Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-28
EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR.
Horrible Fate of a Young H,a...

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Calcutta Cor. London Sporting Marazinsl
There lived in Calcutta a lovely GIRL of
seventeen, who was engaged ~ ! man
she was much attached to: her fstIo-
however, did not approve Of the match
and was anxious that she should marry
another man, who had proposed 10 ber
sometime before. This second lover
backed up by the father, was most ne,.
s%lstent in his attentions, aud ultimately
hoped to win the girl, who, on her mari.
dlsliked him immensely. and declared
she would not marry the man she was en-
gagged to and no one else. All of a sud.
den the girl disappeared, and tbouoh
every search was made no intelligence
could be gained of her, nor was there
any apparent reason for Der mysterious
absence. Suspicion fell on both her
lovers, especially on the n whose snit
she had rejected, for it was well known
ne was highly ineensed against her for
ner indifference toward him. They were
6otn arrested and imprisoned. albe;tthev
declared their ~innocense, and also their
sorrow and establishment at her disan.
pearanee. 1t was ascertsined that sba
was last seen alive going to the tank"
WIN ner pitcher to draw water, and that
she bad never been seen since. On this
1t was decided to have the tank dragged
which was accordingly done. The first
time they found nothing; however thew
tried again. On this occasion tbev feit
something very heavy in the net. nres.
emily they saw the huge head of an ALI
gator, and soon after heard a tremendons
splash, which broke the net and allowed
the animal TO escape. They immediate.
ly commenced making another net of
extra strength, and not one likely to he
broken by the alligator. When it was
hnisbed, they dragged the tank, and this
time they did so most thoroughly. bnt
TO their amazement, nothing Of the all;'
gator was seen. Where can il he -
Surely we were not deceived; we All saw
IT, n yet II 1t was in that tank we must
have caught it." Some of them bro.
posed that they should drag the tank
from the opposite side. This thew aid.
and their efforts we're crowned with suc.
cess, for they captured the alligator ana
brought him safe to land. He vas of
INDUSTRIOUS size, and a most feroeiona
monster. Inside of him they found no
end OF gold aud silver bankies and native
ornaments; some of them we're reeog-
nized by the bereaved father az belong
ing to his poor daughter. for they were
the same she wore on the evening she
was last seen walking toward the tanL.
The grief of her friends on this terrible
discovery can be better imagined than
described. She must have put down her
pitcher into the water, quite unconscious
OF danger, wheu she was seized nv the
monster and in a moment dragged down.
Not a soul knew the existence OF the ami.
gator in that tank. 1t was the only onet
there, and had a habit Of hiding under
the shelving of rock on one side of the
tank. This accounts for its not being
captured when the tank was dragged on
so many occasions. How this monster
got into that tank, and where it came
from, IS a question for uaturalists alone
to answer. have heard, though | can
not vouch for the truth, that a~lligators
have been known to travel great dis
tances at night. This animal must nave
walked straight through the populous
city OF Calcutta to the tank uuobserved,