Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — KILLED THE MAN-EATER. [ARTICLE]

KILLED THE MAN-EATER.

Details of a Ghastly Indian Tragedy —Devoured Alive. Calcutta cor. London Times. The notorious Jounsar man-eating tigress has at last been killed by a young forest officer. This tigress has been the ico urge of the neighborhood of Chakrata for the last ten years, and her victims have been innumerable. On one occasion she seized one out of . a number »f foresters who were sleeping together in a hut, carried him off and deliberately made him over to the cubs to play with, khile she protected their innocent gambols from being, disturbed. His Companions were eventually forced to lake refuge in a tree from her severe at* lacks. Here they witnessed the foilow,ng ghastly tragedy: The tigsess went back and stoodover the prostrate form Id her victim and purred in a catlike and ielf-complacent way to her cubs, who Were romping about and rolling over the apparently lifeless body. She then laydown a few yards off, and with blinking eyes watched the gambols of her young progeny. In a few moments the man sat up tud tried to beat the young brutes off. They were too young to hold him down, to he made a desperate attempt to shake himself free, and started off at a run; but before he had gone twenty yards the tigress bounded oat and brought him back to her cubs. Once more the doomt d wretch had to defend himself oyer und over again from their playful attacks. He made renewed attempts to again his freedom, but was seized by ue old tigress and brought back each ime before he had gone many yards, lis cries and groans for help were heartrending; but the men on the tree jrere paralyzed with fear and quite unable to move. At last the tigress her(elf joined in the gambols of her cubs, bnd the wretched man was thrown ahout and tossed over her head exactly as many of us have seen our domestic cat throw rats and mice about before beginning to feed on (hem. The man’s efforts at escape grew feebler. For the last time they saw him try to get away an his hands and knees toward a large Sg tree, with the cubs clinging to his limbs. This final attempt was as futile is the rest, The tigress brought him back once again, and then held him iown under her fore-paws and deliberitely began her living meal before their syes. It was this formidable beast that the foung Cooper’s Hill officer and a itudent attacked on foot. They were working up her trail, fifteen yards apart, vhen suddenly Mr. Ormaston heard his rounger companion groan, ana turning ironnd saw him borne to the ground by ihe tigress. Mr. Ormaston fortunately mcceeded in shooting her through the •pine, ‘and a second ball stopped rer in mid-spring. Meanwhile hiß companion rolled ever the hill, and was iventnally discovered insensible, a : ew feet away from his terrible assailant He is terribly mauled, and now lies at ;he Chakrata Station Hospital, where aopes of his recovery are entertained.