San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
RUNNING "AMoK."
Chasing and overpowering Mad Man IL
the Streets of a Malay Town.

Chasing and Overpowertng MAD Man IL
the Streets of Malay Town.
"Amok! AmokI" rescunds one morning
through the streets of Malay town in the
Indian archipelago. Men, women and chll
dren fee in all directions, screaming with
terror; loud cries rend the air, warning
everybody to be on their guard; the gates OF
the large houses are shut and fastened
"Amok! Amokr shrek the people, as they
trample over each other in their hurry 10
save their lives The alarm spreads far and
wide. The hand Of every Malay springs TO
the twisted band of his sheath, to draw forth
the dagger that hangs by his side; the police
clutch their weapons; the Europeans seize
their guns: every eye, every nerve is strained
for the coming peril
"Amokl Amok "a wild shrek. a groan.
q cry of mercy, and there rushes on the ma
MAC with the bloody kris in his hand, stril ing
right and left, needless of friend or foe, hav
ing stabbed an old man to the heart, killed
fainting woman, and dispatched a child half
dead with fright He is pursued by num-
Der of people armed with spears, daggers,
knives, guns and clubs, who grow as madly
excited as the wild creature they chase.
Brandishing his ruddy blade, the CHASTITY
Malay, perhaps himself gashed with cuts, and
bleeding from stabs, dashes along in his fury,
driving his kris into the back of a man run
ming for his very life, leaping over his body,
avoiding thrust made by pursuer, and re-
turning it with fatal effect.
Shot after shot is fred at the flying ma.
MAC, who still runs on, strong and enduring,
likea fierce wounded tiger, marking his course
with his own blood and that of fresh victims
And so he goes on and on till he falls from
some shot, or sinks from exhaustion, to be
dispatched by the ready daggers of his
chasers Or, perhaps, cut off and hemmed
in. the amok runner, dripping with blood.
stands at bay in some house or against wall,
glaring with bloodshot eyes, and, holding out
b is stained kris, defies any one to approach
Then the police bring into use a huge short
pronged pitchfork, with which they are pro-
vided in the Straits settlement, deity thrust
ing at him till he is caught by the throat,
pinned to the wall, and held there by power
full arms. His kris having been wrested from
him, be is quickly pinioned, and, if he does
not die of his wounds, is tried and executed
by native or British aws.-London Standard
A Canine Ma. .rr.-A.
AS a reporter was sta:.l.lr II t..c ..ost-
office a day or 50 ago, u; G. J.. VS. at.
tracted by a dimilu.ive b.; w.. 10y dog
carrying a couple OF l't-r:'+ \ - Iourn.
The little fellow wo1llrir IL " ~,>..I5g tine
scribe and then run to /. 80. p,Ov.t4l for
depositing letters, which VS. jI-t Gc;Ond his
reach, turn around and en,r :;yiir2M;' wag his
tail. After the animal ha ! repeated this
performance several times t.Gr reporter
grasped the situation. anil, tai ; the letters
from the dogs mouth, pdt TIA il the letter
box With thankful ba".i the canine mail
carrier darted out of the door and across the
street into a cigar store.
Upon inquiry it was learned that Fannie
that is the sagacious animals Eame-is the
property of Mrs. C. S. Mason, the proprietor
of trunk store at the corner Of Johnson and
Fulton streets, and that besides carrying her
owners mail she is also useful in a number of
other ways, and, it is somewhat painful to
state, has several vices, the most pronounced
Of which being her fondness for smoking
cigars-and just here it may be stated that
none but the best brands will suit her. Fan
ME IS proficient in all the usual dog tricks.
and besides has some especially her own.
She will kiss her friends with q resoundiuG
human smack, and will smile in human
way when pleased; but her chief accomplish
ment is carrying messages and parcels, in
GLIDING her owners mail, and having once
been shown a place to which Mr. Mason ha-
bitually sends certain kind of messages or
parcels, Fannie never fails to make accurate
delivery, in this being far superior to tn. or
binary boy, and owing to which fact she re-
ceives this notice Fannie has a remarkably
intelligent face and wears a costume of dark
brown silky hair. She is as pretty as she is
good, barring the little vices referred to-
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