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Yorkville Enquirer
York, York County, South Carolina
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Mrs. H. H. Slauterback, wife of a rancher near Fort Lupton, Colorado, killed 140 rattlesnakes with a club in two hours to protect herself and her three-year-old child during a horseback ride on Oct. 30.
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Colorado Woman Slaughters 140 Rattlers With Club.
Fort Lupton, Colo., Oct. 30.--Mrs. H. H. Slauterback, wife of a rancher near here, killed 140 rattlesnakes with a club yesterday in a two-hour battle for her life and that of her three-year-old child. Mrs. Slauterback said she was riding on horseback through a pasture on her husband's ranch and was carrying her child. Dismounting to open the gate, she heard the warning rattle and saw a snake nearby. She picked up a stick and killed it.
Immediately a second snake appeared then a third. They came by twos, threes, fours and finally by the dozen, she said. In a few minutes she was hemmed in by scores of angry serpents while her baby clung to the horse nearby.
Frantically wielding the club she disposed of the snakes as they came within reach. Mrs. Slauterback was not bitten. Two ranchers went to the scene and verified Mrs. Slauterback's story. Photographs also have been taken as evidence of the adventure.
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Fort Lupton, Colo.
Event Date
Oct. 30
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140 rattlesnakes killed; mrs. slauterback and child unharmed; story verified by two ranchers and photographs.
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Mrs. Slauterback was riding horseback with her three-year-old child through a pasture on her husband's ranch, dismounted to open a gate, encountered and killed a rattlesnake with a stick, then faced increasing numbers of snakes up to dozens, fought them off with a club for two hours while her child clung to the horse, without being bitten.