The evening world., 1911-06-14
YARDS Of SNAKES
! PRE-EMPT OFFICE
/ Of FlATBUSH MAN
Nine Bushels Of Reptiles Get
Out Of Trunk That Is Shy
aLabel.
CLIMBS.
ExpreSman Mckinney Finds
Himself and Two Women
Cevehy Acrobatic.
CLIMBS.

Joha 1~Eckannsy. B~rooafyn sxprsssman.
has made soms sutok trunk deliveries
In Ms tine. but he made . new record
for himself tn.s morning when he rot
. tyunk. ooosignsd to Fsrrart. the ami
nal nan. sway from has once at No
- ylatbush avenue and across Consy
islana q nineteen minutes and wsnty-
three ssoonda
II wAs not tAa& Tsrrari vas in any
srsA4 hAsts 10 sst the trunk. The de-
sire ~ speed confined itself to Nj. Mo-
KiAoaV. who had had . bad night with
thaA trunk. which. BY the way. co.,
;Alnsa nine bushss Of escorted snaksa
rAsss VA no snake label on the
trunk when one Of NoKinney's MAJ
oreu0tk 4 10 y1aabush avenue from the
oraAA Central station. II wa . par
fsot2v rapsotAbis looking trunk indeed.
rsA3 . Adyliks locking trunk. not
very securely fastsnsd and . bit loose
In ~ beams. It was chucksd IN . Dor
nss q the main ofioa. whore Mckinney
has Ais desk and where his pretty
bloaas stsnographsr. Miss Lena OsmAn.
pounds The keys and souiris he pot
hoohA
soss AND sreNooRAPHlR "sEE
'RM" TOO. AND CLINE.
II happcusd yssrerday nat Mckinney
had cot behind On his books. % he and
Miss Osman decided 70 spend the
evening ana some Of the night ~
them. They wers 90 Engaged ~ 10 p.
VI. when two elderly women sntsrsd
the once TO lsavs an order Cor . trunk
cali. They slapped up 70 he counter.
ever which they g0s . 5000 view Of the
rest Of tho once. inoluAAnS the trunk.
The taller Of the two y doing the
talking. and waS juss Giving her adj
dress whsn her shorter companion Ut
tered . warhoop and eohlsvsd some
thing In the nature Of . Aandaprins.
Naturally Mr.. Mckinney vAs aston
lshsd 10 see his two pa$son0 vaOaAs his
premises thus pe~sc1p1tassly. end his
nerve got another tstt wAsn - fais
s~tenographer uttered Q shriii scream
ana climbed up on her typswr1tsr. No
Kinney got up and swung around On
Ais heel. Not sai the way GROUND but
lust around far enough - wheel within
locus of the Fsrrari trunk. Then he
I'D something in the acrohatio Nns that
me two elderly women had left out.
There were only three Of them coming
cut of the trunk 1t that time. but there
was some forty feet OF these three. and
IS soon as they got their tails out In
rursuit OF their plump. diamond studded
backs. they made as much noise with
I cir rattles as a dozen tinsmiths repair
iag boilers.
POLICEMAN PLAYED PEEk.A.Boo
WITH THE REPTILES.
How they got u on tho trail OF the
disappearing elderly women they do not
recall. Somehow. Mckinney managed
10 lift Miss Osman from the top of heI
type writer and make a ash for life. He
didn't close the door behind him, and
he ran until he found two policemen
Thomas Burns n Lawrence Heslin.
After a long %colloquy Burns and Hes
lin went back TO McKinney's office
They went In the door and then the
came out the door. They went In agair
and came out again. They went IL
again and came u again. &C. &c. &C
Mckinney got up courage to peep II
the door at 1 A. M. but after one looi
lie TANNED on the paddock and wen
home.
Alice, Myrtle n Hazel. the tire,
snakes that came out last night. hat
been Joined by several male companions
They were corraoed after an hour
work that more resembled a riot thai
any serious industry. But when tn
trunk was opened to put them back. an
other hundred feet OF snake esme out
bull snakes, garter snakes. more ra.
tiers. adders. black snakes. &c.
II took another hour to SCOOP thor