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DIAMOND BACK RATTLER CAUGHT BY A. SHEPPARDArthur Sheppard, in charge | of a force of man working on I the beautification project on Elizabeth street, came into the office of The Citizen this afternoon with a bottle in which was a diamond back rattlesnake about one foot in \length.Mr. Sheppard said that he had found the reptile in one of the trees on the street, had struck it with a piece of wood and decided to bring the lt;curiosity to the office to ;!show it to the force because 11it was such a rarity in Key j IWest. iOf course there have been a number of these animals |killed at different times on jthe Florida Keys, but this is the first time that one of the deadly breed has ever been jencountered in the city. And * tthough it was only a small ]snake, the very name rat- ;tier provoked interested \awe among Citizen employes.
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Key West Citizen
Key West, Florida, US
Tue, Oct 31, 1939
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