The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-09
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d is feared the action Of 4 traver
inc man who answered the call Of fou-
hystericgl women has ended the life
Of MANY Peter he giant lRater moe.
casin that has SO long been the pct
ui the valley last week as Mrs Jeh-
ebei Mzreadeliah was entertaining
Nesdame7 Botrotter. Byspecker anu
NOsleep. e mOccasin some twelve feet
long Knocked at the front an ance
and when the lady of the house open
led the door, entered The terrified
women He'd. the snake slowly follow
ing Tho gomen. thinking il was pur-
suing them for destructive purposes.
'tlel 20 the yard. succeeding in lock
ing the snake IN The house. Ii went
q the rarlOr window. drumming on
the glass with its tail and otherwise
showing a neighborly spirit The trav-
cling mah WAS driving across the
country and saw the women Quick
~ learning the cause OF their f-igh
he alighted and went to the window.
where The mOccasin seemed 10 ,Wel-
come him He had misgivings. but
had not heard of MANLY Peter" 50
otter 4 little parley with the women
in which the eviden. effort of the
snake ID do more than attack was
| discussed, he took his Winchester
pump gun from the buggy and shot
through the window, the discharge
striking the snake in the neck, instant
ly killing r. Examination disclosed
he snake carried a message hooked
under the tail showing that child
was lost seven miles up the valley.
the todllor of gypsy pa-ents. The
child. eight years old, had evidently
been accosted by the serpent. and
quick To &c ect the signs OF the dumb
to aid, had written 4 note ana given
II TO the serpent When the now de-
pressed travelling man and the wo-
men found the child, ii stated + had
see n the snake. and tried to escape
by climbing a pawpaw bush, but the
snake come up and the wanderlust
lad at once saw the serpent was try
ing to aid him. lie tore a piece OF
paper from little prayer book and
wrote of his plight. handing it to the
moccasia. The snake took the paper
and by many goings and cCmings led
the boy 10 a shade tsee down by Roar
Ing Farce canon. where it showed him
he was 70 stay. at least until his moe
@ sinship returned. The snake ap
peared At the ranch house forty min
ut,s later, covered with weed blooms
showing he made the seven miles M
five and flve-seyenths minutes To the
mile When the lal was restored Il
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ed Of the entire aft iir. all went tC
Ciudad Culmudgeon's place. where tn,
pioneer was apprised of the snak,
and the other incidents leading up {,
the killing. Mr.. CurmudgeOn was un
able To ate whether the serpent wa'
M lnly Peter or not, as he had no
seen Peter for two years, and had no
IN exact picture of the serpent tina
since 1881, when the snake wrappel
his tail around the elo hesline pos
and helped hold the house in its place
iuling a cyclone, had been the pet o
all residents of the upper valley Tw,
othe. mCccasins. one the exact count
erpart of Manly Peter had perform
ed similar services for mankind, The
friendly snakes always making thei
ruce known by tapping OF the tai
against whatever hard object nigh
be convenient. II is believed Pete
was or Is sixty years OF age. and
local snake chafmer flecllres the on,
shot by the commercial agent can no
be more than thirty-eigh' EXamina
iion OF the duet for poison shows tina
H. serpent had plugged the opening
with a green paNpaw possibly be
cause Il did not wish to accidental,
! iniue the lad when taking the not
, f-om his hand plat showini
i why ne make was kllel was drawn
- lnd the h dy taken TO the valley. nea
: where tie lal was takg n by the moo
= e sin. The next morning the body o
hr snak' was coiled. the head down
ward, the tail poise TO receive n
message as 1t had been when giyei
10 the boy This according to Nh
Ca mudgc0n and other old resident
lt tie upper valley, was a messlg
,uom Oh" friendly moccasins, showing
'heir great regret but eXpr ssing con
q ence t1o ragedy was as stated, an,
hcrcf0r, they bore no iI-will. IN,
loly OF The snake Sill be ratane'
% 10 tn Buzzer office. rs evidence o
the fertility of the valley whe.e land
arc cheap ana YOU can grab a ba'gall
right or the reel; make a home TO
q YOUR folks where there is no dinge
+ molestation from either man o
H,ast- Bowwow Buz2er.
e atcr' Since that time a beautiful
@ lahlia, with a moecasn colored bloom
has grown whe Il The body Of the SCI
pem leposed that night fter bein'
) sen thee 20 receive the offices O
S he olne moceaslus Ciudad Cur
e mulgeon says this flower alwly
comes up over the graves of thos
snakes which ie icated their lives Il
, good and pc winter blast IS col
p nOugh to freeze one OF the stalks
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