New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-02
BIG BOZ CLEARS Il SHIP.
Smashes a Door, .S1callo7cs One Dog
and Kills 1nOthcr.

That boa which Is causing go much trouble 20
Captain Dickson. OF tho Yankee briEautipe Daisy.
got loose early yesterday morning. and, as result
two watchmeu in South Brooklyn. mourning
the loss OF faithful flea bitten Ever since
Captain Dickson Gagged the boa IN his coal locker
the snake Ras been trying TO smash the door He
would coil up far from tho door as ne could got
and then leap forward with all tho force of his
twenty feet Of steel muscled energy. The door
was reinforced but time after midnight he
battered It that It swung only on the upper
hinge. Then the snake Glided out through the
space at the bottom.
Toward 1870 O'clock TON Walsh one OF the
watchmen. heard his dog fairly screaming in agony
Walshs dog Is OF tho flea ridden 'ya!ler''
variety. bur he has been a faithful companion for
nearly nine years, and Walsh thought a great deal
Of him. He rushed TO his dogs rescue, and to his
horror saw huge snake wrapped closely around
him. His ardor abated somcpsh hat but he hunted ND
a Companion and armed with crowbars. they ad-
vanced the boa. Tho snake abandoned his prey
and placed himself in a posture of defence Tho
men were on the brink of the wharf while the
snake and the dog close to n shed some
twenty feet from them.
Suddenly the snake shot straight forward at
wash The man was on the alert. and the boa
Ieaped forward he fell his face without delay
The boa. missing his mark. went more than two
thirds his length the edge of the pier and then
got purchase with his tail IN a crack I'm the floor
ing. Before he could utilize his hold to get back
tho two crowbar5 were brought down sharply on
- W.
men saw him swing away in the darkness his
head two or three feet above the water but did
not TO follow him.
About two hours later q slight commotion was
heard at the end of the next pier. The Waterman
there, James Elson whistled for his dog but no
dog appeared. He went to the end OF the pier
where he knew the dog had been and found only
Shiny trail and some deep scratches that had
been made apparently by the claws of a his dog He
did not know what had become Of the cur until
later In the morning when he compared notes with
Walsh. and the fate of the became apparent
About o'clock Captain Dickson went on dock
To his mingled horror and joy he found that the
door OF the locker was partly open. He did not
wait to make further investigation but turnpad
into the forward rigging and went aloft He STAYED
there for a while and then cautiously slid down n
stay to the roof Of the coal locker Peering eau
uousIy through small peephoe he saw the bon
curied up on the coal. asleep. and with n much
increased g!rth amidshps. marking the last resting
place or Elson's dog The captain Thought ~ .
good chance, since the snake was asleon from ita
8orglng to capture him, but s he approached the
door. he heard. or thought he heard the snake
move he then skipped aloft once more gave the
snake another chance to get quiet and. descending
braced and nailed up the door until nothing iesS
than artillery could dislodge it, To-day he expects
In anticipation OF this. he has borrowed q shotgun
and he thinks that the fate OF the snake is ALREADY
sealed Walsh and E!son have both applied 10 ct
eXecutOner. ~ 80