The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
LED orr Dr a TIGER TO ne EATEN.
His Head in the Beasts Mouth, lie
Could Only Cali for Help.

The most strictly accurate and graphic
accounts of man-eating tigers in India
fail to convey an adequate sense Of the
| awful terror which these terrible brutes
inspire In the breasts Of the unfortunate
villagers, whom they haunt like evil DEM
ons. In ordinary cases the tiger or leop-
ard attacks the village herds more or less
openly, ana the herdsmen. finding that
| the enemy VIII, as a rule, retreat on be-
| ing Shouted at With vigOr. are not In bod
| lily fear all the time, although l have
| known instances Of the herdsman being
| killed by a tiger that he had presumed
| 20 interrupt while enjoying a meal from
| one OF his cattle.
They become more dangerous when they
| have tasted the blood of their victim,
ana are not usually disposed to give it
| up without a fight. / remember the case
| of "A survey officer In India, who, being
| told of kin" near his work, went to
| Inspect it unarmed. The tiger, disturbed
| az his meal, rushed out suddenly at the
party, and ia his hcadlong flight the Of
| icer, most fortunately Cor himself, trpped
and fell into some long grass and bushes.
! The tigers attention being drawn 10 the
/ natives VINO were climbing trees like
monkeys in a hurry. he made for them,
| allowing the officer to crawl away as
| quietly as he could.
But in the cast of the man-eater every
| thing is different. Having discovered his
power to kill the genus homo more easily
| than big ape, he takes every possible
| advantage of il at every turn. Neither by
| night nor by day are they safe, and life
| becomes one long terror for whether the
| natives are working I'm the fields or fetch
| Ing hrewood from the forest or water
| from the Wen, they know not at what
| turn they may be seized
! | know one man-eater In Mysore that
was credited with over 500 victims, and the
| government offered a reward of 500 rupees
for his skin. He was so bold as TO think
| nothing of bounding into a crowd OF trav-
eers on the high road in daylight and of
| carrying off either "a pedestrian or the
| driver OF bullock cart from his seat He
was not content with the usual tactics OF
selling his prey outside, but used to break
| into huts to get at them Two English
| officers, friends of mine, who went after
this scourge, were shown a hut outside
| village Enclosure where a poor Dher
! low-caste man not allowed to dwell within
| the village precincts for fear of polluting
them, had lived with his wife and infant.
lie was blind, and one night being
| awakened by a strange noise. began to
crawl and grope about the hut. He put
his hand suddenly on the man-eater,
| which had pushed the door open, Killed
| the woman aud child, and was drinking
| their blood when the mans hand was laid
| upon him Doubtless suspecting a trap
| he bounded out OF the hut without touch
Ing the man. What a picture for Land
seerl
But among the multitude of such stories
I venture to think that the following bears
away the palm for gruesome horror, and
| its truth has been confirmed from many
sourcea / had II from a relative, the own
er of the tea estate IN Assam, where II
occurred s. =. was. moi many years ago
and for all / know. still is--the manager
of tea garden in Assam, where a man
eater was in the habit Of carrying off the
| estate coolies for his dinner. probably find
| ing them much less trouble than deer
| OF a pig At last, emboldened, no doubt,
| by unhndered success In obtaining VIC
| TINS, he look TO carrying Off coolies who
we're sleeping ia the verandas OF the man
| agor's bungalow.
Many traps had been laid for him, the
bodies Of his victims poisoned, watchers
with guns on the lookout over the killed
| men but so great was his cunning that
he had escaped them all Everything hay
ing failed things had become desperate.
and y. and some of his planter friends de-
| termined to sit up for the tiger on the
veranda, with native blankets, Disgusting
| them--an exceedingly exciting business.
| for, be it remembered, no lights were al
| lowed and the brute cared nothing for
numbers so that his appearance might DO
too sudden for unsteady nerves. One OF
the planters, after they had sat a long
| time in GREATNESS suspense, entered the
house for something that he wanted. and
! while looking for II was startled by a sud
| den terrible uproar In the vesanda, which
| he had just left. Selling his rifle, he
| rushed out to find all the party gone, put
from the dark tea garden he heard the
voice Of $. b. calling out in agony, Help.
| Al -
Help! Helpl Help"
Fixing his bayonet, he ran toward the
spot and In the dim gloom made. out the
outline Of the tiger dragging b., who was
walking by It's side, his hand in the
brute's mouth! Without moments hest
tation, he rused up to the tiger. plunged
| the bayonet into its side and at the same
time pulled the trigger. The tiger fell, re-
leasing b., and both rushed back to the
| house. but before they could reach the
steps the tiger was upon them and again
sized poor r., biting ana clawing his back
and shoulders in a terrible manner. IL
vas mercifUliy an expiring effort, for the
| brute fell dead before it could kill b. IL
| then transpired that the tiger had stolen
In upon the watchers like a shadow, with
out the slightest warning, and had seized
the nearest one. who happened to be r.,
| by the hand which he raised 70 defend
| himself and had commenced to drag him
off. In his agony he rose TO his feet and
| after descending the steps Of the bunga-
low was actually walking off with his
hand in the tigers mouth 20 be devoured.
when his friend, by his courage aud
presence OF mind, rescued him from an
awful death. The other Watchers utterly
| panic-stricken, had made for the near
est door, and had It not been for the
GOODNESS OF his brave rescuer. b. would
have been added to the long list of the
man-eater's victims. After being III for
many months 3. recovered, to tell the aw-
ful tale OF how he had been led away to
be eaten"
There is no Biblical foundation for the
| legend Of Lilith. which has a Semitic or
| igin, and is found not only IN the Legend
| airy literature Of. the Hebrews, but also In
| Al. asat, otal .4san