campbell VOWS that they were standing on 1ny ta
faOs and going through the movements OF Inc
stately old fashioned ninIet The Wrigs.fTs o@E r
we're numbered however. for jim lald ABOUT MN
vrifh he poker while Mrs Campbell lost no time
IN crushing the heads Of the serpents Win me
handle end Of the broom. II was aieTloo lot
tta snakes --...s -. ,,oiol,
horhood and through the opportunities OF tueres
lin" had 10 part with eleven of The snakes / ne
twelfth is bottled in alcohol on MS desk IN inc
Police Headquarters The snake is sixteen inches
long the head is small and The eyes are large.
lin accounts '.- the presence or the SNAKES m
hts house hv sayu. hat On Monday last he and MS
wife had returned from vacation at the summit
Hus House IN the atskls. and had brought
back with them their TWO iron trunks which are
protected by parent wooden bottoms made OF Stats
with inters;ices between them. He thinks that the
snakes crawed to the top Of the Stats In order 10
steal a ride the city Of churches ne fancles tna
r. is RI her singular that their snakeshipS dd not
start To explore his home before Yesterday. ! ne
trunks been in the house since last Monday.
Sergeant { .nuheN lives al No 302 Arlington-dNe.