Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-21
Ffghting a Wonnded TIGER.

The lucky hero of this adventure is
district superintendent Of police In
Berar. He is well remembered In
Secunderabad as superintendent Of the
CantOnment Police. A son of Col
Hastings Fraser, one of the Frasers of
Lovatt, he has proved his possession Of
nerve and courage. To quote the
graphic account of a correspondent, the
escape was about as narrow as man
ever had. Mr.. Fraser was told by his
orderly that a wounded tiger was lying
apparently dead on the root of a tree
The orderly having called him up, ha
went to the spot. MIR. Fraser then
sent the orderly and another man with
his second gun back, and knelt down
to look. just then the tiger rOared,
and came at him from about eighteen
feet OF. He waited until the tiger was
within five feet Of him and fired. As
the tiger did not drop he fired his sec
Ond shot hurriedly. The first shot had
hit exactly in the center of the face,
but just an inch too low. It knocked
the tigers right eye out, and smashed
all the teeth of that side of the Jaw.
The second shot struck the tiger in the
chest, but too low.
What happened then Mr.. Fraser
does not exactly know, but he next
found himself lying in front of the
tiger, one claw of the beasts right foot
being hooked in his left leg, in this
way trying to draw Mr.. Fraser toward
him; the other paw was on his right
leg. Mr.. Eraser's chin and coat were
covered with foam from the beasts
mouth. He tried hard TO draw himself
out of the tigers clutches. Fortunate
Iy the beast was not able to see him,
as Mr.. Fraser was a little to one side
of the animals blind side, and the Ii
gers head was up. Suddenly, seeing
Mr.. Fraser's orderly boiling, he
jumped up and went for the man, and
catching him, killed him on the spot.
Mr.. Fraser had lost hat, rife and all
his cartridges, which had tumbled out
Of his pocket. He jumped up, how
ever, and ran to the man who had his
second gun, and to do so had to 90
within eight PAGES of the spot where
the tiger was crOuching over his order
lY.a He heard, in fact the crunching
of the mans bones, and saw the tiger
biting the back Of the head. He now
took the gun from his man. The lat
ter said that he had fired both barrels
into the tiger-One when he was
crOuching over Mr.. Fraser, and the
other when he was over the PROSTATE
body of the orderly. The man had
fired we'll and true, but just too far
back, in his anxiety not to hit the men
he would save instead of the tiger.
When afteward asked if he was not
afraid to hit the Sahib, 81 was very
much afraid indeed, he replied, "but
dill mazbut karke Gagava: I nerved
myself for the occasion" The man
said he had no more cartridges left,
and so they both got a little further
from the tiger, as the orderly was evil
IDENTIFY done for. Afterward they found
one more cartridge for the gun and
tried to recover the body, but it was no
use. The tiger was lying close, most
of the buffaloes had bOIted, and the
Kurkpos would not help. Mr.. Fraser
then sent six miles off for an elephant.
But the animal did not arrive till dark,
50 Mr.. Fraser went home in great grief
| about the poor orderly and at having
to leave the body. His own wound
was bleeding a great deal, it being a
deep claw cash. Next day they got
! the body and the tiger dead, lying close
to each other. Perhaps no narrower
/ escape than Mr.. F.raser's has ever been
heard of. To the excellent shot which
knocked the beasts eye out he I'M
dOubtedIy owed his Hfe.-D6ccaR
Times.