haas@utah-gr.UUCP (Walt Haas) (08/23/85)
From /The New York Times/, August 20, 1985, page 10: DEFIANT SNAKE HANDLER DIES GREENEVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19 (AP) - A man who was free on bond after being charged in North Carolina with illegally handling snakes died today of a rattlesnake bite on the thumb, the authorities said. Charles Prince, 45 years old, was bitten here Saturday at the Apostolic Church of God and refused treatment, said Sheriff Gail Colyer of Greene County. Mr. Prince had vowed to defy laws against the religious practice of snake handling.
randy@peora.UUCP (Randy Hendry) (08/28/85)
>From /The New York Times/, August 20, 1985, page 10: > DEFIANT SNAKE HANDLER DIES >GREENEVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19 (AP) - A man who was free on bond after >being charged in North Carolina with illegally handling snakes died... Well I never thought I'd see my hometown of 21 years make net.news, but the newsgroup may be appropriate :-). Actually it's a nice little town. At least Andrew Johnson thought so. All I can say is "Amen?"