The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
BOYAKN THE CHARhER
MEETS A TRAGIC DEATH

Readers Of the Record win rswsn-
bsr the hypnotie ana snaks-eharning
show given by Professor Beyakin 6ur.
ing the winter. While In aAn p1sgo
recently the charmer met . sudden
death while giving IN exhibition with
. rattlssnaks which he had Just aaAeA
TO his collection. Professor Doyakin
had many friends In Phoebe who we're
shocked TO learn of his sudden death
The following from the San Diego
Union tells the story Of his sudden saA:
The rattle snake that killed PRANK
Boyakin. professional snake charnsr
and hypnotist. inflicted the fatal bite
against its own will and because Il
was deliberately anRsrsd to that snd
by Boyakin. That fact came to lght
yesterday during an invsstigaxion
made by Coroner Schuyler Kelly.
The bite was inflicted ~ . part Of
an exhibition given BY Boyakin BE-
fore . friend. Il was according %
the snake mans wife. Just one ee
hundreds OF similar bites that Uoya-
kin has survived.
He hypnotised snakes ana they
loved him." said Mrs. Boyakin. He
could make them DO anything.
know Of times whom he has been bit-
ten ~ many A. - times in one day by
poisonous snakes. Their bites were
to him what bee stings are to other
people"
Boyakin. who has handed snakes
for years In carnivals ana shows.
bought . giant RATHER Monday from
curio dealer on lower y street. He
carried the huge reptile out Of the
curio shop wound around his body
tereath his clothing
III Stopping to chat with q friend
Lewis Chriswell. At 13s = street. hoy.
akin exhibited the snake. Althouxh
! he had been in possession Of the
. snake only few hours Il alrssNy
/. seemed to be subject to his will II
{ displayed no hate until hs willod
:. THAT II should
!. A. . part Of the exhibition Doyakiu
. did what he has often done bsfose
= with other snakes-he roughly hAn61o1
= the big creature until II was infuri-
ated. Then rolling up ths slssvs ee
J. his shirt he let the poisonous beast
i sink it, fangs into the nsshy part Of
L 1.-THE forearm.
. The rest Of the story-how the
n snake man. suddenly rsalizing that
n the bite Of this particular snake. for
70 some unknown. ungusssabls reason.
was affecting him In . way different
In from that any others had done. trisd
t. vainly to check the course Of the poi-
In son through his system--has bssn a.
ready told in the papers.
"a In the few weeks that ~ haA hen
IL I'm this city Boyakin had become !
BY lmors or less familiar figure. He had
1g appeared In snake charming acts ~
n. some of the smaller theatres In the
IT. Ioutlying Districts. He was known "a
A. the children in these communities a
I'd the man who let snakes bite him."
IN A part OF Boyakin's theatrical act
t. was to anger his reptillian pets until
they bit him. Often. after being BIT
nd ten In this manner. he would extend
a his bare arm, with the snake suspend
ed therefrom by its fangs In his flesh
Of. In view Of these seemingly super
he natural happenings the Officers whu
ub Investigated the affair yesterday gavs
~ no consideration to . theory thai
would, In the case Of some other per.
re- son, have been seriously considered
lgs the theory of suicide.
lys The big snake. q perfect specimes
he of its kind. was hunted down An(
snt killed yesterday by Coroner Kelly
!. He found the snake In the quarters o
the friend who had witnessed the o.
Inhibition that resulted in Boyakin'
death. One fang was gone-broksl
off-the coroner learned from exam
Ic ming the reptile after he had killed /,
AO That fang was broken off in Bcyalxin
arm. according to the police surgso
who attended him.
i've Aside from it's other weird ana an
OF usual details the case was considsrs
~ yesterday as q mystery from this m
OF gle: Why should the bite Of this pal
am emily thrived on the injected venol
mps of ro,.orou. rer.,,..,
ing The an.w.r nrohah,v r.v.- w,,, ,
'ade MADE altbouvh coror.- Y.,,v :. .,
ing to hold an inquest on the body
hor 10 o'clock this morning at the Johl
pom son & Saum undertaking rooms.
ook. Dr. e. H. Crabtree, police surgse
lnoS who worked with Boyakin within
minutes, he says. after the poisono,
pu- wound was inflicted. believes th
ene death was due primarily to Boyakin
'aoo refusal to have the wound lanced Al
ars. bled. AS q reason why that partic'
Am lar bite should have caused death Il
police surgeon offered the followir
was reasons:
sneT l. The poison lodged closer to
large vein or artery than in some
noo the many other similar cases.
O. The bite was on the loft 81
and possibly nearer to the heart tn,
-, the others had been.
.. 5. The great fangs of the rept
unquestionably went deeper than
=. customary in such cases.
:. I'VE gavo the full and only tres
ment recognized as remedy I
~ rattle snake poison" said DIR. Cra
- tree yesterday, with the exception
opening up the wound. We wanted
do this but Boyakin was confide
,no Of his powers to combat the pois
and would not permit 1t. That ON
Pr gency treatment, given as 1t mig
bout have been within few minutes aft
here. the wound was indicted would U
hank lquestionably have saved his life"