Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1916 — Big Rattler Discovered Near Maj. Healey’s Tent By Mexican. [ARTICLE]

Big Rattler Discovered Near Maj. Healey’s Tent By Mexican.

The first excitement of the third regiment camp cropped out when a Mexican laborer set up a yell and instantly forty more Mexicans all yelling, started in the direction of Major Healey’s tent, near where the man was working. It was soon learned that the Mexicans had discovered a rattlesnake, which was soon dispatched, and had thirteen rattles.